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		<title>Tragic electrocution at windmill farm claims life, Willacy County investigates</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 11 May 2024 19:09:24 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Tragic Electrocution at Willacy County Windmill Farm A routine day at a windmill farm located at the intersection of FM 1018 and FM 507 turned tragic when a man was fatally electrocuted in what has been described as a workplace incident by the Willacy County Sheriff’s Office. The incident has left the local community in shock and raised concerns over workplace safety in such environments. Details of the Incident Early this morning, Willacy County EMS and Bonneville fire crews were&#160;.&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Repairs to P.E.I. wind farm cost $15 million in last several years; More work necessary</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 11 May 2024 12:42:48 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Most of the 10 wind turbines at the Hermanville wind farm are working again following $15 million in repairs during the past several months, says the CEO of the P.E.I. Energy Corporation. Tyson Bradley said additional money was spent on purchasing parts for the turbines at the wind farm, which is located north of Souris. “The work (on the remaining turbines) is actually starting right after the long weekend, so we’re spending money to get up to full speed, (but)&#160;.&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>‘Wake effect’ could drain 38% of offshore wind power, study says</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 May 2024 20:49:10 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Wind turbines off the East Coast might significantly drain energy from each other, lowering the power output of an offshore farm by up to 38 percent, according to a new study that challenges early assumptions about the nascent industry’s electricity contribution. The findings add to growing research about the “wake effect,” which is when offshore turbines in close proximity affect each other’s energy output. Researchers from the University of Colorado and the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) found that entire&#160;.&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>More than 1 million trees cut down for wind turbines last year, 17 million over 24 years</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 May 2024 13:12:52 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[A Scottish Government quango has commissioned the destruction of more than 17 million trees in the last 24 years in order to build wind farms on public land. The Scottish Government has been blasted after it was revealed that more than one million trees have been chopped down on publicly owned land in just a year to make way for wind farms. This mass cutting down of trees came despite the SNP and Scottish Greens claiming environmental credentials. Communities in&#160;.&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>SSE stops work after landslide near windfarm site</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 May 2024 12:20:43 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[SSE has announced all site work has been halted following a landslide between Upper Kergord and the B9075 road. Footage appeared online of a landslide near the Viking Energy wind farm construction site on Tuesday night. The incident took place yesterday (Tuesday) with drone footage of the landslide being captured by Gary Buchan. “On Tuesday afternoon our site team reported a peat slip in an area of hillside between Upper Kergord and the B9075, where work on our Kergord to&#160;.&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Finland rejects offshore wind licences</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 May 2024 17:01:29 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The Finnish government has issued a negative decision on 16 applications for exploitation rights concerning offshore wind power in the exclusive economic zone. Many of the areas located in the Gulf of Bothnia overlap each other, the country&#8217;s Ministry of Economic Affairs and Employment said. The decision does not prohibit the development of offshore wind projects in the sea areas concerned, it added. The government’s justification for refusing the applications for exploitation rights include its objective to &#8220;create a predictable,&#160;.&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Верховний Суд визнав незаконним будівництво вітряків на Боржаві на Закарпатті</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 May 2024 15:15:27 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[[Supreme Court declares the construction of wind trubiness in Borzhava is illegal] Представники Всеукраїнського громадського руху Save Borzhava щойно отримали нарочно рішення у резонансній справі №260/1058/19, яким остаточно скасовано дозвіл на будівельні роботи щодо спроби варварського знищення полонини Боржава. Відповідне позитивне для захисників Боржави рішення ухвалено 24 квітня в Києві Верховним Судом у складі колегії суддів Касаційного адміністративного суду Стародуб О.П., Єзеров А.А., Кравчук В.М. Про це редакцію повідомили представники ГО «Міжнародний інститут людини і глобалістики «Ноосфера», які і звернулися&#160;.&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Buddhist retreat centre objects to Clare wind farm</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 May 2024 13:18:52 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Plans to construct an 11-turbine 72MW wind farm in the &#8217;12 O&#8217;Clock hills&#8217; in south east Clare pose a significant threat to &#8216;a peaceful haven’ at a silent Buddhist retreat centre, objectors claim. Earlier this year, Ørsted Onshore Ireland Midco Ltd lodges plans direct to An Bord Pleanála for the 11 turbine 590 feet tip high Oatfield wind-farm on a site 9km north of Limerick city and 4.7km from Sixmilebridge Now, in response, the 12 O’Clock Hills Community Group that&#160;.&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Plans for Swarclett wind turbines prompt ‘misery and strife’ warning</title>
		<link>https://www.wind-watch.org/news/2024/05/06/plans-for-swarclett-wind-turbines-prompt-misery-and-strife-warning/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[National Wind Watch]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 06 May 2024 14:58:24 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Plans for a new Caithness wind farm have prompted a national campaigner to warn of the “misery and strife” that can arise when communities become divided over renewable energy developments. Aileen Jackson, of Scotland Against Spin, highlighted the “striking” similarities between the proposed Swarclett Wind Farm at Bowertower and Neilston Wind Farm in East Renfrewshire. Opponents of the two-turbine Swarclett scheme claim support has been targeted in Castletown, several miles away from the wind farm site. Bowertower resident Tony Shaw,&#160;.&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Pressure mounts against French wind farm project near Belgian coast</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 May 2024 14:32:18 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[De Panne, Koksijde and Nieuwpoort are the latest communes on the Belgian coast to oppose a French government project to build an offshore wind farm near Dunkirk. The proposal includes turbines almost as high as the Eiffel Tower: 300 metres above sea level (the Paris icon is 330m). The French government plans to build the 50 km2 park of 46 wind turbines 10km off the Dunkirk coastline, 11.4km from the Belgian seaside resorts opposing the project. The farm should produce&#160;.&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Fylde Coast wind farm plans could tear through businesses, land and affect schools, objectors say</title>
		<link>https://www.wind-watch.org/news/2024/05/06/fylde-coast-wind-farm-plans-could-tear-through-businesses-land-and-affect-schools-objectors-say/</link>
		
