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Answers definitely not blowing in the wind
National Wind Watch: News —
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In the first of a three-part series, reporter Richard Vivian investigates the health-related controversies surrounding turbines. It was another restless night in a long string of interrupted sleep. Amaranth’s Leo Mendonca didn’t feel quite right, like something was wrong, but he didn’t know what, or why.When he ...4 hours ago -
Cae la cabeza de un molino de viento en Aibar [Top of wind turbine falls off in Aibar]
National Wind Watch: News —
Authority: 162
[The nacelle, the blades, and part of the tower of one of the 52 wind turbines of the Aibar wind energy facility fell to earth late last Thursday for reasons that are being investigated. It was from a 1,500-kW Acciona turbine, with a concrete tower that was originally built as a prototype to test this type of base for ...10 hours ago -
Britains renewable energy targets are physically impossible, says study
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The Institution of Mechanical Engineers battle plan for climate change includes geo-engineering and nuclear power It will be physically impossible for the UK to meet its renewable energy targets in both the short and long term, according to a group of engineering experts. In a new study, they called for the ...12 hours ago -
Jerome Ringo, President of the Apollo Alliance
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A healthy and high-tech green collar economy has been a great promise of the Obama administration. On the front lines of the fight to create green jobs and spur the economy is the Apollo Alliance, an amalgam of labor, business, and environmental groups. Jerome Ringo, President of Apollo, speaks with TreeHugger Radio ...13 hours ago -
Wind turbine proposal denied; Advisory panel’s vote unanimous
National Wind Watch: News —
Authority: 162
A proposal to build a dozen wind turbines, part of a larger project to build as many as 100 in East County, has been denied by the Boulevard planning group.The planning group voted 5-0 last week ?to reject the wind project, with residents saying they felt it would hurt their property values while providing no benefits ...18 hours ago -
Push for wind farms in Western North Carolina renewed, scaled back
National Wind Watch: News —
Authority: 162
ASHEVILLE — Legislators declined this summer to clear the way for North Carolina to tap the power of mountain winds. Next year, they could decide whether to allow a single, experimental ridgetop wind farm.Rep. Phil Frye said at a Wednesday wind-energy forum that he plans to propose allowing the state to issue one ...18 hours ago -
Wind law plan leads to feud; Developer, Concerned Citizens face off over proposed changes in Clayton
National Wind Watch: News —
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CLAYTON — Iberdrola Renewables Inc. and Environmentally Concerned Citizens Organization are trading jabs over the proposal to amend the town’s zoning law for wind power facilities.Iberdrola’s attorney, Douglas H. Ward, of Young, Sommer, Ward, Ritzenberg, Baker & Moore LLC, Albany, asked the town not to ...18 hours ago -
Wind turbine puts neighbors in a spin
National Wind Watch: News —
Authority: 162
WOODSTOCK – The latest effort by a local computer business to go green has some residents in a nearby subdivision seeing red.Other World Computing’s new wind turbine, 131 feet tall not counting its three 63-foot-long blades, towers over the open space and farmland that surround it just southeast of Woodstock. But ...18 hours ago -
Wind project hearing off again
National Wind Watch: News —
Authority: 162
RICHMOND — The Highland wind project hearing that was slated for Tuesday this week has been cancelled, but officials indicate it will be rescheduled.Virginia’s Department of Historic Resources filed a motion late Friday with the State Corporation Commission, asking to continue the case focused on whether Highland ...18 hours ago -
High Court judge grants Hethel turbines
National Wind Watch: News —
Authority: 162
Campaigners against three wind turbines at a Norfolk sports car manufacturer have today failed in their bid to overturn a planning decision.A High Court judge in London this morning ruled that there was “no basis” for quashing South Norfolk Council’s approval for a wind farm development at Lotus Cars on the old ...18 hours ago -
‘Green’ Tehachapi residents petition against wind farm
National Wind Watch: News —
Authority: 162
Hundreds of Tehachapi residents are trying to ban a wind farm from blowing into their part of town, but Kern County may not have legal grounds to stop the San Diego company that wants to build it.The nearly 700 Tehachapi residents have signed a petition against giant wind generators, but it’s not because they’re ...18 hours ago -
Let’s hope Smitherman resignation leads to new look at wind power
National Wind Watch: News —
Authority: 162
George Smitherman, say it ain’t so. Just kidding.Smitherman has long been considered one of Ontario’s strongest politicians. He’s smart, charismatic and has the courage of his convictions. He knows you can’t make a soufflé without breaking an egg or two.Which is why it’s a really good thing for the people ...18 hours ago -
Petition-driven moratorium on wind farms prompts special meeting
National Wind Watch: News —
Authority: 162
RUMFORD — Despite a lack of proposed commercial wind power development projects in town, backers calling for a 180-day moratorium on such projects still believe the action is warranted.That’s why the Rumford Wind Power Education Committee continued to seek signatures this fall on its moratorium petition even after ...18 hours ago -
McBride calls critics ‘NIMBYs’
National Wind Watch: News —
Authority: 162
MONTEREY — After residents and landowners questioned the latest information submitted by Highland New Wind Development’s to state agencies, Tal McBride, a partner of HNWD with his parents, took issue with their credentials and assertions.Pocahontas County Commission president Martin Saffer hosts a forum where ...19 hours ago -
Wind turbine a ‘test case battle’
National Wind Watch: News —
Authority: 162
Controversial plans for a 200 foot wind turbine test mast at Aston By Stone have been endorsed by council officers.Severn Trent Water’s proposal for a temporary wind monitoring mast at Aston Hall Farm will go before Stafford Borough Council’s development control committee on Wednesday.Planning officers have ...19 hours ago -
Battlefield question placed on hold
National Wind Watch: News —
Authority: 162
A hearing to assess a proposed wind farm’s encroachment on a Civil War site has been delayed indefinitely.As work on the state’s first commercial wind farm enters a winter lull in Highland County, so do the regulatory proceedings related to the most recent complaint against the project.A hearing before the State ...19 hours ago -
Loan guarantee ‘crucial’ to wind farm; NRG wants Congress to extend the program
National Wind Watch: News —
Authority: 162
NRG Energy officials are counting on Congress to reauthorize a loan guarantee program that the firm says is “crucial” to the success of a planned wind farm off Rehoboth Beach.Right now, the planned wind farm doesn’t qualify for the program because it only covers projects set to start construction by Sept. 30, ...19 hours ago -
Wind opinions sought; HRM holds first of nine meetings asking for input on location of turbines
National Wind Watch: News —
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It’s the latest in the NIMBY syndrome.The Halifax Regional Municipality wants to get the public’s feedback on how far wind turbines must be located from homes, roadways and property lines.The first of nine public meetings was held Monday night at Brookside Junior High School in Prospect.About 15 vocal residents ...19 hours ago -
Wind regs top Aquinnah special town meeting warrant
National Wind Watch: News —
Authority: 162
Aquinnah voters will be asked to take action on a slate of new zoning regulations governing wind turbines and a proposal to lower the quorum when they gather for a special town meeting set to begin at 7 pm next Tuesday in the old town hall.The warrant could move some voters to quote Yogi Berra, famed Yankees manager, ...19 hours ago -
Turbine ‘too close to airport’
National Wind Watch: News —
Authority: 162
The company behind plans to build a wind turbine in Cutteslowe Park has moved to allay fears that the structure could pose a safety threat at London Oxford Airport.Residents opposing the idea of a turbine being built in North Oxford fear the wind turbine is too close to housing and could have an adverse effect on ...19 hours ago
