• Druze community urges Netanyahu to review Golan wind turbine project, alleging fraud

    Updated: 2023-06-30 13:20:50
    Leaders of the Druze community in the Golan Heights sent a letter to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu Thursday requesting a freeze on a controversial plan to construct dozens of wind turbines on farmland in the area. The lengthy 43-page letter, sent by lawyer Nasser Kais on behalf of Druze landowners and residents of the Golan region, outlines “failures in the approval process of the turbines by the competent authorities,” according to a report by the Haaretz news site. The newly . . .

  • Charity makes formal complaint about ‘misleading’ claims made by energy company

    Updated: 2023-06-27 14:03:42
    An energy group with controversial plans to build a network of wind farms across Wales has been accused of publishing misleading claims about the project. The countryside charity CPRW has made a formal complaint to the Advertising Standards Agency (ASA) about statements made by companies in the Bute Energy Group on their websites.. CPRW opposes what it sees as the despoilation of Wales’ landscape by wind turbines and prefers offshore renewable energy projects instead. In a letter to the ASA, . . .

  • Maine Governor opposes labor standards for offshore wind energy

    Updated: 2023-06-26 13:01:21
    Labor groups fear offshore wind could go the same way as solar: low wages and temp workers. Maine Gov. Janet Mills is threatening to veto legislation governing how the state builds and operates offshore wind projects, citing concerns over pro-union labor provisions. The Democratic governor championed an earlier version of the bill, but said this past week that she opposes a commitment to use project labor agreements (PLAs), prehire deals that set a floor for wages and can help build . . .

  • Safeguarding ocean life ‘will squeeze’ wind farms, fishing

    Updated: 2023-06-25 15:10:05
    The report says the Irish Sea has a “long history of exploitation and human influence” and is “far from pristine”, but says there are more than 1,700 species in the western Irish Sea and it is a “biocultural hotspot”. It stresses its importance for birdlife, including migratory species, and says it has some “rare and unusual habitats”.

  • Druze leader: Golan wind turbine project must stop or face unprecedented response

    Updated: 2023-06-25 15:07:02
    The head of the Druze community in Israel, Sheikh Muafak Tarif, has warned the government to stop the work to construct wind turbines in the Golan Heights, or face “a reaction the country has hitherto not seen.” He called on the prime minister to seek an arrangement that would be acceptable to Druze residents. Tarif spoke Friday in an emergency meeting in Kfar Yasif. According to Haaretz, some 2,000 people took part in the gathering against the turbine project that . . .

  • In-depth: ‘Beyond belief’: Industrial wind developments could threaten fragile desert ecosystem

    Updated: 2023-06-24 14:08:48
    The scope and size of these projects are mind-boggling. A landmark interregional transmission line project has broken ground this week to carry high-voltage electricity 732 miles from the largest wind farm in North America to Nevada. The TransWest Express Transmission Project (TWE) will take electricity generated by the $5 billion, 3,000 megawatt, 600-turbine Chokecherry and Sierra Madre Wind Energy Project (CSMWE) located in Carbon County, Wyoming, to the Market substation in Eldorado Valley, Nevada, which lies within the largely untouched . . .

  • Massive energy corporation says up to 30% of its wind turbines could be malfunctioning

    Updated: 2023-06-24 13:54:32
    Siemens Energy announced Thursday that it will be undergoing a technical review after it was found that up to 30% of its wind turbines could have faulty components, according to statements made by the company. Siemens Energy, an international energy company that seeks to “decarbonize global energy systems,” announced that it is withdrawing its profit guidance for the year after subsidiary Siemens Gamesa found that there was a “substantial increase in failure rates of wind turbine components.” The company believes . . .

  • ‘Our votes are too few to be important’: No Ring of Steel leader lashes out at Meall Buidhe Wind Farm appeal success

    Updated: 2023-06-24 13:49:59
    “The go-ahead for Meall Buidhe will open up the south side of the river now for even more developers, and we are already aware of other early scoping in the area. A public inquiry for a fifth development – Strath Oykel – is also to take place. “Just when will this tsunami of greedy wind farm developers be stopped or are our beautiful Highlands and rural communities destined to be destroyed and turned into an industrial wasteland in another form of Highland Clearances? “Many people are just giving up, saying what is the point in fighting or objecting? And this is just eroding the power of local democracy. Some people have even contacted estate agents to try and move away whilst they can still sell their homes.”