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 May 2024 14:24:44 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Across the Fylde Coast, residents, business owners and farmers are uniting on one very contentious issue. Two offshore wind farms are set to be positioned in the Irish Sea, with a series of cables connecting them to an existing electricity substation in Penwortham. Whilst the idea is good in theory, to build on green energy, the idea in action is a very different matter. Residents of the Fylde are strongly opposing the plans, dubbed the Morgan and Morecambe Offshore Wind&#160;.&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Aparatoso incendio de un aerogenerador en Peralta [wind turbine fire]</title>
		<link>https://www.wind-watch.org/news/2024/05/06/aparatoso-incendio-de-un-aerogenerador-en-peralta-wind-turbine-fire/</link>
		
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 May 2024 12:44:38 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[El motor de un aerogenerador del Parque Eólico Caluengo, situado junto a la carretera NA-115 en el término municipal de Peralta/Azkoien, ha ardido este domingo por la tarde. Intervenimos la tarde del #domingo para extinguir un incendio en un aerogenerador de un parque eólico en #Peralta#ParquePeralta#PolicíaLocal@NavarraGC pic.twitter.com/PZCzgGnrRQ &#8212; Bomberos y Bomberas – Suhiltzaileak (@bomberos_na) May 5, 2024 El incendio se ha registrado a las 16:35 horas en el motor de un molino en la zona de los altos de Peralta.&#160;.&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Windpark Hainhaus: Windkraftanlage verliert Bauteile -sofortige Stilllegung erfolgt-</title>
		<link>https://www.wind-watch.org/news/2024/05/05/windpark-hainhaus-windkraftanlage-verliert-bauteile-sofortige-stilllegung-erfolgt/</link>
		
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		<pubDate>Sun, 05 May 2024 20:26:07 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[[Pieces of wind turbine fall off while blades continue to turn] Am späten Sonntagvormittag (05.05.), 11.20 Uhr, meldeten Spaziergänger verdächtige Geräusche und Beobachtungen an einer sich noch drehenden Windkraftanlage im Bereich Windpark Hainhaus/ Bad-König-Kimbach. Weiterhin lagen auch schon größere Bauteile unterhalb der Anlage auf dem Boden und angrenzenden Waldbereich. Durch sofort entsandte Einsatzkräfte von Polizei und Feuerwehr wurden die angrenzenden Waldwege und auch die Landesstraße 3349 gesperrt. Da sich die Windkraftanlage zu diesem Zeitpunkt noch in Betrieb befand und ganz&#160;.&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Energy giant pays off fisherman blocking Wicklow wind farm</title>
		<link>https://www.wind-watch.org/news/2024/05/05/energy-giant-pays-off-fisherman-blocking-wicklow-wind-farm/</link>
		
