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The state Site Evaluation Committee said Thursday night it will review a controversial wind farm proposed for 25 acres on Lempster Mountain. The decision came Thursday night after a hearing in Concord, where members also rejected the developer’s request for a speedy review.
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But in the second of our two-part series looking at wind power in the Granite State, we shift to the southwestern part of the state, to Lempster.
There a large 24 megawatt wind farm has been proposed for Lempster Mountain.
But, unlike in Berlin, this proposal has sparked a great deal of controversy.
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In the first of a two day series, NHPR Correspondent Hilary McQuilkin is going to take us to the state's first commercial windfarm....in Berlin.
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....the lack of zoning is what prompted the town to request a state review.
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CONCORD – A hearing to decide whether the state should review a proposed Lempster wind farm has been continued until July 6.
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The committee tonight will consider whether to review the project, a first step in a process that could take up to a year or more.
Lempster has no zoning and there are concerns that the small town lacks the resources to regulate an energy project.
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CONCORD – This week, the state Site Evaluation Committee will meet to decide whether it should launch an official review of a proposed wind farm in Lempster.
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PORTSMOUTH - A proposal to capture electricity from tidal energy in the Piscataqua River has been filed with federal energy officials and calls for 50 to 100 underwater turbines to be submerged throughout Rockingham and Strafford County stretches of the river and up into York County.
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N.H. wind project raises small town issues
May 26, 2006 by Beverly Wang, Associated Press in Boston Globe
May 26, 2006 by Beverly Wang, Associated Press in Boston Globe
LEMPSTER, N.H. --When Kevin and Debra Onnela moved to their 1,500-acre mountaintop spread 27 years ago, a homemade windmill provided all the electricity they needed -- and more.
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State to hold hearing on proposed Lempster wind farm
May 23, 2006 by Rebecca T. Dickson in Union Leader
May 23, 2006 by Rebecca T. Dickson in Union Leader
The state announced late last week that it would review the project because residents and town officials petitioned the state to step in.
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Maine's largest energy provider is forecasting record-breaking electricity use this summer, as well as a need for additional supply lines to feed an ever-increasing demand.
But a solution planned by ISO New England -- which manages electricity distribution in Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island and Vermont -- is being met with skepticism by Maine officials, who question the proposal's need and fairness.
Regional leaders discuss energy at governors, premiers conference
May 13, 2006 by Eric Tucker, Associated Press in The Standard Times
May 13, 2006 by Eric Tucker, Associated Press in The Standard Times
Lee also warned that renewable energy sources, though desirable, were not a "silver bullet" solution. "It does leave an environmental footprint," Lee said, noting that wind energy and solar energy take up large areas of land, making it difficult to find a place to put them, especially in densely populated parts of the world.
Lempster windmill petitioners: We were duped!
May 12, 2006 by James F. Lowe, Staff Writer in Argus-Champion
May 12, 2006 by James F. Lowe, Staff Writer in Argus-Champion
LEMPSTER — A number of local taxpayers who signed a petition last month asking the state to review a windmill project proposed for Lempster Mountain have asked to have their names stricken.
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Northeast could see shocking rise in electric rates
May 5, 2006 by Evan Lehmann, Transcript Washington Bureau in The Transcript
May 5, 2006 by Evan Lehmann, Transcript Washington Bureau in The Transcript
WASHINGTON — Electricity rates threaten to follow the path of gas prices: Up.
ISO New England, the region's grid operator, is gaining support for a plan to raise electricity rates by $5 billion over four years, beginning in December. Rates would continue to rise at an undetermined click after that.
Lempster – Construction of the state’s first wind farm might be in jeopardy after residents and town officials requested the state step in.
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The New England Council and the New England Energy Alliance Outline Support for Nuclear Power in New England
April 11, 2006 in Business Wire
April 11, 2006 in Business Wire
If New England's nuclear energy plants had to be replaced by other non-emitting sources of electricity to meet the RGGI goals, the region would be looking at large-scale wind projects, with weather-dependent output, spread over some 650,000 acres of land or water at a cost of more than $10 billion.
LEMPSTER, N.H. The state is deciding whether it should review plans for a wind farm in Lempster (New Hampshire) after requests from town officials and residents.
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GROTON — Community Energy is hoping to bring renewable wind energy to the region, but concerns by some may put a halt to the plans.
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House to vote on wind farm bill - Legislation would form committee to study impacts
March 7, 2006 by Rebecca Miller, Staff Writer in Eagle Times
March 7, 2006 by Rebecca Miller, Staff Writer in Eagle Times
LEMPSTER — The House will consider legislation today establishing a committee to study the effects of wind farms, a vote that could shape the future of wind energy in New Hampshire.
Community Energy seeks rules change for 'clean energy'
January 25, 2006 by James F. Lowe in Argus-Champion
January 25, 2006 by James F. Lowe in Argus-Champion
The company behind a proposal to build 12 windmills atop Lempster Mountain has called for a change in the way the state deals with smaller, ³green energy² sources like electricity-generating windmills.
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