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Tuesday, November 17, 2009
Digby Wind Power May be Sold to Emera?
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Ordinances Can Be Modified/Adjusted
from dnews.com
Breaking News
Whitman County commissioners unanimously pass commercial wind-turbine ordinance
November 16, 2009, 1:27 pm
After almost two years of deliberation, Whitman County commissioners unanimously approved a modified wind energy facilities ordinance Monday morning.
Some last-minute changes were brought forward by Commissioner Greg Partch, including a stipulation that a tower must be located four times its height away from any occupied dwelling instead of the proposed setback distance of five times a turbine’s height.
Commissioners also changed the recommended setback distance from property lines and unoccupied buildings to the height of the turbine plus 100 feet.
“I know not everybody’s happy,” Commissioner Michael Largent said, “but that’s the way this process works.”
Partch said the ordinance serves as a base-level document for the construction of turbines. The county’s Board of Adjustment can impose more restrictions on specific turbine projects as needed.
The construction of wind-energy turbines on county properties is somewhat contested. Two lawsuits have been filed against Whitman County, one from Carolyn Kiesz of Thornton and the other from Roger Whitten of Oakesdale. The suits contest County Planner Alan Thomson’s determination that the construction of towers will not be markedly detrimental to the environment.
It's unclear what effect the new ordinance could have on the lawsuits.
Breaking News
Whitman County commissioners unanimously pass commercial wind-turbine ordinance
November 16, 2009, 1:27 pm
After almost two years of deliberation, Whitman County commissioners unanimously approved a modified wind energy facilities ordinance Monday morning.
Some last-minute changes were brought forward by Commissioner Greg Partch, including a stipulation that a tower must be located four times its height away from any occupied dwelling instead of the proposed setback distance of five times a turbine’s height.
Commissioners also changed the recommended setback distance from property lines and unoccupied buildings to the height of the turbine plus 100 feet.
“I know not everybody’s happy,” Commissioner Michael Largent said, “but that’s the way this process works.”
Partch said the ordinance serves as a base-level document for the construction of turbines. The county’s Board of Adjustment can impose more restrictions on specific turbine projects as needed.
The construction of wind-energy turbines on county properties is somewhat contested. Two lawsuits have been filed against Whitman County, one from Carolyn Kiesz of Thornton and the other from Roger Whitten of Oakesdale. The suits contest County Planner Alan Thomson’s determination that the construction of towers will not be markedly detrimental to the environment.
It's unclear what effect the new ordinance could have on the lawsuits.
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Ordinances to Get Second Look
Wind Turbine Ordinance Tabled
Reported by: Gwen Siewert
Last Update: 11/16 8:58 pm
from kimt.com
AUSTIN---A vote was scheduled for Austin's City Council, on a proposed wind turbine ordinance, in the city. It would allow turbines, with several restrictions to be placed in industrial parks and commercial areas, but 350 feet away from residential buildings.
The ordinance did pass on a 6-3 vote in the Planning and Zoning meeting.
But Monday's council never saw a vote on the issue, it was tabled on the overwhelming support of some concerned residents. A lot of people showed up to voice their disagreement with the ordinance, though it wasn't a public hearing.
Many council members left the discussions concerned the draft was using arbitrary numbers and distances.
Leader of a group of concerned folks from Oak Park Village, Leo Kerling says, one the turbines hoping to be put up is too close to residential areas, "In addition to the noise, and the sight, we just don't think it should be allowed, it's residential on three sides around us. So that was our main concern."
Others living at Oak Park Village say they are pleased the ordinance will get another look and some figures will become more concrete. Council members also stated they didn't want to move so quickly on a "poorly drafted or worded ordinance."
Reported by: Gwen Siewert
Last Update: 11/16 8:58 pm
from kimt.com
AUSTIN---A vote was scheduled for Austin's City Council, on a proposed wind turbine ordinance, in the city. It would allow turbines, with several restrictions to be placed in industrial parks and commercial areas, but 350 feet away from residential buildings.
