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Burke official must turn over wind-farm paperwork
A Burke official with an option to lease land to a wind-farm company lost his court battle and must answer a subpoena from a Franklin County grand jury.
Town Council member David Vincent must turn over all correspondence, contracts, receipts, leases, purchase agreements, options or communications he has had concerning Noble Chateaugay Windpark, Noble Energy, Jericho Rise Windpark and Burke Wind Power.
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Drake professor teaches wind energy law
Some farmers in Buena Vista and Cherokee counties, in northwest Iowa, were angry when the owner of a 10-year-old wind farm built on their land cut their annual payments of $2,100 by two-thirds.
"We had no idea they could do it," said retired farmer Ronovan Meyer of Alta, who signed a lease with what was then an Enron subsidiary to allow a wind turbine on his 160-acre farm.
The lease signed by Meyer and about 30 other farmers called for payments of about 6 percent of the value of the power produced. The new terms cut those payments to 2 percent with landowners being guaranteed at least $750 per year.
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Groups threaten to sue Gamesa over wind plans
Although Gamesa Inc. has yet to start work or obtain a state permit for its proposed Shaffer Mountain wind project in Somerset County, three local groups say they’ll sue if the turbine maker proceeds.
Sensible Wind Solutions, Mountain Laurel Chapter of Trout Unlimited and The Allegheny Plateau Audubon Society on Tuesday told Gamesa representatives that federal litigation is coming if they don’t stop the project.
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Barnstable lawsuit challenges wind farm
As part of their quest to kill Cape Wind's plans for 130 turbines in the Sound, Barnstable officials filed a complaint in Barnstable Superior Court Wednesday claiming the Cape Cod Commission has exclusive jurisdiction over the transmission cables that would link the turbines to the shoreline.
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Holy Trinity Monastery named to ‘Seven to Save’
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MEDIA/PRESS RELEASE - David P. Miller attorney for Cohocton Wind Watch
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