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Wind Alert! 20-Sep-2018News and information from The WindAction Group facts, analysis, exposure of industrial wind energy's real impacts - www.windAction.org |
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WindAction EDITORIALPaying the Price for Renewables (Georgetown, TX power surplus generates cost deficits)Facility → MORE Recent ArticlesSeneca Wind moves a step closer to gaining final approvalSeneca Wind, one of two commercial-scale wind farms planned southeast of the Toledo area, has been certified by the state of Ohio as a qualified energy project. ...an important step forward for a project. → MORE How solar and wind mandates tax the poor and middle classThese mandates aren't just dangerous. They will raise electric power costs sharply. The Wall Street Journal reported last week that residents of states like California and New Jersey with strict renewable mandates pay about 25 percent more in monthly electric utility bills than states that let the market place choose... → MORE A case to be heard on wind turbinesSINCLAIRVILLE– In January 2018, the New York Board on Generation Siting and the Environment, granted Cassadaga Wind, LLC, an approval to construct and operate a 126MW wind-powered facility in the towns of Arkwright, Charlotte, Cherry Creek and Stockton in Chautauqua County. → MORE Inside the coordinated attack on a North Texas wind farmConservative lawmakers, an oil investor and other activists did all they could to stop a wind project in rural Texas, even as the state has increasingly embraced renewable energy. Earlier this year, a Canadian energy producer was poised to build two large wind farms in Clay County, a mostly featureless... → MORE Company no longer pursuing wind turbines in Cass, Miami countiesRES stated in a media announcement Tuesday that it is no longer pursuing the project and that it will take action to accomplish the withdrawal immediately. “Technical circumstances for the project have changed unfavorably, making the project no longer feasible,” according to the statement. → MORE OCC addresses controversial wind turbine constructionNextEra is building more than 160 turbines, and many neighbors say they are do it illegally. “The law is very clear,” said attorney Kim Spady, who represents some neighbors from Hinton. → MORE Fenner resolves lawsuit with windmill company, reassesses wind farm at $13 million lessThe reassessment of the windmills to $11 million from $25 million will reduce the town of Fenner’s total taxable assessed value by $13 million. This will definitely have an impact on the 2019 town budget and the town tax rate, although it is too early in the budget process to... → MORE Poor assessment: Wind companies don’t believe turbines count as real propertyThis claim will go before a judge to determine the merits of the argument. A ruling in favor of the plaintiff would be a devastating blow to every municipality that hosts commercial wind facilities. And it would drastically reduce the already scant economic benefits that these projects yield once the... → MORE Galloo parties seek to disqualify developer over alleged liesA group of independent parties to the Galloo Island Wind application before the state Board on Electric Generating Siting and the Environment have requested that Apex Clean Energy’s project be denied outright and the application process ceased because, they claim, Apex lied on multiple documents and applications relating to the... → MORE Energy future goals are a study in contradictionsWhen you remove tax subsidies for wind and solar, and the planned phase-out of natural gas, and then must rely on battery storage for energy, the system becomes totally uneconomical. This doesn't even include what could be a $1 billion-plus cost for separation and purchase of the electrical system from... → MORE MP rebukes planners and ministers over unpopular windfarm substation proposalMid Norfolk MP George Freeman has ripped into the planning system and knocked government ministers out of frustration over proposals to site a windfarm substation in his constituency. → MORE Company revives wind farm plan that state wildlife officials had opposedA Boston-based energy development firm has revived a proposal to construct what would be a third wind farm in northeastern Hancock County. ...The Weaver Wind proposal, which Longroad bought out of SunEdison’s 2016 bankruptcy, would result in 22 turbines being erected in the two towns. → MORE Wind industry says Minnesota pollution control stance will stifle its growthThe Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) said the state's limit for wind-farm noise applies not only to sounds from turbines but also should include background noise such as road traffic, said the filing with the Minnesota Public Utilities Commission (PUC). → MORE Application filed for Californian floating projectThe proposed wind farm would consist of between 10 and 15 turbines with a combined capacity of between 100MW and 150MW and would be situated more than 32 kilometres off the coast of Eureka in northern Humboldt county. It could be commissioned in 2024, according to the Redwood Coast Energy... → MORE Wind farm fight may ‘drastically affect’ Oklahoma policy Pending