If we were to put an industrial turbine on every (suitable) location it doesn't add up to enough energy to justify impairment of our ridgelines," Gov. James Douglas said. "We need to maintain our tourist economy and our quality of life."

New legislation on energy efficiency could sharply reduce the value of much of Britain's commercial property, an architecture firm warned today.

The women, in a letter dated July 28, are protesting the building of 50 windmills at the source of the Grand River to provide energy for the non-Native market. The group protested the original decision by the company to acquire the land.

Scientists are becoming uneasy about New Zealand's rising greenhouse gas emissions, and hopes of reaching a 2012 target are fading.

Gov. Ted Kulongoski proposed increasing the state's tax credit for energy efficiency and alternative fuels on Monday, an idea quickly seconded by Republican rival Ron Saxton.

CEDAR RAPIDS, IA - With large pieces of wind turbines as a backdrop, U.S. Energy Secretary Samuel Bodman touted the Bush Administration's energy policies today during a visit to the Clipper Windpower plant in Cedar Rapids.

WIND farm projects risk being abandoned as uneconomic amid a cocktail of negative factors led by the falling $Kiwi.

CARRABASSETT VALLEY, Maine -- A public hearing begins Wednesday in western Maine on a proposal for a wind farm with three wind turbines on two mountains near the Sugarloaf/USA ski resort.

EUREKA -- Woodford County Conservation, Planning & Zoning Committee, will hear a wind farm presentation at 6 p.m. Aug. 7 at Roanoke/Benson Junior High School, Benson.

Once the royal hunting forest of Angus and patronised by the royalty and nobility of Scotland, Montreathmont Moor Forest is now the site of a proposed wind farm. The wind farm will be built in the middle of ancient woodland. At present it is difficult to calculate the loss of ancient woodland, as it is not clear in the plans exactly how much will be lost to the turbines, cabling and access.

With the goal of advancing the wind farm/wind energy dialogue beyond the spin stage, Harwich Oracle sister publication The Cape Codder is sponsoring a roundtable discussion with key players in the Cape Wind debate and is conducting an online poll to gauge the opinions of Cape Codders. Cape Wind proposes to develop a 130-turbine wind farm for Horseshoe Shoal, in Nantucket Sound.

The Ridgeville recall effort began in May after some residents complained the current board was not representing them. They held a meeting at the town hall and selected Luethe, Krueger and Giraud as their candidates. The effort stems from controversy in the area over plans for an industrial “wind farm” that would place 35-story-high wind turbines along the ridge.

Last week, state economic development officials approved a 15-year property tax break for a $193 million paper towel machine that Georgia-Pacific Corp. might install at its Wauna Mill complex near Westport..... The first time was in May, when the state approved a SIP agreement for a $141 million wind farm in Union County.

TOWN OF CHILTON — Picture something almost three times the height of Thrivent Financial for Lutherans' former home in downtown Appleton with a 747 jet's wings strapped on the front.

The developer of a proposed wind farm project in Pendleton County have appealed the state's rejection of its permit application, saying regulators misunderstood its intentions in limiting opponents' access to the site.

The project is not consistent with the regional plan, would have a negative impact on the King George School and Crystal Lake State Park, according to testimony filed by Robert Ide, director for energy efficiency for the DPS.

The Texas project, announced in June with plants scheduled to begin operations in 2014, is expected to be the first in a new wave of economical and emissions-free nuclear power plants.

CHERRY VALLEY — By a 2-to-1 vote Monday night, the Cherry Valley Town Board opted not to institute a 12-month moratorium on major development. The vote clears the way for the town’s Planning Board to consider a $100 million proposal by Reunion Power of Manchester, Vt., to erect 24 wind turbines on East Hill. The board’s vote came at the end of an emotionally charged public hearing in the town garage attended by more than 200 people and lasting longer than 3½ hours. The town’s two councilmen, Fabian Bressett and James Johnson, voted against the moratorium, while Supervisor Tom Garretson voted for it, Garretson said late Monday night.

Renewable Energy Services Ltd. said yesterday it has made a deal with Nova Scotia Power Inc. to sell a total of 6.4 megawatts to its parent company Emera Inc. for $1.4 million per year. That means RESL will likely build five new turbines in addition to the four it already has.

PacifiCorp has purchased the Leaning Juniper 1 wind farm from PPM Energy, a move that will add 100 megawatts of power to the company's resources. PacifiCorp's territory covers six Western states, including parts of Polk County.