The ordinance did pass on a 6-3 vote in the Planning and Zoning meeting.
But Monday's council never saw a vote on the issue, it was tabled on the overwhelming support of some concerned residents. A lot of people showed up to voice their disagreement with the ordinance, though it wasn't a public hearing.
Many council members left the discussions concerned the draft was using arbitrary numbers and distances.
Leader of a group of concerned folks from Oak Park Village, Leo Kerling says, one the turbines hoping to be put up is too close to residential areas, "In addition to the noise, and the sight, we just don't think it should be allowed, it's residential on three sides around us. So that was our main concern."
Others living at Oak Park Village say they are pleased the ordinance will get another look and some figures will become more concrete. Council members also stated they didn't want to move so quickly on a "poorly drafted or worded ordinance."
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Ordinance First!
from jconline
Carroll adopts rules for wind energy
November 17, 2009
Twitter The Carroll County Commissioners approved an ordinance Monday detailing rules and regulations for commercial wind energy developers.
The ordinance specifies what is expected of companies that want to install wind turbines in the county to generate energy.
Setbacks, height restrictions, and pre-construction requirements, such as government clearances for historic structures and environmental issues, are part of the county's first ordinance about wind energy.
The ordinance, which was based on White County's wind power rules, also requires financial proof for a decommissioning plan at the end of a lease agreement.
Miriam Robeson, a volunteer with the Carroll County Zoning Steering Committee who helped write and research the ordinance, said Carroll County does not have turbines, but interest in building them may well occur.
Already, Benton County has more than 300 wind turbines operated by two companies. Last month 121 turbines began generating electricity at Meadow Lake Wind Farm in White County.
"If someone is interested in our county, they see that we are already to go," Robeson said. "We are right in the wind corridor."
The commissioners unanimously approved the ordinance at their regular meeting in Delphi.
To read the full ordinance, go to www.carroll countyzoning.wordpress.com
-- Eric Weddle/eweddle@jconline.com
Carroll adopts rules for wind energy
November 17, 2009
Twitter The Carroll County Commissioners approved an ordinance Monday detailing rules and regulations for commercial wind energy developers.
The ordinance specifies what is expected of companies that want to install wind turbines in the county to generate energy.
Setbacks, height restrictions, and pre-construction requirements, such as government clearances for historic structures and environmental issues, are part of the county's first ordinance about wind energy.
The ordinance, which was based on White County's wind power rules, also requires financial proof for a decommissioning plan at the end of a lease agreement.
Miriam Robeson, a volunteer with the Carroll County Zoning Steering Committee who helped write and research the ordinance, said Carroll County does not have turbines, but interest in building them may well occur.
Already, Benton County has more than 300 wind turbines operated by two companies. Last month 121 turbines began generating electricity at Meadow Lake Wind Farm in White County.
"If someone is interested in our county, they see that we are already to go," Robeson said. "We are right in the wind corridor."
The commissioners unanimously approved the ordinance at their regular meeting in Delphi.
To read the full ordinance, go to www.carroll countyzoning.wordpress.com
-- Eric Weddle/eweddle@jconline.com
Pugwash/Digby Neck Windfarms
Pugwash windfarm
A wind energy project in the Pugwash area was proposed but there was no easy way for residents to keep up with what was actually going on. This blog was initiated to present the facts as they occurred specific to that project. Over time, mounting concern about the efficacy and safety of large wind energy turbines has directed this blog towards a more general information source for those with questions about wind energy and how it may affect their community.
Tuesday, November 17, 2009
Residents to meet with minister over wind farm
Group in Digby Neck worried about health effects of living close to turbines
By BRIAN MEDEL Yarmouth Bureau
Six Digby Neck residents will visit Environment Minister Sterling Belliveau Wednesday in Halifax to ask a few questions about a planned wind turbine park.
"We’re trying to find out his reasoning for approving this turbine site in the first place," Evelyn Hayden said Monday.