  • Fears raised over environmental impact of ‘disproportionate’ wind-farm substation

    Updated: 2023-06-24 13:42:28
    Plans for a wind-farm substation has sparked fears over the loss of agricultural land and that a rural village will end up “semi-industrial”. Both Denbighshire and Conwy councils have written to Mona Offshore Wind Farm Ltd over concerns about a 107-turbine wind farm planned off the coast of North Wales – with the underground cables coming to shore around Llanddulas and Abergele. The substation is planned for land south of Glascoed Road, Cefn Meiriadog, with a second option further east . . .

  • New 80-turbine wind farm proposed in Scottish Borders

    Updated: 2023-06-24 13:39:28
    The Scottish government recently missed its target for reducing greenhouse gas emissions, in part because the power generated from renewables fell as there was less wind. Plans are being developed for an 80-turbine wind farm in the Scottish Borders. The farm would be spread across two commercial forestry areas in Liddesdale and the energy company behind the scheme said it could power up to 231,000 homes. EDF Renewables UK also said it could bring hundreds of thousands of pounds in . . .

  • Whale carcasses on Martha’s Vineyard fuel speculation about wind turbines

    Updated: 2023-06-24 13:32:47
    The unusual spate of whale deaths coincides with the early stages of a massive expansion of offshore wind in waters off the East Coast. Vineyard Wind this month became the first of over a dozen offshore wind developers to begin construction. Conservation groups and offshore wind critics are calling for an investigation into the deaths of two humpback whales that washed up on the shores of Martha’s Vineyard last week. On Monday, June 12, a decomposing humpback whale was found . . .

  • Kewaunee Co. residents and local officials voice concerns about proposed wind turbines

    Updated: 2023-06-23 00:42:18
    Wednesday night’s Montpelier town board meeting was packed with residents concerned about potential wind turbines being built in their backyard. Roxy De Cleene cited health concerns, saying, “The more I research into it, there are health issues. Something is going on, so somebody really needs to do research on this.” According to State Senator Andre Jacque, the residents who spoke at the meeting claimed representatives with the energy company Invenergy have knocked on their doors, asking for permission to build . . .

  • Ben-Gvir and Druze leaders release contradictory statements after supposed wind turbine agreement

    Updated: 2023-06-23 00:38:21
    Druze community leaders claimed after the meeting that the turbines would stop immediately while Ben-Gvir said that they will stop just on the Eid al-Adha holiday. National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir announced on Thursday that he and the leaders of the Druze community have agreed that construction of wind turbines in the Golan Heights will temporarily halt during the Eid al-Adha holiday. Energix, who is working on building the turbines, also claimed that work would resume Friday morning until the . . .

  • Clermont County bans large solar and wind farms in seven townships: ‘We like our county the way it is’

    Updated: 2023-06-22 13:34:48
    Clermont County Commissioners unanimously voted to ban large solar and wind projects in seven townships after a contentious public hearing on Wednesday where residents criticized solar and described one facility under construction as “almost 700 acres of pure hell.” “Don’t tell us what we need when you don’t live there. You don’t live there,” said Mary Durbin, who lives in Tate Township where Nestlewood Solar is being built one street away from her home. She urged solar supporters to drive . . .

  • Wind turbine ordinance passes second consideration

    Updated: 2023-06-22 13:25:16
    A proposed update to Webster County’s zoning ordinance that governs the development of wind turbine projects has passed its second reading by the Board of Supervisors and will be reviewed once more before the board takes final action. On Tuesday, during a public hearing on the matter, several area landowners shared their concerns and opposition to the two potential wind farm developments being considered in the northeastern part of the county. Several are completely opposed to any development of wind . . .

  • Ben Gvir overrules police on freezing wind farm project, despite riots – reports

    Updated: 2023-06-22 13:16:05
    Construction work continued on a contentious wind farm on Thursday, after National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir reportedly overruled Israel Police Commissioner Kobi Shabtai, who wanted to freeze work on the project following protests and rioting from Druze residents of the Golan Heights. According to a number of reports, police initially ordered the work on the wind turbines to be stopped in the wake of the protests, before reversing that decision and allowing the work to continue. The Israel Police . . .

