wind farms

First, wind turbines have little or no “capacity value”; i.e., they are unlikely to be producing electricity at the time of peak electricity demand.· Second, a kilowatt-hour (kWh) of electricity from a wind turbine has less value than a kWh of electricity from a reliable (“dispatchable”) generating unit

Although wind power contributes only a tiny fraction of total global energy supply, the amount of power generated from the wind continues to exhibit dramatic year over year growth. In 2007, installed global wind power capacity increased 27%, from 74 GW in 2006 to 94 GW.

 LAVISH subsidies and high electricity prices have turned Britain’s onshore wind farms into an extraordinary moneyspinner, with a single turbine capable of generating £500,000 of pure profit per year.

For SCIDA to approve this PILOT before the court hears the cases would be injudicious. If Mr. Sherron's assertion is correct (CWW disagrees with his interpretation) that SCIDA can lawfully approve PILOT's after construction has started, there should be no immediate or compelling need to authorize the PILOT for either UPC Prattsburgh or Cohocton Projects, at this time and with tax exemptions purported.

As part of your official duties and responsibilities, your office requires that certification be achieved within the first year of your employment. According to NYS Department of State – Division of Code Enforcement and Administrationhttp://www.dos.state.ny.us/CODE/ls-codes.html you are not listed as having a certified license. The Town Clerk needs to have your certification verification available for inspection.

At some point SCIDA will need to explain why the $4,400,000 per year payment amount in the UPC application for special tax exemption was rejected and a PILOT of minuscule proportions ($37,500 for the Wayland-Cohocton School District as represented by the Town of Cohocton) is ready for approval.

Our group strongly supports local labor and businesses. However, Industrial Wind Turbine Projects with foreign ownership and LLC legal protections are scam ventures. Ex Enron executives are using phony energy REC’s to defraud the NYS taxpayer. SCIDA is about to advance this fraud by granting a PILOT, when the developer clearly stated in their application, that they were willing to pay $4,400,000 per year for tax exemption status.

We now know that there are significant problems with the Clipper 2.5 Liberty turbines which are in the prototype stage only. One needs to ask what turbines are being erected at this time on Dutch Hill. Why would a company intending to produce safe reliable electricity be erecting turbines which do not work?

The District Attorney, New York State Inspector General and the New York State Attorney General have started investigations related to members of the Burke Town Council and its wind ordinance, and similar issues across New York State. My office is currently examining concerns brought to my attention," Franklin County District Attorney Derek Champagne said. "The State Inspector General has asked to have information forwarded to her office." Complaints of impropriety caught the attention of the District Attorney.

Clipper Windpower, a California-based wind turbine manufacturer, is in deep trouble with its top-of-the-line, 2.5-MW Liberty machine, which is experiencing quality control and apparent design problems, and with the company’s financial performance. The 20-MW Steel Winds wind farm in upstate New York, using eight of the Liberty turbines.

"It's clear from a careful reading of the reports by UPC Wind and the two independent sound experts, including MEDEP's own consultant, that the methodologies employed by UPC Wind to predict sound levels and in surveying sound at the operating wind plant were flawed," said IWA Executive Director Lisa Linowes.

The Steuben County Supreme Court, by Decision dated January 9, 2008 has made a ruling in the Town of Cohocton wind turbine case.

Sarkozy announces new wind turbine policy

Industrial wind turbine development to end in rural and wild areas.

The Sustainable Environment Federation (FED), with the heritage and countryside associations who demonstrated in Paris on October 6 against industrial wind energy, are pleased by President Sarkozy’s redirection of French policy concerning wind turbines and renewable energy.

AUSTRALIA'S biggest wind farm in north-west Tasmania has become a "black hole" for endangered wedge-tailed eagles. The 62-tower Woolnorth farm has killed up to 18 of the island's endangered subspecies of the wedge-tail in its giant rotor blades. Despite their acute vision, the eagles are failing to pick out turbine blades with tips that can rotate at 300 kmh, according to Eric Woehler, chairman of Birds Tasmania. "Eagles evolved in a landscape without wind farms," Dr Woehler said. "They just don't see the blades.

World Bank President Robert Zoellick, who just wrapped up a trip to China, has released a report on innovative projects within the country. One example of an energy-reducing initiative is the country's use of wind power.