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		<pubDate>Sun, 05 May 2024 12:35:34 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[A fisherman from Co Wicklow has settled with an offshore wind developer in a landmark case expected to send waves through a renewable energy ­industry grappling with mounting legal challenges. Last May, Ivan Toole, whose fishing company operates out of Greystones, brought a judicial review on environmental grounds against the minister of state with responsibility for planning and local government over the granting of a foreshore licence to RWE, a German energy group and notice party in the case. The&#160;.&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Wind turbine crashes down in Schuyler County</title>
		<link>https://www.wind-watch.org/news/2024/05/04/wind-turbine-crashes-down-in-schuyler-county/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[National Wind Watch]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 04 May 2024 14:19:31 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[A wind turbine came crashing down in Schuyler County late last week. It happened Friday night on Fairview Drive off County Route J in Queen City. It was part of Ameren&#8217;s wind farm along Highway 63 that was installed in 2021. Several viewers messaged KTVO with pictures, saying they could see the tower without its face or blades from the highway. KTVO reached out to Ameren for more information on what happened. In an email, they responded: &#8220;Ameren Missouri enacted&#160;.&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Three groups are suing N.J. to block an offshore wind farm</title>
		<link>https://www.wind-watch.org/news/2024/05/04/three-groups-are-suing-n-j-to-block-an-offshore-wind-farm/</link>
		
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		<pubDate>Sat, 04 May 2024 13:48:57 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Three anti–wind power groups are suing New Jersey to overturn a key environmental approval for a wind energy farm planned off the coast of Long Beach Island. Save Long Beach Island, Defend Brigantine Beach and Protect Our Coast NJ filed suit in appellate court on April 26 challenging a determination by the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection that the Atlantic Shores wind farm project meets the requirements of a federal coastal protection law. Atlantic Shores is one of three&#160;.&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>TransAlta scraps wind farm project as energy market changes loom for Alberta</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 04 May 2024 13:24:23 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[TransAlta, one of Alberta&#8217;s largest power generators, has cancelled a proposed wind farm development and is putting a hold on three other power projects, citing provincial rule changes and a lack of certainty in the market. In February, Alberta&#8217;s government announced new rules on the development of renewable power in the province. They imposed a new 35-kilometre buffer zone around areas deemed &#8220;pristine viewscapes.&#8221; Calgary-based TransAlta said those rules, coupled with a lack of clarity around the future of renewable&#160;.&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Schoharie County towns file lawsuit against N.Y. over solar, wind farm tax methods</title>
		<link>https://www.wind-watch.org/news/2024/05/04/schoharie-county-towns-file-lawsuit-against-n-y-over-solar-wind-farm-tax-methods/</link>
		
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		<pubDate>Sat, 04 May 2024 13:15:12 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[More than a dozen towns in Schoharie County are suing the state of New York, claiming they&#8217;re not only being low-balled by the state&#8217;s method of taxing solar and wind projects, but that the new rules are unconstitutional. In 2021, the state established new rules requiring solar and wind farms that generate over one megawatt of electricity be assessed using a model formula. However, the town supervisors, listed as plaintiffs in the lawsuit, contend that local assessors have the &#8220;ultimate&#160;.&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>The intermittency of wind and solar power could be worse than originally thought, experts say</title>
		<link>https://www.wind-watch.org/news/2024/05/03/the-intermittency-of-wind-and-solar-power-could-be-worse-than-originally-thought-experts-say/</link>
		
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 May 2024 16:31:52 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[“Wind droughts can happen at any time and are fairly common.” Last month, multiple news outlets reported on the record-smashing year the wind industry had in 2023. The Global Wind Energy Council released its latest report showing the world installed 117 gigawatts of capacity. The Associated Press called 2023 a “record year for wind installations,” and Reuters noted that the U.S. was among the top five markets for wind installations. The U.S. Energy Information Administration released a report this week&#160;.&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>14 Stark County townships want large solar, wind farms prohibited</title>
		<link>https://www.wind-watch.org/news/2024/05/03/14-stark-county-townships-want-large-solar-wind-farms-prohibited/</link>
		