"We’re just a group of concerned citizens that are trying to protect the health of everybody down here."
A 30-megawatt development consisting of 20 turbines is planned for Digby Neck by Skypower Corp. of Toronto and Scotian Windfields of Dartmouth. Each unit will generate 1.5 megawatts of electricity.
Ms. Hayden said one of the turbines may be as close as 600 metres to her home. She said she’s worried about adverse health effects to people who live too close to big wind turbines, and she is not alone.
Basil Stewart, the mayor of Summerside, P.E.I., has asked federal Health Minister Leona Aglukkaq to look into the matter.
As president of the Federation of Canadian Municipalities, Mr. Stewart cited a resolution asking Ottawa to study the potential health risks of wind turbines.
Digby municipal council was expected to discuss that resolution Monday evening.
A wind bylaw for the Municipality of Digby has been in the works since last year and is the only planning document in the municipality.
But municipal councillors decided last June to delay the passing of the plan to regulate wind turbines.
Some senior executives of the proponents spoke at a public planning hearing in council chambers, urging councillors to kill a draft version of the bylaw.
Corey Basel, vice-president of Skypower Corp., said his company did not support passing the bylaw in its present form, which he said was ambiguous.
"Any ambiguity in a bylaw could certainly affect future development. . . . It can signal to outside investors, banks or developers that there is not an opportunity for investment or development in a community," said Mr. Basel at the time.
In the end, councillors voted to table the draft planning strategy and bylaw until they could discuss it further. The bylaw was to be addressed again during Monday evening’s meeting.
Ms. Hayden had earlier asked Justice Minister Ross Landry to issue a stop order because of alleged health risks.
A source from the Justice Department wrote back to tell her the minister could not interfere with the decision to allow the wind turbines.
"We’re not going to give up," said Ms. Hayden.
Her group will also meet Wednesday with Liberal environment and energy critic Andrew Younger.
Among the questions the group has is why the province has not established some kind of guideline or minimum setback for municipalities that don’t have rural zoning restrictions pertaining to wind turbines.
http://thechronicleherald.ca/NovaScotia/1153135.html
A wind energy project in the Pugwash area was proposed but there was no easy way for residents to keep up with what was actually going on. This blog was initiated to present the facts as they occurred specific to that project. Over time, mounting concern about the efficacy and safety of large wind energy turbines has directed this blog towards a more general information source for those with questions about wind energy and how it may affect their community.
Tuesday, November 17, 2009
Residents to meet with minister over wind farm
Group in Digby Neck worried about health effects of living close to turbines
By BRIAN MEDEL Yarmouth Bureau
Six Digby Neck residents will visit Environment Minister Sterling Belliveau Wednesday in Halifax to ask a few questions about a planned wind turbine park.
"We’re trying to find out his reasoning for approving this turbine site in the first place," Evelyn Hayden said Monday.
"We’re just a group of concerned citizens that are trying to protect the health of everybody down here."
A 30-megawatt development consisting of 20 turbines is planned for Digby Neck by Skypower Corp. of Toronto and Scotian Windfields of Dartmouth. Each unit will generate 1.5 megawatts of electricity.
Ms. Hayden said one of the turbines may be as close as 600 metres to her home. She said she’s worried about adverse health effects to people who live too close to big wind turbines, and she is not alone.
Basil Stewart, the mayor of Summerside, P.E.I., has asked federal Health Minister Leona Aglukkaq to look into the matter.
As president of the Federation of Canadian Municipalities, Mr. Stewart cited a resolution asking Ottawa to study the potential health risks of wind turbines.
Digby municipal council was expected to discuss that resolution Monday evening.
A wind bylaw for the Municipality of Digby has been in the works since last year and is the only planning document in the municipality.
But municipal councillors decided last June to delay the passing of the plan to regulate wind turbines.
Some senior executives of the proponents spoke at a public planning hearing in council chambers, urging councillors to kill a draft version of the bylaw.
