Windmills split town and families
By HELEN O'NEILL, AP Special Correspondent Sat Aug 16, 7:58 PM ET
LOWVILLE, N.Y. -
 
"Listen," John Yancey says, leaning against his truck in a field outside his home.
The rhythmic whoosh, whoosh, whoosh of wind turbines echoes through the air. Sleek and white, their long propeller blades rotate in formation, like some otherworldly dance of spindly-armed aliens swaying across the land.
 
Yancey stares at them, his face contorted in anger and pain.
 
He knows the futuristic towers are pumping clean electricity into the grid, knows they have been largely embraced by his community.
 
But Yancey hates them.
 
He hates the sight and he hates the sound. He says they disrupt his sleep, invade his house, his consciousness. He can't stand the gigantic flickering shadows the blades cast at certain points in the day. <Read More......>
National wind farm noise standard to be reviewed

KATHY WEBB - The Dominion Post | Friday, 11 July 2008

 
National noise standards that govern wind farms are to be reviewed.
 

Fraser Clark, chief executive of industry group the Wind Energy Association, said a committee of experts had been set up to review the 10-year-old NZS6808, which sets limits for all environmental noise. <Read More....>
Wind power falls short this winter
Officials figures indicate that the wind energy sector did not produce enough power this winter.
 
A combination of officially encouraged power savings, timely rain and heavy production by fossil fuel stations has helped reduce the risk of serious energy shortages for the rest of the winter.

However, official production figures show a large number of still days meant wind energy failed to play its part.During some weeks in autumn, Meridian Energy's Te Apiti wind farm produced only one sixth of its installed capacity.Energy experts say the problem could intensify in future dry autumns if the Government presses ahead with additional renewable energy schemes.Copyright © 2008 Radio New Zealand  <Read More....>

Meridian supports Australian emissions targets

Friday, 18 July 2008, 2:21 pm
Press Release: Meridian Energy

Friday 18 July 2008

 
Meridian supports Australian emissions targets with trans-Tasman development project Australian Treasurer, Wayne Swan, dropped in to meet Meridian Energy’s new Chief Executive Tim Lusk today. The visit followed Mr Swan’s day of bilateral talks yesterday with New Zealand Finance Minister, Dr Michael Cullen, and the release of Australia’s Emissions Trading Scheme Green Paper. Meridian also briefed the Treasurer on its involvement in a project that will see the largest wind farm in the southern hemisphere being built by Meridian and AGL. <Read More...>
Power spendup put at $7b  
 
By JAMES WEIR - The Dominion Post | Wednesday, 16 July 2008

 

The biggest spendup in the power industry for 30 years will result in about $7 billion being spent on generation and transmission lines in the next few years, Transpower chief executive

Patrick Strange says <Read More.....>
 

The world's first deep-water device to generate electricity from the tides on a commercial scale has been lowered into place and has been fixed to the seabed with 12 metre (40 ft) pins. The 1,000-tonne double turbine SeaGen Tidal System at Strangford Lough in Co Down, Northern Ireland, is designed to produce enough electricity to supply 1,000 homes. -- Times Online. 

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