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 May 2024 14:24:17 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Fourteen of Stark County&#8217;s 17 townships want large wind and solar farms banned from their communities. Canton, Jackson, Lake, Lawrence, Lexington, Nimishillen, Osnaburg, Paris, Pike, Plain, Sugar Creek, Tuscarawas and Washington townships requested the county commissioners vote to prohibit large solar facilities and large wind farms of 50 megawatts or more, as well as economically significant wind farms between five and 50 megawatts. Marlboro Township asked to commissioners to prohibit large solar facilities and large wind farms but did not&#160;.&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>OSHA to investigate wind farm death of Weslaco man</title>
		<link>https://www.wind-watch.org/news/2024/05/01/osha-to-investigate-wind-farm-death-of-weslaco-man/</link>
		
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 May 2024 12:57:12 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Federal workplace safety officials will be investigating how a worker from the Valley fell to his death inside of a wind turbine at a wind farm northwest of Dallas. 31-year-old Marco Anthony Portillo of Weslaco died in the accidental fall last Wednesday. Portillo was working with the Windthorst Two wind project south of Wichita Falls, and was climbing inside a turbine when he fell. Portillo reportedly was killed instantly. OSHA officials will work to determine if any workplace safety rules&#160;.&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>‘These turbines would change everything’: Caithness community rallies against wind farm plan</title>
		<link>https://www.wind-watch.org/news/2024/04/28/these-turbines-would-change-everything-caithness-community-rallies-against-wind-farm-plan/</link>
		
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		<pubDate>Sun, 28 Apr 2024 16:46:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.wind-watch.org/news/?p=107068</guid>

					<description><![CDATA[Four generations of the Sandison family have farmed land in Caithness they now fear could be overshadowed by wind turbines. They are members of a small community fighting plans for green energy projects they say would harm their way of life. Wind2 wants to install two 150m high turbines and a battery energy storage system at Bower. An application is expected in May for the project that will have a total installed capacity of around 20MW. Turbines are a ‘blight&#160;.&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Worried about effect on “clean energy transition,” Mills vetoes bill requiring union workers on state land</title>
		<link>https://www.wind-watch.org/news/2024/04/27/worried-about-effect-on-clean-energy-transition-mills-vetoes-bill-requiring-union-workers-on-state-land/</link>
		
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		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Apr 2024 13:33:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.wind-watch.org/news/?p=107066</guid>

					<description><![CDATA[Gov. Janet Mills vetoed a bill on Friday that would have required companies leasing state land for clean energy projects to work with unions hoping to represent their workers. The bill, L.D. 373, is aimed at the offshore wind power terminal and manufacturing facility the Mills administration aims to build in Searsport. Mills said she vetoed the bill because it contained ambiguous language and was too far-reaching in its scope. In her veto letter, she wrote that it was unclear&#160;.&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Man dies in met-mast accident at site of massive Queensland wind project</title>
		<link>https://www.wind-watch.org/news/2024/04/26/man-dies-in-met-mast-accident-at-site-of-massive-queensland-wind-project/</link>
		
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		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Apr 2024 13:54:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.wind-watch.org/news/?p=107100</guid>

					<description><![CDATA[A man has died in a workplace accident at the site of the proposed Proserpine wind farm, a 900MW project that is in the very early stages of development on Gia People Country in Queensland’s Whitsunday Region. It is understood that the man, a worker in his 30s, was killed on Thursday after falling roughly 20 metres from a meteorological mast – a tower used to measure the wind characteristics at a proposed project generation site (similar to the picture&#160;.&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Archer Co. Sheriff confirms identity of man in fatal wind turbine accident</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Apr 2024 13:17:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.wind-watch.org/news/?p=107065</guid>

					<description><![CDATA[The Archer County Sheriff’s Office identified the man who died after falling inside a wind turbine Wednesday evening. The man, 31-year-old Marco Anthony Portillo Jr. was a resident of Weslaco, according to Sheriff Jack Curd. Portillo was on the job of a windmill project entitled “Windthorst II Wind” on April 24 under supervision of EDF Renewables. When he began to climb into the turbine, he fell and was pronounced dead on the scene. The sheriff’s office, Air Evac, AMR and&#160;.&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Cutting down trees for offshore wind project puts homes at risk, residents say</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Apr 2024 13:40:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.wind-watch.org/news/?p=107062</guid>