litigation over the property tax obligations of Rock Falls Wind Project in Grant and Kay counties could set dramatic new precedents and fundamentally change the way wind-energy projects are incentivized in Oklahoma. → MORE Gippsland wind farm adversely affecting residents, independent report saysNoise from a wind farm in Victoria's Gippsland is having an adverse impact on the comfort and wellbeing of residents living at surrounding properties, a new report commissioned by a local council has found. → MORE Yarmouth again balks at Vineyard Wind pactAs local opposition to a proposed high-wattage transmission cable intensifies, Yarmouth selectmen have rejected a second offer by offshore energy company Vineyard Wind to pay for costs incurred as the town considers a host community agreement with the company. → MORE With PTC deadlines looming, could Wind Catcher cancellation be part of a trend?Wind and solar developers need to be mindful of these beginning of construction rules when planning regulatory and permitting approval, and how the shifting of risk may play out in project documents, including EPC agreements, power purchase agreements and tax equity arrangements. → MORE Wind turbine noise breaks up the excitement“I am so upset, EDP was asked not to put turbines within viewshot by the county planning board. It is a nightmare, a sonic nightmare, a visual nightmare. It sounded like sneakers in a laundromat. The campground is surrounded, it’s a toxic environment. Who’s going to want to camp here?” → MORE Shire, state must act on turbine noiseThe shire council must finally acknowledge that the neighbours of the Bald Hills Wind Farm, their own ratepayers, have a legitimate gripe under the Public Health and Wellbeing Act and support them in their attempts to get redress from the operator and the State Government. And the State Government must... → MORE Turbine bombshellThe report by Mr Smith, an expert in public health follows a botched attempt by the shire to investigate the complaints itself between May and November 2016, after which the shire produced a finding of “no nuisance” in January 2017 before telling the affected property owners that the case was... → MORE Commissioners don’t approve Roaming Bison proposals“A lot of this is not in compliance with our Chapter 155 ordinance that we passed,” Commissioners president Jim Fulwider said. “If we’re not going to stand behind an ordinance that we put in place, then why make ordinances if we’re not going to stand behind them? ... The proposed... → MORE Wind-farm debate picks up steam in Ford CountyHartke said a 1,500-foot setback from homes — or 2,250-foot setback, for that matter — would allow for encroachment issues, as non-participating landowners would be limited on the use of their land because some of it would be in the so-called “hazard zone.” “I think my children should be able... → MORE Effort ongoing to keep wind farm taxes localThe meeting’s attendees had the goal in mind of keeping tax revenues from the proposed High Prairie wind farm project in Adair and Schuyler counties, rather than disbursing the tax benefit across the state of Missouri. Because the project will be purchased by Ameren Missouri, a public utility company, after... → MORE Deepwater will file wind farm application with the state without waiting for East Hampton trustees' approvalDeepwater spokesperson Meaghan Whims cited the recent unanimous support of the Trustees for hiring a municipal contract attorney to represent the board in the negotiations of the lease, and said the company has taken it as a sign that the Trustees ultimately expect to hammer out an agreement with Deepwater—though... → MORE Future massive wind turbines in MN face blowback from neighborsThe most powerful wind turbines ever seen in the state could soon be built in southwest Minnesota. The state needs to approve the proposed wind farm. The industry is ramping up turbine size in the name of efficiency, but the skyscraper-sized machines are also attracting more public opposition. → MORE Wind company towers come down in Parishville, Hopkinton; community remains cautious until all leases canceledThe sooner these leases are terminated, the sooner our communities can begin to heal. To all other communities -- beware of the false promises of these multi-million dollar solar and wind energy companies -- they are not in the business of helping us, only themselves. → MORE 100% Certifiable CaliforniaMost states are enjoying flat or declining electricity rates thanks to shale fracking, which has sent natural gas prices plummeting. But not California, where rates have jumped 25% since 2013. Electricity prices in the Golden State are by far the highest in the continental western U.S. and twice as high... → MORE JCIDA: Galloo Island Wind project PILOT negotiations too preliminary to discuss dollar figuresThe IDA will submit a letter responding to a interrogatory letter from the developer, Apex Clean Energy, sent to the state Department of Public Service staff regarding a potential PILOT for its 108.9 megawatt wind farm. “It’s really pretty straightforward,” said agency Chairman David J. Converse. “It’s basically telling them... → MORE Wind turbines kill birds and batsDirector of Science Nature Conservancy in Wyoming, Holly