Corey Basel, vice-president of Skypower Corp., said his company did not support passing the bylaw in its present form, which he said was ambiguous.
"Any ambiguity in a bylaw could certainly affect future development. . . . It can signal to outside investors, banks or developers that there is not an opportunity for investment or development in a community," said Mr. Basel at the time.
In the end, councillors voted to table the draft planning strategy and bylaw until they could discuss it further. The bylaw was to be addressed again during Monday evening’s meeting.
Ms. Hayden had earlier asked Justice Minister Ross Landry to issue a stop order because of alleged health risks.
A source from the Justice Department wrote back to tell her the minister could not interfere with the decision to allow the wind turbines.
"We’re not going to give up," said Ms. Hayden.
Her group will also meet Wednesday with Liberal environment and energy critic Andrew Younger.
Among the questions the group has is why the province has not established some kind of guideline or minimum setback for municipalities that don’t have rural zoning restrictions pertaining to wind turbines.
http://thechronicleherald.ca/NovaScotia/1153135.html
Canadian tree saplings go aloft with shuttle Atlantis to space station
MARCIA DUNN, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
November 16, 2009 4:38 p.m.
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - Space shuttle Atlantis rocketed into orbit Monday with six astronauts and a full load of spare parts for the International Space Station.
The supply run should keep the space station humming for years to come, and the shuttle astronauts in space through Thanksgiving.
Also on board are 24 willow saplings for a Canadian experiment to study how gravity affects the formation of different kinds of wood.
The experiment is led by Prof. Rodney Savidge of the University of New Brunswick and funded by the Canadian Space Agency. Canadian astronaut Robert Thirsk will manage the experiment on the space station.
The shuttle Atlantis shot into a partly cloudy afternoon sky, to the delight of about 100 Twittering space enthusiasts who won front-row seats.
It was NASA's first launch "tweetup," and the invitees splashed news - mostly tweeting "wow" and "amazing" about the liftoff - over countless cellphones and computers.
"We wish you good luck, Godspeed, and we'll see you back here just after Thanksgiving," launch director Mike Leinbach told shuttle commander Charles Hobaugh right before liftoff.
Atlantis will reach the space station Wednesday. As the shuttle blasted off, the station was soaring 350 kilometres above the South Pacific.
"We're excited to take this incredible vehicle for a ride and meet up with another incredible vehicle," Hobaugh said.
NASA wants to stockpile as many pumps, tanks, gyroscopes and other oversize equipment as possible at the space station, before the three remaining shuttles retire next fall. None of the other visiting spacecraft is big enough to carry such large pieces.
The space agency expects to keep the space station flying until 2015, possibly 2020 if President Barack Obama gives the go-ahead.
During their 11-day flight, Hobaugh and his crew - including the first orthopedic surgeon in space, Dr. Robert Satcher Jr. - will unload the nearly 13,600 kilograms of equipment and experiments. Most of the gear will be attached to the outside of the space station on storage platforms.
Three spacewalks will be conducted beginning Thursday to hook everything up and get a jump on the next shuttle flight.
NASA officials were pleased with the seemingly perfect launch, but the Twittering invitees were downright ecstatic. They were among the first to sign up online last month for the opportunity to see a launch up close, and filed Twitter updates practically nonstop.
"Never been more proud to be a geeky, dorky, intelligent space fangirl.
" one wrote a few hours before liftoff.
"100 nerds against the road waving at the astrovan," another tweeted as the astronauts headed to the launch pad in late morning.
NASA estimates the 100 tweeters, or tweeps as they're called, have a following of more than 150,000. The space agency sees it as a beneficial outreach program, especially as the shuttle program winds down and the future remains murky. Obama has yet to chart a course for American astronauts, beyond the shuttle and station. A moon rocket under development is supposed to replace the shuttle, but the lunar exploration program is in jeopardy.