					<description><![CDATA[Dominion Energy is under fire from homeowners in one Virginia Beach neighborhood as residents say all the trees the company has taken down as part of its offshore wind project has put their homes in danger. Right behind John Rooney’s property line in the Pine Ridge neighborhood, Dominion Energy has cleared a 140-foot wide strip of trees to make way for power lines that will carry power from the offshore wind turbines to a substation in Chesapeake. Rooney said that&#160;.&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Energy company criticised over use of ‘incognito security guards’ at consultation events</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Apr 2024 14:21:32 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Wales]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.wind-watch.org/news/?p=107061</guid>

					<description><![CDATA[An opponent of plans to build a network of pylons across mid Wales has expressed concern that the firm behind the project has hired ex-military personnel to monitor public consultation meetings incognito. Dr Chris Langley has attended meetings in Llandeilo and Llandovery hosted by GreenGen Cymru, which has the same ownership as Bute Energy, which wants to build a parallel network of wind farms. ‘Agitated’ He said: “GreenGen Cymru is holding a series of consultation events about its route of&#160;.&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Wind energy off Morro Bay faces fisher lawsuit and marine sanctuary issues</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[National Wind Watch]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Apr 2024 16:02:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.wind-watch.org/news/?p=107060</guid>

					<description><![CDATA[Three new wind farms in the waters north of Santa Barbara County have run into a few obstacles in their attempts to bring offshore wind to the Central Coast. On top of discussions with government agencies and the Northern Chumash tribe, the three developers face a lawsuit from two San Luis Obispo fisheries claiming that “best practices” are not being used in the process of approving and building off the coast of Morro Bay. The lawsuit was filed by the&#160;.&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>WInd turbine fire</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Apr 2024 15:06:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.wind-watch.org/news/?p=107054</guid>

					<description><![CDATA[At 4:41am today the Fire Department and Ambulance responded to a report of a windmill on fire located at 876 Rte. 189, Churubusco. Chateaugay responded with mutual aid. Trucks remained on scene.]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Angry campaigners against plans for England’s biggest wind farm near Hebden Bridge join forces for public meeting</title>
		<link>https://www.wind-watch.org/news/2024/04/21/angry-campaigners-against-plans-for-englands-biggest-wind-farm-near-hebden-bridge-join-forces-for-public-meeting/</link>
		
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		<pubDate>Sun, 21 Apr 2024 13:36:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.wind-watch.org/news/?p=107052</guid>

					<description><![CDATA[Three groups have united to host a public forum to explore concerns they have over a giant windfarm proposed for thousands of hectares of moorland near Hebden Bridge. The Pennine Heritage Trust, in partnership with Hebden Bridge Literary and Scientific Society and Stop Calderdale Wind Farm, have organised the forum, which will be held next month. It is in response to Calderdale Wind Farm Ltd’s proposals for a 65-turbine wind farm on more than 2,300 hectares of land at Walshaw&#160;.&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Paradise saved: Ark Energy withdraws project</title>
		<link>https://www.wind-watch.org/news/2024/04/20/paradise-saved-ark-energy-withdraws-project/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[National Wind Watch]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 20 Apr 2024 14:21:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.wind-watch.org/news/?p=107051</guid>

					<description><![CDATA[Victory can be declared in the battle to save Chalumbin Forest. Ark Energy, a subsidiary of Korean Zinc, was just a ministerial tick away from ripping into hundreds of acres of tropical forest in the Atherton Tablelands in Far North Queensland. Late yesterday, the company withdrew its application for the renamed Wooroora Station Wind Farm after receiving information from the Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water that the proposal would not be approved. The war against the&#160;.&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Ill winds generate little electricity</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 20 Apr 2024 14:11:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.wind-watch.org/news/?p=107050</guid>

					<description><![CDATA[Sir, – Herbert Petrie (Letters, April 17) is wrong when he claims that Scotland “can generate electricity for 25 million homes every day”. Most of Scotland’s generating capacity is wind power and there are scores of days each year when the country is becalmed – often at night when there’s no solar energy. For example, on 24 Feb at 23.55, UK wind turbines across the land and sea with a capacity of 23,076&#160;MW were generating a minuscule 160&#160;MW and this&#160;.&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>3 New York wind farms scrapped</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[National Wind Watch]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 20 Apr 2024 13:31:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.wind-watch.org/news/?p=107048</guid>

