tag:www.windaction.org,2005:/posts/feed 2022-03-11T13:33:42-05:00 tag:www.windaction.org,2005:Article/53248 2022-03-11T13:33:42-05:00 2022-03-11T13:33:42-05:00 http://www.windaction.org/posts/53248-man-with-ties-to-honey-creek-wind-developer-accused-of-stealing-anti-wind-petitions Article The theft of anti-wind petitions from a local eatery has resulted in criminal charges against a Bloomville man. His wife, an employee of the wind farm developer Apex Clean Energy, has been placed on administrative leave by the company. According to the Bucyrus Police Department, the theft was reported shortly after 1 p.m. Feb. 25 at LuLu's Kitchen, 1640 Marion Road. 2022-03-11T00:00:00Z Ohio tag:www.windaction.org,2005:Article/53247 2022-03-11T13:07:25-05:00 2022-03-11T13:07:25-05:00 http://www.windaction.org/posts/53247-energy-company-investigating-collapsed-wind-turbine Article After one of its wind turbines collapsed last month near Cheyenne, an energy company is still investigating the cause. The turbine, which fell on Feb. 23, was located at the Happy Jack wind site west of Cheyenne. Charlotte, North Carolina-based Duke Energy runs the site. 2022-03-11T00:00:00Z Wyoming tag:www.windaction.org,2005:Article/53245 2022-03-10T16:37:42-05:00 2022-03-10T16:37:42-05:00 http://www.windaction.org/posts/53245-plane-crash-blamed-on-turbulence-from-wind-farm Article A pilot injured in a crash landing has claimed a “violent” gust which caused him to lose control of his plane may have been caused by a nearby windfarm. ...According to an Air Accident Investigation Branch (AAIB) report he said he believed "turbulence effects" from the windfarm may have contributed to the loss of control. The report concluded that while "the possibility of encountering wake turbulence from the windfarm at this airfield is remote, it cannot be entirely ruled out". 2022-03-10T00:00:00Z UK tag:www.windaction.org,2005:Article/53244 2022-03-08T09:31:20-05:00 2022-03-08T09:31:34-05:00 http://www.windaction.org/posts/53244-county-by-county-solar-panels-face-pushback Article It’s an environmental clash that neither side wanted: Solar advocates are squaring off against conservationists. ...NBC News counted 57 cities, towns and counties across the country where residents have proposed solar moratoriums since the start of 2021, according to local news reports, and not every proposed ban gets local news coverage. At least 40 of those approved the measures. Other localities did so in earlier years. That resistance is a threat to the big ambitions of the solar energy movement.  2022-03-06T00:00:00Z USA tag:www.windaction.org,2005:Editorial/53243 2022-03-03T10:25:27-05:00 2022-03-03T11:19:51-05:00 http://www.windaction.org/posts/53243-windaction-group-opposes-massachusetts-removal-of-offshore-wind-price-cap Editorial In the 5 years from 2015 to 2019, Massachusetts ratepayers were billed over $4 billion in above market energy costs to support state-mandated renewable energy policies. Much of this higher cost has been shielded by persistently low natural gas prices, but this is changing quickly as the US enters a period of higher priced energy. Residential electricity prices in the Commonwealth are one of the highest in the country. By removing the price cap, state lawmakers all but ensure residents will pay even higher rates.​ 2022-03-03T00:00:00Z Massachusetts tag:www.windaction.org,2005:Article/53242 2022-03-02T15:37:07-05:00 2022-03-02T15:38:27-05:00 http://www.windaction.org/posts/53242-michigan-court-of-appeals-rules-tuscola-county-judge-repeatedly-erred-in-wind-farm-ruling Article A ruling by the Michigan Court of Appeals regarding wind turbines in Tuscola County provides some insight into the future of a planned wind farm for Montcalm County, should that controversial local project also end up in court. 