Sentences with phrase «for wind farms»

Given that offshore energy development is a young industry, there isn't much information available for determining ideal sites for wind farms, he added.

If plans for a wind farm are of a certain scale do they get referred to a national planning authority?

The federal production tax credit, which has provided incentives for wind farm operators to produce power since 1992, expires at the end of 2012.

The service scope will cover full as well as tailored operation and maintenance solutions for wind farm owners in these countries.

He has called for wind farm operators to pay the state millions of dollars in taxes.

As for wind farms on public property, the situation is predictably worse.

If any spot was tailor - made for a wind farm it would surely be here.

What's more, the amount of land needed for wind farms to be effective is staggering.

Wind farm companies have to come to agreements with land - owners about the use of land for the wind farm turbines.

We are not against renewable energy but this area is clearly not suitable for a wind farm.

There is strong community support for wind farms 2.

«We may be looking at offshore oil drilling,» he said, in arguing for the wind farm, which could be operational in 2022.

Not only is there no climate justification for wind farms, but they are also incapable of supplying reliable or economical power.

Unfortunately, it seems unlikely prices will improve with protective federal tax provisions being phased out and with the best locations for wind farms already occupied.

It would be totally unacceptable for wind farm owners to make their turbines more noisy than is necessary, yet motor vehicles are often much more noisy than necessary.

A project schedule filed by the developers shows final designs for the wind farm could be completed as soon as the third quarter of this year.

The problems with noise numbers for wind farm noise assessment.

The planning application for the wind farm is now subject to a formal consultation and decision - making process.

A third eco-friendly option for wind farms is that they can be designed to increase readiness for unexpected events such as oils spills.

It is therefore unlikely that investment would have been secured for this wind farm without funding from carbon credit sales.

40 % is exceptionally high for any wind farm and it is at least partly due to the very high quality of the wind resource in the area.

Just because there's wind, doesn't mean a site is ideal for a wind farm.

Help identify the most profitable and sustainable sites for wind farms, hydro - electric dams and solar panels.

Construction began on the project last year, but plans for this wind farm were announced back in 2010.

Thomas Content — The Journal Sentinel — March 1, 2013 The state Public Service Commission on Friday declined to reconsider its denial of a construction permit for a wind farm in northwest Wisconsin.

At the same time, the government is providing incentives for wind farm development in less - windy areas nearer to population centers.

Currently our Federal and Provincial Governments are paying a hefty premium for wind produced energy as well as providing substantial tax breaks and subsidies for wind farm developers.

The rules instituted in 2014 nearly tripled the property line setbacks, he said, and have made it nearly impossible for wind farm developers to operate in the state.

With a seemingly astonishing level of hypocrisy, the US billionaire Donald Trump is opposing the proposal for a wind farm off the coast of his luxury golf resort.

It probably helps that the wind blows in this region 70 percent of the time, making Upolu Point arguably one of the best places for wind farms in the entire world.

The Liberal Democrat leader is appalled that 90 per cent of the # 1.75 billion contract for a wind farm off the Kent coast has gone to foreign contractors.

Madison — Republicans in the state Senate failed Wednesday to force state regulators to develop new siting rules for wind farms after one of their own broke ranks for the second straight day.

«It's a difficult time at the moment, and the policy uncertainty is the main cause of it,» said Shaq Mohajerani, an Australian spokesman for wind farm company Union Fenosa, owned by Spanish energy giant Gas Natural.

Calls by the south - west community for wind farm companies to share transmission lines were difficult to accommodate when new south - west wind farms were being built at different times, a wind farm spokesman says.

In ranching regions, competition among communities for these wind farms, and the jobs and tax revenues that come with them, is intense.

Rural communities compete for wind farm investments and the additional tax revenue to support their schools and roads.

Capacity requirements must be reviewed and decided at the same time as plans are being made for any wind farm project requiring equipment.

Eco-activists enamored by alternative energy technology have long touted the potential for wind farms as a source of power.

Those bright young things at the various banks who thought it a good idea to cash in on «subsidised «(ie stolen) money and provided finance for wind farms deserve our contempt and then total disgust at suggesting they now be «grandfathered» for their greed, ignorance and negligence (failing to do their due diligence on effectiveness of wind farms).

On the evening of February 19th, wind power in Texas reached a new record: the statewide capacity factor for all wind farms reached 83 %.

According to wind project opponent Kevon Martis, the revised zoning would make the township an unattractive place for wind farm developments.

A more equible benefit arangement for wind farm neighbours has been proposed by Trust Power for their mooted Palmer Wind Farm in SA.

Clarify that proponents are not required to use a rounded value when conducting a noise assessment in accordance with the ministry's Noise Guidelines for Wind Farms.

Pacific Hydro, which is reportedly seeking to be sold by parent company IFM Investors, is in the process of finding a buyer for its wind farm section, the newspaper adds, with an IFM spokesman telling it the move was «purely a business decision.