This is NASA's last shuttle flight of the year and one of only six remaining. If all goes as planned, the six spacemen will return to Earth the day after Thanksgiving, bringing home a seventh astronaut, Nicole Stott, who has been living at the space station since the end of August.
The astronauts will have to forgo the usual Thanksgiving fare. NASA did not pack any special turkey-and-trimming dinners aboard Atlantis. Hobaugh, the commander, didn't want any.
If the astronauts want poultry on Thanksgiving, they'll have to settle for turkey tetrazzini in rehydratable pouches or thermostabilized chicken fajitas. There's also plenty of barbecued beef brisket.
MARCIA DUNN, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
November 16, 2009 4:38 p.m.
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - Space shuttle Atlantis rocketed into orbit Monday with six astronauts and a full load of spare parts for the International Space Station.
The supply run should keep the space station humming for years to come, and the shuttle astronauts in space through Thanksgiving.
Also on board are 24 willow saplings for a Canadian experiment to study how gravity affects the formation of different kinds of wood.
The experiment is led by Prof. Rodney Savidge of the University of New Brunswick and funded by the Canadian Space Agency. Canadian astronaut Robert Thirsk will manage the experiment on the space station.
The shuttle Atlantis shot into a partly cloudy afternoon sky, to the delight of about 100 Twittering space enthusiasts who won front-row seats.
It was NASA's first launch "tweetup," and the invitees splashed news - mostly tweeting "wow" and "amazing" about the liftoff - over countless cellphones and computers.
"We wish you good luck, Godspeed, and we'll see you back here just after Thanksgiving," launch director Mike Leinbach told shuttle commander Charles Hobaugh right before liftoff.
Atlantis will reach the space station Wednesday. As the shuttle blasted off, the station was soaring 350 kilometres above the South Pacific.
"We're excited to take this incredible vehicle for a ride and meet up with another incredible vehicle," Hobaugh said.
NASA wants to stockpile as many pumps, tanks, gyroscopes and other oversize equipment as possible at the space station, before the three remaining shuttles retire next fall. None of the other visiting spacecraft is big enough to carry such large pieces.
The space agency expects to keep the space station flying until 2015, possibly 2020 if President Barack Obama gives the go-ahead.
During their 11-day flight, Hobaugh and his crew - including the first orthopedic surgeon in space, Dr. Robert Satcher Jr. - will unload the nearly 13,600 kilograms of equipment and experiments. Most of the gear will be attached to the outside of the space station on storage platforms.
Three spacewalks will be conducted beginning Thursday to hook everything up and get a jump on the next shuttle flight.
NASA officials were pleased with the seemingly perfect launch, but the Twittering invitees were downright ecstatic. They were among the first to sign up online last month for the opportunity to see a launch up close, and filed Twitter updates practically nonstop.
"Never been more proud to be a geeky, dorky, intelligent space fangirl.
" one wrote a few hours before liftoff.
"100 nerds against the road waving at the astrovan," another tweeted as the astronauts headed to the launch pad in late morning.
NASA estimates the 100 tweeters, or tweeps as they're called, have a following of more than 150,000. The space agency sees it as a beneficial outreach program, especially as the shuttle program winds down and the future remains murky. Obama has yet to chart a course for American astronauts, beyond the shuttle and station. A moon rocket under development is supposed to replace the shuttle, but the lunar exploration program is in jeopardy.
This is NASA's last shuttle flight of the year and one of only six remaining. If all goes as planned, the six spacemen will return to Earth the day after Thanksgiving, bringing home a seventh astronaut, Nicole Stott, who has been living at the space station since the end of August.
The astronauts will have to forgo the usual Thanksgiving fare. NASA did not pack any special turkey-and-trimming dinners aboard Atlantis. Hobaugh, the commander, didn't want any.
If the astronauts want poultry on Thanksgiving, they'll have to settle for turkey tetrazzini in rehydratable pouches or thermostabilized chicken fajitas. There's also plenty of barbecued beef brisket.
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