SNH Fights on Against Wind Farm
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By john ross  SCOTTISH Natural Heritage yesterday confirmed its objection to a huge wind farm planned for Lewis.   SNH board members reiterated their previous view that land covered by special protection area status might be harmed by the development.
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The state Supreme Court will hear arguments in June over Virginia's first proposed wind farm.  Justices will rule whether Highland County officials followed land-use regulations when they approved construction of 18 or 19 towering wind turbines near the West Virginia border.
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Soaring costs have apparently doomed an ambitious project to build what might have been the nationâs first offshore windmills.
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Wind is filling the sails of the alternative energy industry after repeated past false starts, bringing big business and the green movement into an uneasy partnership -- as investors smell money.
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PLANS to build one of the world's biggest windfarms across vast swathes of Lewis have been dealt a devastating blow from a government agency.
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By Monte Mitchell, Winston-Salem Journal, N.C.  Feb. 20--JEFFERSON   The Ashe County Board of Commissioners voted 5-0 yesterday to adopt an ordinance regulating wind-energy systems, but it will take a more detailed look at its provisions.
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The government is funding wind farms that are not viable because they are badly sited, experts say.
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Environmentalists are fighting a proposal to build another coal-fired power plant in the Four Corners area, saying the region cannot handle more pollution.
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Locals in a windswept Irish coastal town are fighting plans by Shell to run a natural gas pipeline through their neighborhood
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The strong winds that blow across the Northern Plains have been chased over the past two years by a spate of politicians and entrepreneurs eager to exploit them as an energy alternative to fossil fuels.
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Plans for two major offshore wind farms in the Thames Estuary are given the government go-ahead.
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By JOHN ARNOLD Journal Staff Writer  Santa Fe National Forest acting supervisor Martin Chavez has rejected an appeal by environmentalists who are fighting a controversial forest-thinning project near Las Vegas, N.M.
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A council says it faces a fight to win one the next generation of nuclear power stations in the UK.
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Military, regulators take Quixotic stance Britain's fledgling wind power industry has suffered blows from two directions over the weekend. The energy regulator, Ofgem, has attacked the system of subsidies given to wind-farm operators, saying it channels excessive profits to owners and does little to stimulate new build. On top of this, the ministry of defence (MoD) has said that wind farms cause unacceptable gaps in radar coverage, to the extent of leaving Blighty vulnerable to 9/11 style airborne attacks.â¦
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AMs are to decide on a full debate on a controversial plan for a windfarm off the south Wales coast.
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Escalating oil prices and global warming concerns have shifted the quest for renewable energy sources into high gear. While wind and solar claim most of the attention, the dark horse in this race may be the restless energy of the sea. By Stephen Leahy.
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A proposal to build the world's largest offshore wind power plant in Nantucket Sound is pitting environmentalists against opponents who foresee it as a blight.