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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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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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Breaking Wind – Quick hits from the industry for January 27, 2012

Posted on January 27, 2012 by morgan

Items of interest: 1:”the noise is being created not by the turbines themselves, but by cooling units inside the nacelle” – News-Tribune According to Charlie Parnell, an Edison spokesman, “tests have shown that the noise levels fall within the requirements … Continue reading →

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Breaking Wind – Quick hits from the industry for January 25, 2012

Posted on January 25, 2012 by morgan

Items of interest: 1:Excellent commentary by Jon Boone – MasterResource 2:GE Courts Turbine Customers for Solar Before Wind ‘Crash’ – Business Week aka: If you buy in the next 30 minutes, we throw in a set of beautiful steak knives! … Continue reading →

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Industrial wind … “the crawling menace!”

Posted on January 17, 2012 by morgan

We thank Mr. J. Edward Gates for granting permission to post his recent Letter to the Cumberland (Maryland) Times-News Editor. His letter is titled “You should know more about Roth Rock project” and the full text begins: I read with … Continue reading →

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The noise from these windmills is so great that it is impossible to live near them.

Posted on December 12, 2011 by morgan

Mr. Richard Braithwaite, of Keyser, WV, is one of several families negatively impacted by the Pinnacle industrial wind project.  The project, owned by Edison Mission Energy, is located along a ridgeline on Green Mountain, above Keyser,WV.  The project is scheduled … Continue reading →

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John Terry on industrial wind: “one wonders what unintended consequence will occur next?”

Posted on November 6, 2011 by morgan

The Cumberland (Maryland) Times-News recently published a commentary written by Mr. John Terry of Montrose, WV.  We thank Mr. Terry for permission to post this enhanced version of the original article. AT Notes:  Please use the features of the Scribd embed … 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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Breaking Wind – Quick hits from the industry for August 15, 2011

Posted on August 15, 2011 by morgan

Items of interest: 1-Pinnacle wind project creating manufacturing jobs for Americans …at least if your an American living in, say Mexico: “The 23 windmill towers are each shipped in four sections … The pieces are manufactured in Mexico and shipped … 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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