Category Archives: Pinnacle Wind Farm

Edison Mission Group – “deteriorating financial conditions”

Posted on March 1, 2012 by morgan

From Edison International’s CEO Discusses Q4 2011 Results – Earnings Call Transcript:  “Efforts to stabilize EMG (Edison Mission Group)continue, focusing on cost effectively meeting its environmental requirements, reducing its unsecured debt and diversifying its generation portfolio with additional natural gas … Continue reading →

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GE and Mitsibushi still battling over wind turbine patent.

Posted on February 27, 2012 by morgan

The GE lawsuit against Mitsibushi, which began some two years ago, is headed for a Texas jury trial.  GE claims the Japanese wind turbine maker has infringed on patents related to 2.4 MW turbines sold to Iberdrola – the Spanish … Continue reading →

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Altona NY – Wind turbine catches fire … an earlier one just fell over, then started a fire.

Posted on January 29, 2012 by morgan

Altona, NY:  Saturday night, January 28, 2012 – Wind Turbine Catches Fire “people driving by the windfarm called in to report the fire“ Altona, NY:  March 17, 2009, Turbine Collapses, Wiring Blamed AT Note:  We keep raising the preparedness issue in … Continue reading →

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Saddle Mountain – An Allegheny Treasure

Posted on December 14, 2011 by morgan

Until today, the image used to represent Allegheny Treasures was a personal photograph of Green Mountain, above Keyser, West Virginia, as seen from my home.  When taken a year ago, the 23 massive wind turbines of the Pinnacle wind project … Continue reading →

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Music to my ears!

Posted on November 29, 2011 by morgan

This is really interesting!  It comes from our good friends at EPAW (European Platform Against Windfarms). ———————————————————— Wind Power Horror Serenade Protest concert based on wind turbine sounds Copenhagen- December 9, 2011 This is a true story of an old … Continue reading →

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“We don’t believe we mislead anyone.” – Chapter Two (or Three or Four)

Posted on November 28, 2011 by morgan

Remember this post from a few days ago?  Wind developer canned response #283: “We don’t believe we mislead anyone.”  Well, the “didn’t mislead” comment came from none other than Dave Friend, CEO of US WindForce, the developers of the Pinnacle wind project … Continue reading →

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Dallas is fired up! – UPDATE

Posted on November 25, 2011 by morgan

UPDATE:  Mr. Adams provided us with his extended remarks, which is now published as a letter to the editor in the Mineral Daily News-Tribune.  For your convenience, we have replaced the earlier version with the extended letter in the post … Continue reading →

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Open letter: Pinnacle wind farm benefits

Posted on August 17, 2011 by morgan

Dear State and Local Official representing Mineral County, West Virginia, Subject: Pinnacle Wind project – focus on jobs, economic development and tax revenue. After a grand skirmish on both sides, the rising towers make it clear the Pinnacle wind project … Continue reading →

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“dust in the wind”

Posted on May 12, 2011 by morgan

A friend of mine pointed me to an item in today’s (WV) Mineral Daily News-Tribune Classifieds listed under Legal Notices.  I thought it was interesting enough to place it here for you: While maybe I’m jumping to conclusions, it seemed … Continue reading →

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Recipe for disaster: a Bald Eagle, wind turbines and an incredibly incurious press.

Posted on May 11, 2011 by morgan

Whenever I’m away for a bit, I often find it difficult choosing a topic to help me get back into the swing of things.  This time however, thanks to the sharp eye and superb photography of Ms. Jamie Riggleman, the … Continue reading →

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