Edison International, owner of California’s largest electric utility, said it will be difficult to keep ramping up use of renewable energy as the latest goal set by Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger stretches limits on the ability to manage such power sources.
“It’s a goal we should be behind,” Chief Executive Officer Ted Craver said today in an interview in New York. “The issue isn’t to try to kill it or try to knock it out of the box, but to try to . . .

Campaigners in Angus are claiming victory after a wind farm development in the county was turned down.
An 11-turbine development had been planned for Montreathmont Moor, about three miles from Brechin, but the application has been refused by a Scottish Government reporter.
A public inquiry was held at Montrose between last November and February to consider the scheme.
Development company Wind Prospect appealed Angus Council’s failure to consider the application within prescribed time limits.
The turbines would have had a maximum blade height of . . .

Gamesa Energy asked Young County to expedite its proposal to put a wind farm in the county, with a representative saying getting a tax abatement in place quickly could greatly benefit the school districts.
Colin Kelly with Gamesa told commissioners the Texas Legislature was considering a bill that would cap the amount of revenue school districts can get due to wind farms. If the bill was passed and signed into law, it would go into effect Sept. 1. Kelly explained that . . .

Investigations are being conducted as to the suitability for a wind farm at a second plot of land south of St Andrews.
West Coast Energy has confirmed that it is carrying out surveys at South Kinaldy, less than four miles from where St Andrews University is considering erecting turbines at Upper Kenly.
Both West Coast Energy and the university have now submitted planning applications seeking permission for the erection of anemometer masts which will be used to assess wind speed.
Welsh firm West . . .

Controversial plans to erect wind turbines in an area that is already the subject of a public inquiry will go before councillors next week.
The plans, submitted by npower renewables, are for eight turbines close to Great Bavington, north of Hexham, in an area that is already awaiting the result of a triple inquiry into proposals to erect more than 50 turbines.
The application, first submitted late last year, has caused anger among residents, and is also opposed by Bavington, Birtley . . .

A community-based wind development company has agreed to do a feasibility study for a wind farm in Wilkin County.
Juhl Wind, Inc., announced Tuesday it has entered into a study agreement with the county on a 6 megawatt community wind farm. The project, called Sunny Side, would incorporate seven local farmer/owner partners and will be located about six miles southeast of Breckenridge.
Bruce Poppel, environmental officer for Wilkin County, said the company had been in contact with him but there’s no news . . .

Wind farm campaigners say they are being kept in the dark about plans for almost 100 wind turbines that will tower hundreds of feet in the sky.
Bob Slater, of the Glyncorrwg Action Group, said there was widespread concern in the area about Nuon Renewables’ proposals for 96 475ft turbines.
He added that residents weren’t happy with the way they had been consulted over the planned Pen y Cymoedd wind farm in the Afan Valley. It could see scores of turbines installed . . .

A farm of 20 to 30 commercial wind turbines set upon three ridges has been proposed for Bethlehem Water Authority watershed lands in Penn Forest Township.
Delsea Energy, LLC of Toms River, N.J., has approached the Bethlehem Authority to place up to 30 wind turbines, capable of producing 106,000 megawatt hours annually, which is enough to power 10,587 homes.
“We are in the early stages of discussion with the Bethlehem Water Authority to site some windmills on their property in Penn Forest . . .

The article on proposed wind power turbines in the Pueblo Mountain area has left me enraged (”Chase for wind turns to public lands,” May 24).
As an avid outdoorsman and adventurer, I have sought solitude and self-reliance in Oregon’s outback. There is nowhere else in the United States that you can drive for eight hours through rugged secondary roads, rough gravel roads and escape with little or no services available.
The Oregonian’s Terry Richards writes every year of the remoteness of this . . .

Bureaucracy and public opposition are thwarting wind energy projects and sending would-be investors to less developed countries that have taken bolder steps to harness this clean technology, experts have told Kathimerini.
“Wind energy is moving at a snail’s pace due to the lack of political will,” said Dimitris Ibrahim of Greenpeace, noting that less than 1,000 megawatts per year are produced via wind, as compared to a target of 3,500 MW by 2010. According to Yiannis Tsipouridis, president of the Hellenic . . .

Pomfret, Conn. — For years, students and faculty at The Pomfret School have insisted their hilltop campus is windy year-round.
Now they could get some data to back up their claims. A 40-meter, or 131-foot, tall pole was installed last week on the campus’ back quad to measure wind conditions for the next year.
“As a person who lives here and is on campus all the time, it seems like it’s really windy,” said Arthur Diaz, the school’s chief financial officer. “But . . .

A multi-million pound scheme to promote tourism in the South Wales Valleys will be undermined if plans for two new wind farms get the go-ahead, campaigners claim.
Plans for the wind farms straddling the Ogmore and Rhondda Valleys are due to go before councillors in July, when protesters will make their feelings known by marching on the council offices in Bridgend.
The campaign group South Wales Alternatives To Turbines (SWATT) has several objections to the proposals and fears villages like Glynogwr, Gilfach . . .

In his May 21 commentary, “Bureaucracy would hold back Adirondack wind power,” attorney Bernard Melewski criticized the Adirondack Park Agency for being too strict in its defense of the park’s scenic beauty. Since the newspaper identified Melewski as a former Adirondack Council employee, we must make it clear that the council does not share his opinion.
The APA is actually loosening its restrictions on wind turbines and turbine towers for homeowners and small businesses. We support its creation of a . . .

Several hurdles remain regarding the proposed St. Lawrence and Cape Vincent wind farms and their future connection to the regional electrical system.
One of them is a route to the grid. Acciona Energy North America, developer of St. Lawrence Wind Farm, has taken the lead on a possible route that would follow the abandoned New York Central Railroad corridor. But that corridor also contains the regional water line operated by the Development Authority of the North Country.
The line takes water from . . .

First, the state Energy Facilities Siting Board approved a bundle of permits for the proposed Nantucket Sound wind farm, overruling local concerns raised by Cape towns and the Cape Cod Commission.
Opponents of the industrial-sized project called the board’s decision a dangerous precedent that could erode local authority.
Now a proposed bill that would streamline the permitting process for land-based wind turbines may give the state veto power over local zoning regulations.
Paul Niedzwiecki, executive director of the Cape Cod Commission, said the . . .

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