					<description><![CDATA[New York pulled the plug Friday on three offshore wind projects that encountered pricing problems after GE canceled the development of a larger turbine that the developers had been counting on. The decision is a setback for the US offshore wind industry and may have some cost implications for Massachusetts, Connecticut, and Rhode Island, which are in the midst of a joint procurement for offshore wind power. The three wind farms proposed for the coast off New York were all&#160;.&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>New York says it is not moving forward with three offshore wind farms</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 20 Apr 2024 13:29:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.wind-watch.org/news/?p=107047</guid>

					<description><![CDATA[New York State on Friday stalled three major offshore wind-energy projects after General Electric Vernova (GE.N) changed the turbine design, which the state said &#8220;materially altered&#8221; the plans. New York provisionally approved the projects in October 2023. They are Attentive Energy One being developed by TotalEnergies (TTEF.PA), Rise Light &#038; Power and Corio Generation; Community Offshore Wind, which is backed by RWE (RWEG.DE), opens new tab and National Grid Ventures (NG.L); and Vineyard Offshore&#8217;s Excelsior Wind. But since then, GE&#160;.&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Major offshore wind projects in New York canceled in latest blow to industry</title>
		<link>https://www.wind-watch.org/news/2024/04/20/major-offshore-wind-projects-in-new-york-canceled-in-latest-blow-to-industry/</link>
		
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		<pubDate>Sat, 20 Apr 2024 13:24:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.wind-watch.org/news/?p=107046</guid>

					<description><![CDATA[New York’s signature offshore wind projects meant to boost confidence in the industry are being scrapped, a major hit to the industry in the state and the nation. The decision is another setback to New York’s aspirations to achieve 70 percent renewable energy by 2030 and be a hub for the nascent industry in the United States. It will also be another challenge for President Joe Biden’s already likely out-of-reach 30 gigawatt goal for offshore wind by 2030. NYSERDA, the&#160;.&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Trees removed for offshore Coastal Virginia Wind project</title>
		<link>https://www.wind-watch.org/news/2024/04/18/trees-removed-for-offshore-coastal-virginia-wind-project/</link>
		
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Apr 2024 13:53:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.wind-watch.org/news/?p=107045</guid>

					<description><![CDATA[Construction and tree clearing near Naval Air Station Oceana is catching the attention of drivers and neighbors. Dominion Energy says work along Oceana Boulevard and Harper’s Road is part of the 176-turbine Coastal Virginia Wind project. Carrie Rose Pace, a senior communications specialist with Dominion Energy’s electric transmission department, explained that the tree clearing along Oceana Boulevard, across from the base, is related to this project. She described it as duct bank work to install cables for the power that&#160;.&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>RAF fears fighter jets flying as low as 250ft could hit 650ft wind turbines</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Apr 2024 13:45:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.wind-watch.org/news/?p=107044</guid>

					<description><![CDATA[Military chiefs have objected to plans to extend a Scots windfarm amid fears RAF jets could crash into its huge turbines. Energy firm Boralex wants to build 22 turbines up to 650ft high to extend the Cabrach wind farm in Clashindarroch, Aberdeenshire. The new blades would reach far higher than the 18 existing 360ft turbines at the site and another 14 turbines measuring 590ft that are due to come online. But the Ministry of Defence has objected due to concerns&#160;.&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Kay County family frustrated by wind turbine leak</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Apr 2024 13:43:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.wind-watch.org/news/?p=107043</guid>

					<description><![CDATA[A Kay County family told News 4 a leaking wind turbine near their property has now prompted an investigation. The turbine in question is owned and operated by Deriva Energy. Stephanie Mayer said she hadn’t noticed any problems with it until last month. “We had little specks of brown stuff showing up on our windows of our vehicles, out of nowhere,” said Mayer. “When we went to wash it off, like it just smears, it doesn’t like to wash off.&#160;.&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>BLM extends comment period on proposed Sweetwater County windpower facility</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Apr 2024 13:36:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.wind-watch.org/news/?p=107042</guid>