  • Wind turbines blamed for death of birds in Sussex – ‘Very traumatic’

    Updated: 2023-06-21 20:34:40
    A concerned local resident, who asked to be kept anonymous, has documented dozens of deaths at Shoreham Port dating back to 2017. If not instantly killed, the birds later had to be euthanised. After becoming aware of the situation, Sussex nature enthusiast Ian Martin, who regularly visits the harbour, offered his support behind a campaign for change. Ian, from Mile Oak in East Sussex, said: “I met a person recently down at the port and has been keeping records with . . .

  • Dans le Gâtinais, une chaîne humaine de 200 personnes pour s’opposer à un projet d’éoliennes géantes

    Updated: 2023-06-21 16:42:44
    Ils étaient environ 200 pour former une chaîne humaine représentant une éolienne au milieu des champs, au lieu-dit La Merville, à Pers-en-Gâtinais dans le Loiret. Pour la plupart, des habitants des communes aux alentours : Chevannes, La Selle-sur-le-Bied ou encore Griselles. Une initiative originale portée par trois associations locales : Persée 45, Aire 45 et Vents Libres, qui s’opposent à l’implantation d’éoliennes géantes de 200 mètres de haut. Ainsi, les 200 participants se sont disposés sur 200 mètres en croix, sur la . . .

  • Druze protesters clash with police in Golan Heights over wind turbine construction

    Updated: 2023-06-21 13:02:53
    Clashes erupted in the Golan Heights on Tuesday between hundreds of Druze protesters and police officers because residents oppose the construction wind turbines in the area. The protesters blocked agricultural roads and burned mattresses. Police used crowd-control equipment, including water cannons. Three protesters suffered mild injuries from inhaling smoke or tear gas and were taken to a local clinic for treatment. Three police officers were injured in the clashes with protesters. Two were taken to Ziv Medical Center in Safed . . .

  • Supervisors pass moratorium governing future wind turbines

    Updated: 2023-06-21 00:53:55
    The Taylor County Supervisors, at their regular weekly meeting on Thursday, June 15, passed a moratorium on future wind turbine projects. The moratorium does not apply to wind turbine projects already completed in Taylor County or projects that are already in the planning stages. The moratorium gives the supervisors time to come up with an updated ordinance concerning future wind turbine projects. They plan to have an updated ordinance done by October of 2023.

  • Keir Starmer: I’ll scrap ban on new onshore wind farms

    Updated: 2023-06-19 13:09:09
    “We’re going to throw everything at this … This is the race of our lifetime and the prize is real.” Sir Keir Starmer will scrap the ban on new onshore wind farms as one of his first acts in Downing Street if Labour wins the next election. The opposition leader will vow to “throw everything” at his net zero agenda by firing the starting gun on a “race” to build more turbines across the country. He will unveil plans to . . .

  • Sojitz cancels Hokkaido wind project on costs, local objections

    Updated: 2023-06-18 00:53:31
    Japanese trading company Sojitz Corp. canceled its plan to build a wind power plant in Hokkaido, amid soaring material costs and growing local criticism about the environmental impact of the project. “After re-examining the business plan from various perspectives, including the recent sharp rise in material prices, we have concluded that this project does not meet Sojitz’s investment criteria,” the company in a statement on Saturday. The decision adds to a recent trend of wind project cancellations, likely creating a . . .

  • Latest image of Viking turbines in Shetland

    Updated: 2023-06-17 18:11:31
    This is the latest aerial image of the Viking Energy windfarm showing the scale of the major development. The image was taken by photographer John Coutts, just as the 103-turbine project gathered pace this week. Developers SSE said this week that 35 of the turbines are completely finished, with a further 50 partially erected.

  • Locals organise to oppose massive wind farm project

    Updated: 2023-06-17 14:59:12
    A community has vowed to fight proposals for a windfarm consisting of a new generation of wind turbines so large they will dwarf the UK’s biggest buildings. Protests have already taken place over proposals to create the UK’s highest onshore turbines against the backdrop of a semi-rural community between Port Talbot and Maesteg. Plans for the Y Bryn wind farm, which have now gone out to public consultation for a third time, could see 18 towers built that could potentially . . .