2022-03-02T00:00:00Z Michigan tag:www.windaction.org,2005:Article/53239 2022-03-01T13:01:58-05:00 2022-03-01T13:01:58-05:00 http://www.windaction.org/posts/53239-bill-wants-indiana-counties-to-be-wind-solar-friendly-but-it-doesn-t-force-them Article Jennifer Miller with Hoosiers for Reliable Energy, formerly Hoosiers for Home Rule, said that SB 411 “is a love letter to wind and solar industries and a blatant disregard for rural Hoosiers.” She felt the bill tilted the playing field toward renewables and away from neighboring property owners, she added. Her resistance was echoed by Joan Null, a resident of Whitley County. Null said that “on behalf of thousands of rural Hoosiers,” she was asking committee members “to find your spine and vote against this bill.”  2022-03-01T00:00:00Z Indiana tag:www.windaction.org,2005:Article/53236 2022-02-28T15:14:30-05:00 2022-02-28T16:02:16-05:00 http://www.windaction.org/posts/53236-graveyard-of-the-green-giants-it-s-the-hidden-cost-of-our-dash-for-windpower Article Right across the road from the town cemetery in Sweetwater, Texas, sits another graveyard where the dead are never buried. Some 4,000 worn-out giant wind turbine blades are piled as far as the eye can see, taking up most of a 25-acre field. ...While there's growing pressure for this practice to end, in the absence of an effective way of recycling them, the alternative could be something like the hideous sight at Sweetwater. 'It's amazing what we waste,' sighs Christina Speck, a local teacher and mother, as she drives past the blade dump, one of two on the outskirts of Sweetwater. 2022-02-28T00:00:00Z Texas tag:www.windaction.org,2005:Article/53235 2022-02-27T14:52:24-05:00 2022-02-27T14:52:41-05:00 http://www.windaction.org/posts/53235-claims-wild-setting-of-wolf-of-badenoch-s-castle-will-be-ruined-by-lethen-wind-farm-plan Article Residents on Dava Moor have said Lochindorb and its historic castle – one time home of the infamous Wolf of Badenoch – will be ruined if 185 metre high wind turbines are allowed to tower over the rugged beauty spot. Community campaigners are objecting to Fred. Olsen Renewables’ proposals for Lethen Wind Farm which they said will loom large over the loch. Dave MacLeod, Dava Moor Residents Association spokesman, said: “The developer has the audacity to think that this Special Landscape Area is not special.” 2022-02-25T00:00:00Z UK tag:www.windaction.org,2005:Article/53234 2022-02-27T14:38:52-05:00 2022-02-27T14:39:11-05:00 http://www.windaction.org/posts/53234-blm-denies-permit-for-walker-ridge-wind-energy-project Article On Friday, the Bureau of Land Management said it has denied the application for the Walker Ridge Wind Energy Project. The agency said the denial was based on potential resource conflicts and the inadequacy of the information provided to the BLM to address these conflicts and to move forward with the environmental review. “Given the application denial, the BLM will not be preparing an environmental impact statement or potential land use amendment for this project,” the agency said in the Friday announcement. 2022-02-26T00:00:00Z USA, California tag:www.windaction.org,2005:Article/53238 2022-03-01T08:45:28-05:00 2022-03-01T08:45:56-05:00 http://www.windaction.org/posts/53238-green-revolution-failure-as-ministers-deliver-just-one-in-20-of-promised-scots-offshore-wind-jobs Article Pat Rafferty, Unite Scottish secretary, who has raised deep concerns about the green jobs 'failure' said: "Despite the fanfare associated with the ScotWind auction, and the estimated £700m going into the Scottish Government's bank account, for Unite the outstanding problems remain. "Principally, how many jobs in the domestic supply chain will be created, and what will government actively do to ensure that local workers, companies and communities benefit through binding clauses. Many of the successful applicants are the same ones with an abysmal track record in supporting the domestic supply chain.” 2022-02-27T00:00:00Z UK tag:www.windaction.org,2005:Article/53237 2022-03-01T08:38:58-05:00 2022-03-01T08:39:43-05:00 http://www.windaction.org/posts/53237-u-s-rep-tiffany-seeks-to-repeal-most-subsidies-for-wind-solar-projects Article "If you want to put in wind and solar, go ahead, but don't do it on the backs of taxpayers," Tiffany said Thursday during a stop at 29 Pines restaurant in the town of Wheaton. "We want to make sure we preserve farm land. You just won't receive the subsidies to do that, if you remove productive agriculture land from production." Tiffany said utility companies who are putting solar and wind projects on farm land are driving up the price for renting property, because they are getting the subsidy they use to pay for the land. 2022-02-24T00:00:00Z USA, Wisconsin tag:www.windaction.org,2005:Article/53240 2022-03-01T13:50:51-05:00 2022-03-01T13:51:25-05:00 http://www.windaction.org/posts/53240-dispute-over-schuylkill-co-wind-farm-exposes-fissures-in-pa-s-push-to-meet-renewable-energy-goals Article A spokesperson for the Pennsylvania National Guard, told the Capital-Star that the project "would affect four landing zones, all of which are north of Second Mountain in Dauphin and Schuylkill counties." The letter from the military attorneys also argued that the proposed wind farm posed “a physical hazard to aviators,” raising concerns about the safety of the helicopter pilots because of the amount of space available to safely navigate around the turbines and the surrounding hillsides. 