					<description><![CDATA[The Bureau of Land Management announced on Monday that it is extending the public scoping period for the Jackalope Wind Energy project in Sweetwater County to May 2nd. The proposed 213-wind generator project is planned on 293,000 acres of private, state and public lands in a checkerboard section of lands south of the Table Rock townsite west of Wamsutter. Less than half of the land, 146-thousand acres, is federal and administered by the BLM. At full capacity, the project could&#160;.&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Judge rules against tribes in lawsuit with ‘largest clean energy project U.S. history’</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Apr 2024 13:32:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.wind-watch.org/news/?p=107040</guid>

					<description><![CDATA[A federal judge yesterday ruled against The Tohono O’odham Nation, the San Carlos Apache Tribe and environmentalists in a lawsuit to halt work on a $10 billion transmission line being built through an area of cultural significance to the tribes. The SunZia Southwest Transmission Project will carry wind-generated electricity from New Mexico to California. The 520-mile-long powerline is the biggest U.S. electricity infrastructure undertaking since the Hoover Dam and is being lauded as &#8220;the largest clean energy project in U.S.&#160;.&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>‘Uncertain’ environmental impact of wind farm prompts call for revision</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Apr 2024 13:14:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.wind-watch.org/news/?p=107039</guid>

					<description><![CDATA[The developer of a proposed wind farm near Mortlake is being urged back to the drawing board in a &#8220;win for environmentalists&#8221;. It comes as Planning Panels Victoria released its report on the Mount Fyans wind farm which would see a 400-megawatt, 81 turbine wind energy facility about five kilometres north of Mortlake. The panel found the level of uncertainty in terms of possible material impacts on the environment, particularly on the endangered Brolga and critically endangered Southern Bent Wing&#160;.&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Offshore wind farms are detrimental to whales</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Apr 2024 12:58:06 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Since 2016, more than 200 humpback whales have died and been stranded on beaches along the East Coast, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric (NOAA). In fact, NOAA is so concerned about the sheer number of dead humpback whales in this region that it has labeled the situation an “unusual mortality event.” Likewise, NOAA has declared an “unusual mortality event” regarding the mysterious mass deaths of the critically endangered North Atlantic right whale along the East Coast. As NOAA&#160;.&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>‘We’d never have moved here if we knew more turbines were coming’</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Apr 2024 13:36:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.wind-watch.org/news/?p=107036</guid>

					<description><![CDATA[When Trevor Smith and his wife Dawn moved to the Cabrach, they thought they had found the home of their dreams. After falling in love with the tranquillity during four holidays in the north-east, they decided to make the massive move from the increasingly busy Isle of Wight. In summer last year they moved into their perfect home, a converted former church, and began settling into their new community. Just four months later they learned of the large wind farm&#160;.&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Battle lines set on Lewis over Spiorad na Mara</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 13 Apr 2024 13:46:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.wind-watch.org/news/?p=107035</guid>

					<description><![CDATA[The decision to refuse the request from Northland Power for a strip of common grazing close to the shoreline for siting a 120 metre mast was taken unanimously by an unusually well attended meeting of shareholders in New and North Shawbost grazings. Northland hope to develop the “Spiorad na Mara” windpower facility just off the coast of Lewis. One of those who attended told the Gazette: “We were all given an opportunity to say what we felt. Everyone was wholeheartedly&#160;.&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Council secures court order prohibiting further development at wind farm where bog slide occurred</title>
		<link>https://www.wind-watch.org/news/2024/04/12/council-secures-court-order-prohibiting-further-development-at-wind-farm-where-bog-slide-occurred/</link>
		
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		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Apr 2024 17:23:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.wind-watch.org/news/?p=107034</guid>

					<description><![CDATA[Donegal County Council has secured a High Court order prohibiting further development of a wind farm at a site that was the subject of a large bog slide that had “significant environmental consequences”. Mr Justice David Holland’s order restrains Planree Limited and Mid-Cork Electrical from finishing their “largely complete” 19-turbine project on primarily blanket bog in Cashelnavean, Co Donegal, until further court order. The development entities can apply to vary or discharge the order, which came in enforcement proceedings issued&#160;.&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Measuring the sound of silence</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Apr 2024 16:59:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.wind-watch.org/news/?p=107033</guid>

