PEOPLE living within two kilometres of proposed wind farms will have the right to veto them, under a NSW government proposal. Planning and Infrastructure Minister Brad Hazzard says NSW remains committed to being part of the Federal Government’s 20 per cent renewable energy target by 2020, despite proposing what he has described as the...
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Planning panel approves Auwahi wind farm
WAILUKU – The Maui Planning Commission unanimously approved permits Tuesday for Auwahi Wind Energy to build and operate eight 428-foot-tall wind turbines on Ulupalakua Ranch land. Two dozen people testified on the proposed special use and special management area permits, and none were opposed to the project, according to planner Ann Cua. Some testifiers...
Continue readingWind farm paid £1.2 million to produce no electricity
A wind farm has been paid £1.2 million not to produce electricity for eight-and-a-half hours. By Edward Malnick and Robert Mendick 9:00PM BST 17 Sep 2011 Comments102 Comments The amount is ten times greater than the wind farm’s owners would have received had they actually generated any electricity. The disclosure exposes the bizarre workings...
Continue readingCounty, Life of the Land to intervene in wind case
The Public Utilities Commission has allowed Maui County and the organization Life of the Land to become intervenors in Hawaiian Electric Co.’s proposal to charge customers for a $4 million study on “Big Wind.” Henry Curtis of Life of the Land said customers should not be forced to finance the studies, because past rulings...
Continue readingKahuku wind farm idled during work on battery system
First Wind LLC said it has temporarily idled the turbines at its Kahuku wind energy project while it works on the battery storage system. The 12 wind turbines were shut down on May 22 and are expected to be brought back online in stages starting later this week, company spokesman John Lamontagne said in...
Continue readingStart over on Big Wind, group tells state
A community group that opposes the development of large-scale wind farms on Lanai and Molokai is asking state regulators to reopen the bidding process for the projects, saying the original agreement is no longer valid because one of the developers dropped out. An attorney for Friends of Lanai said a decision by First Wind...
Continue readingWind project ‘important’ to self-sufficiency
Gov. Neil Abercrombie would – if necessary – have the state exercise its right to eminent domain to condemn Molokai lands for a wind-energy project, “if residents agree that a project can be done in a pono way.” The governor’s comment is contained in a March 3 position statement on a potential Molokai wind...
Continue readingMeetings will gather comments on proposed wind farm
KIHEI – The developer of a wind farm proposed for Ulupalakua will hold two public meetings this month to gather public comments on the project. Auwahi Wind Energy LLC, a subsidiary of Sempra Generation, is proposing to build a 21-megawatt wind energy and battery storage project on land owned by Ulupalakua Ranch. It would...
Continue readingMaui residents oppose wind farm access road plans
Some South Maui residents are upset about a developer’s plan to use a resort road through Wailea and Makena for construction truck access as it builds a wind farm on 120 acres of Ulupalakua Ranch land. “It’s going to affect us economically,” said Bud Pikrone, general manager of the Wailea Community Association. Pikrone said...
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