  • Household bills face £200 surge as UK grid wastes wind power

    Updated: 2023-06-17 14:51:44
    Experts have raised concerns over unresolved UK grid bottlenecks, warning that they could add £200 to annual household energy bills by 2030. The report by the financial think tank Carbon Tracker highlights that Britain wasted enough wind generation last year to power a million homes due to insufficient investments and planning approvals for electricity grid upgrades, which are failing to keep up with the rapid growth of wind power development. Analysts note that if no action is taken, the costs . . .

  • Residents win battle against wind turbine

    Updated: 2023-06-17 14:45:46
    Residents in South Conamara have won their battle against plans to construct a wind turbine near their homes. An Bord Pleanála last week upheld a decision made by Galway County Council to refuse planning permission for a 4.2-megawatt wind turbine with an overall height of 125 metres at Bóthar Buí, Indreabhán. Natural Forces Renewable Energy Limited had appealed the County Council decision to ABP but the planning appeals board refused to allow the development go-ahead. It listed four main reasons . . .

  • Wind farm in Rhondda set to be discussed by Council

    Updated: 2023-06-17 14:38:11
    Plans for a wind farm in Rhondda Cynon Taf which could power more than 15,000 homes are set to be discussed by councillors but it’s up to a planning inspector to make a final decision. The application for the wind farm with seven turbines on land at Mynydd y Glyn, to the east of Trebanog, with a capacity of 30 MegaWatts (MW) and the potential [sic] to power 15,376 houses is due to go before the council’s planning committee on . . .

  • Collapse of wind power across prairies and central U.S. on Wednesday morning

    Updated: 2023-06-17 14:27:46
    Wind power generation dwindled to a near standstill across Alberta, Manitoba, Saskatchewan and even deep into the central United States on Wednesday morning. According to the outlet Pipeline Online, major wind farms ranging across Alberta to Saskatchewan and down south to New Mexico and Texas fell to near-zero levels. Data from the Southwest Power Poll (SPP) which reports power generation from grids in Canada and the US shows that for several hours, wind power reached a new low. Wind Power . . .

  • Lightning strike likely caused wind turbine fire: company

    Updated: 2023-06-17 14:00:07
    Lightning likely sparked a wind turbine fire in Muirkirk, east of Chatham, Thursday night, a company official says. Fire crews from Station 10 Orford responded to 20275 Duart Rd. at 7:15 p.m. and secured the area. No injuries were reported and the cause was undetermined, fire officials said in a release Thursday night. The fire struck Tower 2 at the Gesner wind farm, said Saturn Power chief executive Doug Wagner. “The probable cause of this fire is believed to be . . .

  • Another wind turbine bursts out in flames

    Updated: 2023-06-17 13:00:15
    Just two weeks after a turbine fire near Goderich, another turbine has gone up in flames. This time Thursday evening in Muirkirk, about 50 minutes southwest of London. Video posted to social media showed flames erupting from the top of the turbine, followed by a lightning strike that was also caught on camera. According to Chatham-Kent fire, crews from Station 10 in Orford responded to the scene around 7:15 p.m.

  • Colorado legislators introduce legislation requiring energy companies to remove decommissioned wind turbines

    Updated: 2023-06-17 00:14:09
    The blight on the landscape of abandoned and decommissioned wind turbines stimulated Colorado’s U.S. Reps. Ken Buck, Doug Lamborn and Harriet Hageman, Wyoming, to introduce the Production Tax Credit Reform Act. According to a press release, the bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to require energy companies remove decommissioned wind turbines from leased land as a condition of receiving federal tax credits. Currently energy companies are not obligated to remove wind turbines from leased land once they are decommissioned, putting . . .

  • Court challenge filed re New Jersey approval of offshore wind project

    Updated: 2023-06-16 22:08:46
    Trenton (June 16). Three groups have filed suit in Superior Court challenging New Jersey DEP’s approval of the Ocean Wind 1 project consisting of nearly 100 turbines to be located 15 miles off New Jersey’s busiest beach communities. In papers filed in New Jersey’s Appellate Division, Save LBI, Defend Brigantine Beach and Protect Our Coast NJ said that the turbines, at least 906 feet in height (with their blades, nearly as tall as the Empire State Building), will be fully . . .