					<description><![CDATA[In an area where the tallest structures are grain elevators, industrial wind turbines are more than simply a disturbance to the rural skyline. They are transformative. Modern turbines are 600 to 650 feet tall. They change a rural landscape into an urban one. As one neighbor put it, “If I wanted to look at tall buildings and blinking lights I’d move to the city.” Modern wind turbines are taller than the Space Needle, twice the height of downtown Spokane’s Bank&#160;.&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>As Japan makes major investments in wind power, some residents are pushing back</title>
		<link>https://www.wind-watch.org/news/2024/04/11/as-japan-makes-major-investments-in-wind-power-some-residents-are-pushing-back/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[National Wind Watch]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Apr 2024 18:22:35 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Japan]]></category>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.wind-watch.org/news/?p=107032</guid>

					<description><![CDATA[About a 40-minute drive to the north from central Sapporo lies the Sea of Japan port of Ishikari, a city rich in biodiversity that now finds itself at the heart of a fierce debate over wind power as Japan scrambles to decarbonize its energy sector. In a sense, Ishikari represents the idealized version of Hokkaido for many Japanese as well as for foreign tourists: Its coastal waters are famous for their seafood, while the city’s nature trails and parks are&#160;.&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Øyfjellet: 150 meter bred rotor falt ned fra ødelagt vindturbin [Rotor assembly detaches from wind turbine]</title>
		<link>https://www.wind-watch.org/news/2024/04/11/oyfjellet-150-meter-bred-rotor-falt-ned-fra-odelagt-vindturbin-rotor-assembly-detaches-from-wind-turbine/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[National Wind Watch]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Apr 2024 16:30:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.wind-watch.org/news/?p=107028</guid>

					<description><![CDATA[Like over byen Mosjøen i Nordland ruver Øyfjellet. I 2021 åpnet Norges største vindkraftanlegg her. På det værharde fjellet står 72 vindturbiner. Men 27. januar i år ble tallet 71. Årsaken? Under ekstremværet Ingunn løsnet en 150 meter bred rotor og falt ned. Ingen dyr eller mennesker kom til skade da rotoren falt over 100 meter og ble knust. Hvordan kunne dette skje? Fikk problemer allerede i juni Det er Øyfjellet Wind AS som har konsesjonen på vindkraftanlegget på fjellet.&#160;.&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Her er 15 av 34 vindturbiner ute av drift [15 of 34 wind turbines out of operation]</title>
		<link>https://www.wind-watch.org/news/2024/04/11/her-er-15-av-34-vindturbiner-ute-av-drift-15-of-34-wind-turbines-out-of-operation/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[National Wind Watch]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Apr 2024 15:03:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.wind-watch.org/news/?p=107027</guid>

					<description><![CDATA[Over én tredjedel av vindturbinene i Nord-Odal står stille på grunn av feil. Hittil har kommunen gått glipp av flere millioner kroner på stillstanden. – For Nord-Odal kommunes del er det jo litt tragisk, sier nyvalgt ordfører i kommunen, Odd Kjetil Østvand-Sløtte (Ap). Odal vindkraftverk som ligger i Nord-Odal har totalt 34 vindturbiner, men nå er 15 av turbinene ute av drift. Hittil har kommunen gått glipp av 3 millioner kroner på grunn av stansen. Det merkes i en kommune&#160;.&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Vindturbinblad knakk og falt av [Wind turbine blade snapped off]</title>
		<link>https://www.wind-watch.org/news/2024/04/11/vindturbinblad-knakk-og-falt-av-wind-turbine-blade-snapped-off/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[National Wind Watch]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Apr 2024 14:42:23 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Norway]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Accidents]]></category>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.wind-watch.org/news/?p=107026</guid>

					<description><![CDATA[Et 71 meter langt vindturbinblad knakk og falt av en turbin på Engerfjellet i Innlandet onsdag. Ingen ble skadet. – Vi fikk beskjed av en grunneier at en vinge hadde falt av, sier daglig leder i Odal vindkraftverk, Lars Tallhaug. Han sier videre at heldigvis var ingen personer i nærheten da det skjedde, og at deres hovedfokus er sikkerheten til de som jobber og oppholder seg i vindkraftverket. Ifølge Tallhaug skjedde hendelsen rundt klokka 19.30 onsdag kveld. Turbinbladet veier rundt&#160;.&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
		
		
		
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