Wisconsin power line pits green interests against each other #WI
A fight that involves dueling environmental constituencies is brewing over plans for a massive transmission line that would run through the Driftless Region of southwestern Wisconsin. Developers say...
View Article“A vendre. Cause : éolienne” : le ras-le-bol des habitants de Montagne-Fayel...
Cela ressemble à une petite annonce, et pourtant, c’est un cri de protestation : dans la Somme, le village de Montagne-Fayel est à vendre. [It looks like a small advertisement, but it is a cry of...
View ArticleIowa: Nextera Wind Turbine Blaze
This 2.5 MW Clipper model C-96 turbine, part of NextEra's Endeavor I Wind Energy Center, burned for hours before this video was taken. The video shows the turbine's massive blade fall to the ground...
View ArticleTurbine’s toppling could be mystery for months #NE
It might be months before investigators know why a wind turbine toppled last week in a Jefferson County cornfield. Engineers from Florida-based NextEra Energy Resources – which owns the 44-turbine...
View ArticleExperimental wind turbine near Hooker collapses #OK
No details have been released yet as to what caused a wind turbine to collapse Monday afternoon east of Hooker, Okla. The turbine, which is owned by Tri-County-Electric Cooperative, was under research...
View ArticleCourt ruling forces shut down of second turbine #MA
Falmouth Board of Selectmen halted operation of the town’s second wind turbine Tuesday, June 20, after a Barnstable County Superior Court judge deemed the town-owned power source a nuisance. Members...
View ArticleWind turbine collapse under investigation #TX
WICHITA FALLS – An official with the energy company that operates the Shannon Wind Farm south of Windthorst said it will take several weeks to determine what caused a turbine to collapse more than a...
View ArticleHumpback washes ashore at Beavertail #RI
The 32-foot carcass of a humpback whale washed ashore Friday morning after drifting west from Newport’s Brenton Point. According to the U.S. Coast Guard, the Castle Hill station received reports in the...
View ArticleWindfarms ‘louder than a bird’ to be shut – minister #IRL
Windfarms louder than birdsong will be forced to shut down under new regulations due to take effect early next year. Energy Minister Denis Naughten has defended new wind energy guidelines, saying that...
View ArticleBlade Fall in Oklahoma
ENID, Okla. -- Nearly two months after a blade broke off a turbine at an Enid farm, investigators are still investigating the root cause of the incident. In late May, a blade broke off a wind turbine...
View ArticleDizziness, Tinnitus, Migraines
My husband and I live 1500 feet from 1 turbine erected by the local school system. This turbine is 322 feet tall. When running we experience symptoms such as tinnitus, migraines, nausea, and sleep...
View ArticleSevere muscle spasms
While working at the Tumble Hill campground each night around 9/10 pm I was hit with every muscle in my body cramping up. As soon as we left the camp the symptom's stopped until we returned after being...
View ArticlePortsmouth residents voice concerns over noise, flicker generated by turbine #RI
PORTSMOUTH – The combination of the noise and shadows generated by the town’s wind turbine has rankled some neighbors who voiced their frustration to the Town Council during its meeting Monday. Mark...
View ArticleWind farm comes back online amid collapsed turbine investigation #ON
A Chatham-Kent wind turbine farm is back online after one of its turbines collapsed last month. The turbine in Raleigh Township, near the corner of Drake Road and the 16th Line, collapsed on itself on...
View ArticleWind energy may be green, but the water in Chatham-Kent is brown
Turbine skeptics believe, in this case, science is on their side CHATHAM-KENT — Every morning since he lost the use of his well, Dave Lusk wakes up and tries not to let the anger seep in. But when he...
View ArticleNoise of wind turbine is unacceptable, say Cllrs #IRL
Councillors during Monday evening’s meeting of Birr Municipal District (Co Offaly) said the noise of a wind turbine in Meenwaun Wind Farm near Banagher is “completely unacceptable.” Councillor John...
View ArticleProperty owner alleges New Creek Wind turbines’ noise causes headaches #WV
ELKINS – The owner of property in New Creek alleges wind turbines erected near his property generate noise that has caused him harm. William D. Benton Jr. filed a complaint Jan. 25 in U.S. District...
View ArticleChampaign County wind farm challenges residents’ right to fight project #OH
Developers of a proposed wind farm in Champaign County have challenged the ability of a group of local residents to intervene in its legal case, arguing they live outside the project’s footprint and...
View ArticleMiami Co. faces lawsuit over wind farm ordinance #IN
PERU – A couple living in the area of a proposed wind-farm project in northern Miami County says the county’s wind-energy ordinance is unconstitutional and is asking a judge to strike down parts of the...
View ArticleWind farm developer wants to meet with OC officials over opposition #MD
OCEAN CITY – A little over a week after Ocean City officials passed a resolution voicing their opposition to offshore wind turbines within view of the beach, US Wind fired back with a strongly-worded...
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