Reposted from VTDigger. Editor’s note: This op-ed is by Lukas B. Snelling, the executive director of Energize Vermont, a statewide responsible renewable energy organization based in Rutland County. Whether we want to admit it or not, renewable energy in Vermont has a predicament.
Reposted from VPR. A proposal to erect two large wind turbines in Derby Line, on two different farms, is running into harsh resistance-especially from Canadians who say the turbines are too close to their properties.
Reposted from Burlington Free Press. STANSTEAD, Quebec — The winds blowing through Canada’s broad St. Lawrence Valley and across Vermont’s hilltops are stirring up an international tempest over which country’s laws should govern how those breezes are harnessed for electricity.
Reposted from Caledonian-Record. DERBY – Hearings before state regulators on the Derby Line Wind Project have been pushed to late August.
Reposted from Caledonian-Record. DERBY — Dairy farmer Bryan Davis and Chad Farrell of Encore Redevelopment have no intention of withdrawing their plans for two industrial-grade wind turbines on two Derby farms.
Reposted from Caledonian-Record. DERBY — Green Mountain Power officials will coordinate their plans to truck Lowell Mountain turbine sections through Derby Center with local fire and school officials. Trucking begins in July.
Reposted from Newport Daily Express. DERBY- Derby Town’s attorney Richard Saudek attended the select board meeting Monday evening to discuss where the town stands on the Derby Line Wind project.
Reposted from Caledonian-Record. DERBY — The Derby Select Board Monday evening decided to send its attorney on a fishing expedition “to smoke out” the Derby Line Wind Project developer and see if he is about to withdraw or delay the project.