2022-02-23T00:00:00Z Pennsylvania tag:www.windaction.org,2005:Picture/53233 2022-02-22T16:10:24-05:00 2022-03-03T10:38:47-05:00 http://www.windaction.org/posts/53233-block-island-offshore-wind-turbines-leaking-oil-into-the-atlantic Picture 2022-02-22T00:00:00Z Rhode Island tag:www.windaction.org,2005:Article/53231 2022-02-20T13:34:51-05:00 2022-02-20T13:35:17-05:00 http://www.windaction.org/posts/53231-landowners-lose-battle-over-southern-alberta-wind-farm-but-still-consider-it-a-win Article "There's reason to celebrate … we faced a subsidiary company of an international, multinational big business and we faced down the local county council and we made some people blink,'' said Lavinia Henderson, whose family farm will be within about 800 metres of a wind turbine. Henderson is with Lomond Opposing Wind Projects, a group representing 165 landowners, five companies and the Village of Lomond. It raised concerns regarding adverse economic, social and environmental impacts during a hearing last fall. 2022-02-18T00:00:00Z Alberta tag:www.windaction.org,2005:Article/53230 2022-02-20T13:23:50-05:00 2022-02-20T13:27:37-05:00 http://www.windaction.org/posts/53230-living-in-the-shadow-of-a-wind-farm-the-people-surrounded-by-turbines-which-promised-to-lower-bills-now-terrified-they-could-fall-like-trees Article Members of the community fought against the wind farms initially, but they eventually lost and the renewable energy farms were established. There are new concerns however regarding the longevity of the wind turbines after one at the Pant Y Wal wind farm came crashing to the ground on February 14. "I woke up in the morning, there was a big gust of wind and then I heard a bang. 2022-02-19T00:00:00Z UK tag:www.windaction.org,2005:Article/53229 2022-02-20T13:16:07-05:00 2022-02-20T13:17:13-05:00 http://www.windaction.org/posts/53229-wind-farms-were-paid-not-to-generate-half-their-potential-electricity Article An analysis found that, in 2020, three large wind farms in Scotland were paid a total of £24.5 million to fail to produce about half of their potential output. Researchers said the "constraint payments", which are ultimately added to consumer bills, were being fuelled by a high concentration of onshore wind farms in Scotland often leaving the electricity grid unable to cope on windy days. 2022-02-19T00:00:00Z UK tag:www.windaction.org,2005:Article/53228 2022-02-20T12:50:10-05:00 2022-02-20T12:50:54-05:00 http://www.windaction.org/posts/53228-wind-turbine-blade-snaps-at-berkshire-east Article One of the three blades of Berkshire East Mountain Resort’s wind turbine snapped in half on Thursday morning, likely resulting in a lengthy repair ...“(Staff members) heard a bang, looked around, looked up, and saw it.” The top half of the broken blade was still dangling Friday afternoon. 2022-02-18T00:00:00Z Massachusetts tag:www.windaction.org,2005:Article/53241 2022-03-01T13:56:11-05:00 2022-03-01T13:56:41-05:00 http://www.windaction.org/posts/53241-clearing-the-air-on-clean-energy-bill Article This legislation would establish a short-term moratorium on the siting of alternative energy facilities. In other words, we would put a hold on new alternative energy facilities and take the process back to the drawing board. Starting with a clean slate would allow for a new legislative task force to take a completely fresh look at the process for siting clean energy facilities in the state. 2022-02-20T00:00:00Z Washington tag:www.windaction.org,2005:Article/53227 2022-02-16T15:44:46-05:00 2022-02-16T15:45:02-05:00 http://www.windaction.org/posts/53227-wind-turbine-comes-crashing-down-in-strong-winds Article Lydia Stephens, who lives near the turbines, wrote on social media: “A wind turbine fell over in the wind farm in my village this morning and I thought it was thunder and lighting but how the hell does a wind turbine fall over? “Apparently it was creaking and banging all night before it collapsed and one woman thought it was her neighbour’s tumble dryer.” 2022-02-15T00:00:00Z UK