  • Opposing wind farms morally unacceptable: Lord Deben

    Updated: 2023-06-16 13:44:17
    Across Wales, communities are mobilising to object to windfarm developments in their areas. Residents fear the 250m high turbines would pose risks to wildlife, property values and wellbeing. Communities opposed to wind turbines in their local area do not have an “acceptable moral position” according to a climate change expert. Dozens of large-scale wind farm applications are being considered as Wales tries to reach net zero. Campaigners say the ambition is putting the Welsh countryside at risk and south Wales . . .

  • Low wind could hamper wind turbine production in Texas

    Updated: 2023-06-16 13:20:59
    Some of the hottest days of the year in North Texas are on their way and energy experts say the state’s wind turbines may not produce as much power because of low wind forecasts. Texas leads the nation and even most of the world with wind energy production with 15,000 plus turbines throughout the state. Dr. Todd Griffith, of UT Dallas’ Wind Energy Center says the turbines account for the production of about 24% of the state’s energy grid according . . .

  • Federal watchdog opens investigation into offshore wind impacts amid whale deaths

    Updated: 2023-06-15 21:48:44
    A top federal watchdog agency is opening an investigation into the impacts of offshore wind along the New Jersey coastline amid calls for a moratorium on development and an uptick in marine wildlife deaths. In a phone call Thursday afternoon, the Government Accountability Office (GAO), a nonpartisan agency tasked with conducting oversight of government operations, informed Rep. Chris Smith, R-N.J., that it would conduct the probe. Smith, who represents a district along the Atlantic coast, has repeatedly called for a . . .

  • Gov. Kotek calls for pause on offshore wind turbines

    Updated: 2023-06-14 15:16:34
    Gov. Tina Kotek is joining a chorus of voices – including tribes and commercial fishermen – urging the Biden administration to slow down its push for floating wind farms in the Pacific Ocean off the state’s southern coast. In a letter sent Friday to Elizabeth Klein, director of the federal Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Kotek asked the agency to pause identifying and leasing offshore wind areas in order to fully evaluate impacts on the environment and economy. The letter was also . . .

  • Avangrid and Shell–Ocean Winds face $60m in fines for nixed Massachusetts projects

    Updated: 2023-06-13 15:34:31
    But will be allowed to re-bid. Massachusetts developers may face fines of up to $60m for withdrawing projects but will still likely be allowed to bid into the state’s upcoming round 4 offshore wind solicitation, the chair of the legislature’s telecommunications, utilities and energy committee said. Developers seeking to kill projects will pay “to the tune of $48m to $60m … in penalties in order to terminate these contracts,” said legislator Jeffrey Roy of the Massachusetts House of Representatives. “I . . .

  • SouthCoast Wind backs away from Mass. power agreement

    Updated: 2023-06-13 13:03:04
    “What we’ve seen in the period of time since the [power purchase agreements] were executed is a very significant deterioration of the project’s economics driven by inflation, supply train constraints, war in Ukraine and also very dramatic rises in interest rates,” SouthCoast Wind CEO Francis Slingsby explained at Monday’s hearing.

  • Mass. wind farm needs R.I. regulators’ approval. But is SouthCoast Wind Farm an impossible choice?

    Updated: 2023-06-13 00:59:58
    Southcoast Wind Energy LLC confirmed earlier this month it wants to end existing contracts to sell power to utility companies in the hopes of getting a better deal.

  • Misfortune will blow our way if we rely on wind turbines for almost all our electricity

    Updated: 2023-06-12 00:43:35
    The fine weather of recent weeks is starting to worry the farming community. Seen from their perspective, it marks the start of drought conditions that can play havoc with farm output and profitability. Met Éireann has already announced that 24 out of 25 weather stations are currently observing “absolute droughts”, a period of 15 or more consecutive days with daily rainfall of less than 0.2mm. Indeed, most have already experienced between 15 and 26 days of “absolute drought”.” Perhaps the . . .

  • Britain’s green energy disaster should be an awful warning to Americans

    Updated: 2023-06-11 16:45:15
    Last year, the Biden administration set an ambitious new goal for the USA: to deploy 30 gigawatts (GW) of offshore wind capacity by the year 2030, increasing US offshore capacity more than seven hundred times over. The UK already has 15 GW of offshore wind, more than 300 times as much as the USA: and our experience should be a terrible warning to Americans. The UK’s electricity prices are the highest since records began in 1920 and are now amongst . . .

