Gemma Renewable Power LLC of Rocky Hill is teaming up with a New York company in an $18 million deal to build a wind farm with 15 turbines in central Pennsylvania. The Reading Eagle reports. Click on this environmental headline for more on this story.

The group opposed to the construction of six wind turbines in Colebrook that were approved by the Connecticut Siting Council last month has appealed the council’s decision.

With Colebrook South passing the Connecticut Siting Council’s muster, its other half saw favorable opinions on Thursday. The council released its draft findings of fact on June 2, as well as taking a straw poll to judge which way the winds might blow on the state’s second residential wind generation facility. Colebrook South — which
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The opponents of a wind power project in town are feeling optimistic that the Connecticut Siting Council will not approve its construction, after a similar project proposed by the same company in the New Haven County town of Prospect was rejected. The council reviewed a 35-page summary of findings about the first Colebrook application. BNE
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Wind power is one of the most cost-effective sources of electricity available, capable of generating power at prices competitive with new natural gas plants and cheaper than new coal and nuclear plants. Across the US, abundant wind resources can be harnessed to produce reliable and clean electricity.

Regardless of what the wind industry would like us to believe, property values are impacted by nearby industrial wind turbines. Wind proponents insist that property values are not impacted by wind turbines; they argue there will always be a buyer; it is simply a matter of taste.

Just when there’s an enviro no-brainer to embrace—like green renewable energy—careful scrutiny reveals another yawning maw of unintended consequences.

Chris Phelps of Environment Connecticut said his organization supports the current process of siting wind projects under the Connecticut Siting Council. He said a moratoriumm could send a message to the wind industry that Connecticut is not a place where they are welcome.

Over the past decade, China’s installed wind capacity has grown from 0.3GW to 42.3GW and now accounts for 22 percent of the world’s total wind power capacity.

Citizens groups from Colebrook and Prospect told lawmakers Thursday they should approve a proposed bill that would put a moratorium on any commercial wind turbine projects until state regulations governing their placement are developed.

A pair of bills authored by State Rep. Vickie Nardello and State Sen. Joan Hartley are scheduled to be brought before the General Assembly’s Energy and Technology Committee for hearings Thursday, Feb. 3. One bill calls for a moratorium on the siting of wind projects until regulations are adopted, and a second bill would limit
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Michael and Stella Somers, who bought a 10,000-square-foot piece of Connecticut’s history say their livelihood is threatened by BNE Energy Inc.’s plans to build at least three, 460-foot-tall wind turbines a half-mile from their B&B.

“We’re not going to see massive wind farms in Connecticut or Long Island Sound,” says Glenn Weston-Murphy, co-founder of the Connecticut Wind Working Group. “There are very few places in Connecticut that make sense for wind turbines.”

An updated version of Reagan’s action was Sarah Palin’s “Drill, baby, drill.” Now there is another battle cry being heard throughout the country and especially in New England: “Spin, baby spin.” Wind energy proposals in the Connecticut towns of Prospect and Colebrook have stirred much discussion. Some who live near the projected sites are calling
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With the proposed wind projects in Colebrook and Prospect currently being so hotly debated, perhaps it’s timely to consider a few points.

The Town Council in Prospect has endorsed a resolution that calls for state legislators to place a moratorium on wind energy projects until state minimum standards are created.

FairWindCT’s opposition to the proposed wind farms straddling Route 44 does not, according to president Joyce Hemingson, stem from just their location.

A decade from now, the Cape Wind saga may be remembered as the labor pain that helped birth a new industry. Although the U.S. boasts more installed onshore wind capacity than any other country, the nation lags in the offshore arena.

BOSTON — Cape Wind has outlasted a decade of government review, a slew of court brawls and fierce opposition from mariners, fishermen, Indian tribes and Kennedys just to win the right to sell its wind-fueled electricity. Now, all it needs are customers. Last month, the nation’s first offshore wind farm nailed down its first buyer
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Energy experts, legislators and power companies in Connecticut are not rushing to embrace wind power. Skeptics say Connecticut simply isn’t windy enough.