Copeland remarked, “Over a half million birds and about a million bats, a study in 2013 by Smallwood, et al showed. And if you run those numbers out for Wyoming there are about 5000 grassland birds we would be losing every year…there... → MORE Turbine construction continues after cease and desist orderA Florida-based energy company continues to put up wind turbines in western Oklahoma, despite a request from the state to 'cease and desist.' The construction would seem to violate state law, and yet it's not at all clear if the law can be enforced, at least in this particular case. → MORE Injunction halts Oaxaca wind farm over indigenous rights violationsA group of activists filed the injunction request on the grounds that the rights of local indigenous communities were violated during the planning and development process for the US $600-million project. → MORE Lake wind project at issue over birds and bats, headed into hearingsThe staff of the Ohio Power Siting Board has recommended that the six wind turbines the Lake Erie Energy Development Corp. (LEEDCo) has proposed building 10 miles offshore operate only during daylight hours for 10 months out of the year while experts determine whether technology designed to detect bird and... → MORE State finds flaws In turbine noise studyIn reviewing the study, the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection found that noise samples were collected at the wrong time of day and that not all the turbines were spinning when the sampling was done. The state also pointed out that some necessary information was missing from the analysis and... → MORE WNY Public Health Alliance expresses concern regarding turbinesNewly constructed wind turbines in the hills of Arkwright as well as other potential projects have caught the attention of the Western New York Public Health Alliance. → MORE Party to Galloo Article 10 review complains that DEC is actively working to suppress eagle informationA party to the Article 10 review of the proposed Galloo Island commercial wind project has complained to the siting board that the Department of Environmental Conservation is trying to suppress information about a bald eagle nesting site on the island, including an attempt to slap a gag order on... → MORE The roiling debate over wind energySome would argue there has never been a more controversial issue in Palo alto County as wind energy. What began as a way to protect the rights of citizens, landowners and the environment in the county, has turned into a legal war. → MORE Endangered Hen Harrier on Donegal wind farm site should have been verifiedThe Irish Raptor Study Group has been granted permission to bring judicial review proceedings challenging a decision of An Bord Pleanála to grant planning permission for a 19-turbine wind farm located at Meenbog in South Eastern Donegal. ...They claimed that while the developer in its application did not identify the... → MORE Turbine price crash squeezes OEM revenues by 30% in H1Income at some of the biggest turbine makers fell on average 30% in the first half of 2018, while the price of onshore turbines fell around 20%. ...Despite the increase in orders, Nordex CEO Jose Luis Blanco said the company expects 2018 and 2019 "to remain challenging" due to "fierce... → MORE Recent DocumentsUsing residential proximity to wind turbines as an alternative exposure measure to investigate the association between wind turbines and human health This important paper has found lving close to to wind turbines "is negatively correlated with self-rated environmental quality of life and physical health quality of life." The finding is consistent with other studies cited in the paper. The authrose also found that turbine noise alone is not the only factor. Other factors may... → MORE Infrasound from wind turbines is a new signal in the environment FINLAND. Aunio Group Oy from Oulu has developed a device for measuring and recording infrasound produced by wind turbines. The measurement equipment can be used to produce research data for investigating the characteristics of infrasound and where it spreads, and to analyze any health problems it may cause. The infrasound... → MORE A possible criterion for wind farms The purpose of this paper is to explain and evaluate the metric by which the community response to wind turbine noise is gauged and the limits appropriate to that response function. Chapter II deals with selection of the metric, and Chapter III presents the data and methods used to establish criteria and... → MORE Recent PicturesWind turbine fire spreads to 2000 acres A railroad bridge burns Thursday night (Aug. 2, 2018) in Arlington, Oregon. Firefighters said a wind turbine caught fire, sparking a blaze. → MORE Recent VideosNo, wind turbine noise is not damped by the ground!This news segment from the German television program “Hessenschau” examines how all wind turbines in Hesse in Germany must be checked because of the noise they make. THe show aired on August 8, 2018. English subtitles are by Vind-Alarm-Danmark.eu and Friends-Against-Wind.org. → MORE Wind turbine fire could be seen for milesA massive wind turbine caught fire Thursday night near Beaver in Boone county. → MORE |
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