  • Offshore wind encounters turbulence over NJ

    Updated: 2023-06-11 16:38:19
    The offshore wind industry’s troubles continue to pile up – not only in New Jersey but in neighboring states along the Eastern Seaboard. On Wednesday, New Jersey Board of Public Utilities President Joseph Fiordaliso, perhaps one of the sector’s biggest advocates, let loose with an uncharacteristic rant at a developer in the emerging industry. Although he did not name the company, it was seen as a reference to Ørsted, which owns and is developing New Jersey’s initial offshore wind project. Fiordaliso . . .

  • NH SEC dismisses Antrim’s wind turbine issues

    Updated: 2023-06-11 16:07:40
    Ever since Antrim Wind Energy came online in late 2019, neighbors have been impacted by the project’s apparent failure to operate within the terms of the certificate granted by the NH Site Evaluation Committee. In 2021, “the Committee voted to have complaints filed through December 31, 2021, investigated by a three-person subcommittee” and emphasized that it “recommend to the Committee the appropriate sound measurement analysis to be used in reviewing noise complaints.” Other complaints included a radar-based system that was . . .

  • Labour will rip up planning rules to build wind farms

    Updated: 2023-06-11 15:51:37
    Labour will rip up planning rules to speed up the construction of onshore wind farms and nuclear power plants if it wins the next election. Projects judged critical to national energy infrastructure will be given priority for approval and the presumption will be shifted towards getting big projects built. The “fast track” green energy scheme will be part of a wider climate change announcement by Sir Keir Starmer this month. The Labour leader will say that: National planning policy statements . . .

  • Central panel seeks report on violations by windmill firm in Karnataka’s Chitradurga

    Updated: 2023-06-11 15:47:27
    Over the last 5 years several studies have highlighted the threat posed by wind mills to bird population. Amid calls for better regulation of windmills, the Forest Advisory Committee of the Union environment ministry has asked the state government for details of violations in the operation of a windmill on 550 acres in Chitradurga district. The committee was looking into a proposal by the Karnataka Renewable Energy Development Limited (KREDL) which sought to extend the diversion of 548 acres of . . .

  • Despite vehement opposition Longford planners approve ‘massive’ Edgeworthstown wind turbine development

    Updated: 2023-06-10 13:22:46
    Despite vehement local opposition and several submissions, including a lengthy 17-page objection from ‘The Residents’ signed by hundreds of people, Longford planners have given the go ahead for the construction of a ‘massive’ Edgeworthstown wind turbine development. Natural Forces Renewable Energy Ltd (Natural Forces) propose to construct an Enercon E138 Wind Energy Converter on an 81m tower with an electrical rating of 4.2MW and an overall tip height of 149.38m at Lissanore, Co Longford. Local authority planners published their decision, . . .

  • Challenge to Ballivor wind farm: Bord Pleanála told of significant hurdles in Irish and EU law to development on bogs

    Updated: 2023-06-10 13:19:24
    Bord na Móna’s renewable energy partnership, Bord na Móna Powergen, is facing a challenge to its plans for a flagship 26-turbine wind farm in Cos Meath and Westmeath. The challenge, if successful, could be applied to all Bord na Móna bogs and derail the company’s plans for a timely transition from a “brown” energy to becoming a “green” energy supplier. Bord Pleanála’s strategic infrastructure division is currently considering a planning application for the Ballivor wind farm which is to be . . .

  • Project includes installing up to 285 wind turbines in Stutsman, LaMoure counties – estimated cost around $400 million

    Updated: 2023-06-08 00:48:23
    Jamestown – NextEra Energy Resources has located at least two to three potential locations for a hydrogen facility that makes fertilizer in the area around the Spiritwood Energy Park Association’s industrial park, according to Thomas Vonbische, project director of development for NextEra. As part of that, the company is looking to install up to 285 wind turbines in Stutsman and LaMoure counties, he said. Vonbische told the Stutsman County Commission on Tuesday, June 6, the project is in the preliminary stages. . . .

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