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Seven Stars Wind Project zoning bylaw amendment on pause: Enbridge: Enbridge has announced they are asking the RM of Weyburn to pause the process for their application asking for a local zoning bylaw amendment when it comes to commercial wind operations… https://t.co/f94N1adp2v

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Utility sues GE over turbine failures: Utility giant AEP has filed suit over turbine failures at a sprawling wind power project in Oklahoma. Only a few years after a $2 billion Oklahoma wind project started producing power, hundreds of turbines are… https://t.co/6J3786t5sP

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Thousands of offshore wind turbines to blight Britain’s holiday hotspots: Wind farms are to be built off the holiday coasts of Cornwall, the Isles of Scilly and South Wales under Crown Estate plans to accelerate offshore turbine expansion. Thousands more… https://t.co/UsUtGgWWJ5

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Wind industry is killing sea life on East Coast, fishermen say: Over the last three years, we have been documenting the ecological catastrophe quietly unfolding on the East Coast. With the support of the US government, the wind industry is killing whales… https://t.co/fuhLGaLDSg

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Broken blades, angry fishermen and rising costs slow offshore wind: The makers of offshore turbines may have prized speed over quality, some industry officials said. Fraser McLachlan, chief executive of GCube, a London firm that insures wind turbines,… https://t.co/asL4clZghw

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Thousands of offshore wind turbines to blight Britain’s holiday hotspots: Wind farms are to be built off the holiday coasts of Cornwall, the Isles of Scilly and South Wales under Crown Estate plans to accelerate offshore turbine expansion. Thousands more… https://t.co/Mme9zupH0b

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'Super typhoon' devastates wind farm on Chinese coast: The storm severely impacted the Wenchang Wind Power Plant, a project undergoing repowering by Huaneng Hainan Company. Witnesses reported damage to at least six of the farm's wind turbines. The… https://t.co/ImOTGkX6GH

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Fire at battery storage facility in California triggers evacuation order: Local news outlet NBC 7 San Diego reported that the project in question is the 30MW/120MWh project at the utility’s Escondido Northeast Yard and connected to its Escondido… https://t.co/i0dlE5gJ4E

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Evacuations lifted for battery storage fire in Escondido: The blaze, which erupted shortly before 12:10 p.m. Thursday at the facility on Enterprise Street near Commercial Street, prompted classes to be canceled at some nearby Escondido schools. Roughly… https://t.co/W9vdc4GnjA

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‘The noise from our neighbour’s new wind turbine is making our lives a misery. What can we do?’: Query: Dear Mary Frances, I live on a small farm that my family have lived in for generations. We’ve always had a close relationship with the neighbours… https://t.co/gnjAxcgeAc

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Enbridge pauses wind farm application, wants local zoning changed to allow turbines closer to homes: Enbridge has requested their application to the RM of Weyburn to be put on hold for the time being, as they seek to do more consultations with the local… https://t.co/FpnUgRe0iH

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Typhoon Yagi destroys wind turbines on Wenchang, Hainan: Typhoon Yagi made landfall near Wenchang on the island of Hainan, China, on September 6. It had already wreaked havoc on the island of Luzon in the Phillipines, and afterward went on to northern… https://t.co/MphgOgK71V

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Federal panel deals blow to Idaho wind farm: The Bureau of Land Management’s efforts to approve a major wind power project in southern Idaho has suffered a setback, and its fate is now up in the air. The federal Advisory Council on Historic Preservation… https://t.co/WludCtKkj8

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Commonsense environmentalism being destroyed by ‘wind-less revolution’: The criticism OSW has drawn is a consequence of its own very narrow field of view — as some heroic measure and our only hope to save the planet. Will windmills magically change… https://t.co/ggYTXWcX3u

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Future of discarded wind turbine blades in Minnesota town gets cloudier after company disappears: On Thursday, the state Public Utilities Commission will decide if it can or should step in. They may not have any help from Canvus, the company that pledged… https://t.co/jDdaXNvgzN

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Wind power developer pledges to clear discarded turbine blades from Minnesota town: The company that dismantled the wind turbine blades now stacked on an empty lot in the small Minnesota town of Grand Meadow says it will start moving them in early… https://t.co/cjJHWeEYrE

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Golden Plains wind farm: Bits of turbine blades go flying: Turbines on Victoria’s largest wind farm development are falling to bits, with pieces of serrated edging falling off its blades and flying across neighbouring farm paddocks and roads. Russell… https://t.co/OjcGUXC3SY

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Another New Jersey offshore wind project runs into turbulence as Leading Light seeks pause: Leading Light Wind is asking the New Jersey Board of Public Utilities to give it a pause through late December on its plan to build an offshore wind farm off the… https://t.co/GgfirKg8VX

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Environmental organizations demand halt to wind farm construction in northern Greece: The environmental organizations Arcturos, the Hellenic Ornithological Society, and Callisto are demanding that the wind farm construction in the Doukas area of the… https://t.co/zk81lXO8Zs

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GE Vernova blames latest offshore wind blade failure on high winds, shares rise: Energy equipment maker GE Vernova (GEV.N), opens new tab on Friday said recent turbine blade failures at two offshore wind farms in the United States and the United Kingdom… https://t.co/Nser3ds8Zn