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CBC News: “Northern New Brunswick’s cold, icy weather is causing wind turbines to freeze and stop producing power.”
And they planned for this? From CBC News: Ice halts northern N.B. wind farm “We have budgeted allowances for every year for possible generation interruptions like this caused by something like severe weather,” (Dani Sabota, a spokesperson for GDF Suez … Continue reading
Industrial wind developer Avista delays Washington State project to 2014 “citing the high costs associated with harnessing energy from the wind.”
From the Seattle Times: Avista pushes back Reardan wind farm construction Avista will delay construction of a 50-turbine wind farm near Reardan, Lincoln County, until at least 2014, citing the high costs associated with harnessing energy from the wind. By Becky … Continue reading
Surprise, Surprise, Surprise!!! New York Municipalities suing Flat Rock Windpower for $6.7 Million annual payment.
Yeah, I know … not exactly a huge shock, is it? Here’s the story courtesy of National Wind Watch: Municipalities countersue wind farm Credit: By STEVE VIRKLER, TIMES STAFF WRITER, Watertown Daily Times, www.watertowndailytimes.com 18 February 2010 LOWVILLE — Maple Ridge … Continue reading
‘Industrial wind’ helps corporations, not taxpayers
Mineral Daily News-Tribune Wed Feb 17, 2010, 12:35 PM EST Keyser, W.Va. – ‘Industrial wind’ helps corporations, not taxpayers To the Editor: We are about to throw away $131 million dollars on a wind farm in Mineral County. I say … Continue reading
Not your average NIMBY – environmentally concerned citizen turns away from industrial wind.
From the Thunder Bay, Ontario – Chronicle Journal: When I first heard that industrial wind turbines were to be installed on the Nor‘Wester Mountains I thought “Wonderful!” We bought our property, less than one kilometre from the proposed site, and … Continue reading
LaGrange County (Indiana) Council to trade $200 million tax cut for 15 jobs at industrial wind plant. WHAT???
From the Fort Wayne, Indiana JournalGazette.net: Published: February 17, 2010 3:00 a.m. BRIEFS Wind farm developer gets tax cut Staff, news services The LaGrange County Council gave its preliminary approval Tuesday to a 10-year phase-in of property taxes on a … Continue reading
Another US Representative fed up with stimulus funds for industrial wind going oversees!
From Congressman Eric Massa:, representing New York’s 29th District February 15, 2010 President Barack Obama President of the United States of America 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW Washington, DC 20500-0005 Dear Mr. President: In recent months, I have learned of some … Continue reading
Thoughts on the Allegheny Front Alliance appeal of the Pinnacle industrial wind project.
As mentioned in a previous post, the Allegheny Front Alliance has filed a “petition for reconsideration” in the matter of the WV Public Service Commission action granting a citing certificate for the purpose of constructing an industrial wind installation on Green … Continue reading
Business Week: UK energy prices must reflect the cost of backup energy supply for renewable sources..
From Business Week: “E.ON AG, the second-largest power producer in Britain, said U.K. energy prices must reflect the cost of backup supply as the country boosts output from renewable sources.” Utilities need to keep running gas-fired plants because sources of … Continue reading
From IWA – Expert: Flawed Methodologies Used in U.S. DOE Study on Property Values and Wind Power Projects
Confirming earlier efforts by the Industrial Wind Action Group comes this: This is the original report by Albert R. Wilson: Comment from Mr. Jon Boone: I’m pasting below the remarks I made in my Maryland PSC Synergics testimony vis a … Continue reading
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