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October 2005

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1st October 2005
Renewable Energy Access UK online edition 30/09/05
Initiative aims to improve UK wind permitting process (article - web link)
Hexham Courant UK online edition 30/09/05
Mast is in the wind for three years (article - web link)
Cape Cod Today USA online edition 30/09/05
Report: Enough wind offshore to electrify America (article - web link)
Watertown Daily News USA online edition 30/09/05
County opposes plan for wind farm funds (article - web link)
The Times Malta online edition
Climbing UK energy bills offer consumers no respite (article - web link)
Norfolk Eastern Daily Press UK online edition
Wind power will generate jobs (article - web link)
BBC News online edition
Ramblers attack pylon expansion (article - web link)
South Wales Evening Post
Why waste our energy? (letter - .JPG file format 99.2 Kb)
Copyright © South Wales Evening Post 01/10/05

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Sunday 2nd October 2005
The Observer UK online edition
Government must take up the reins of power
(article by Brian Wilson; ex-Energy Minister - web link)
High time for an energy fix (article - web link)
The Sunday Herald UK online edition
Power firms remain coy over levels of nuclear energy use (article - web link)
Do we need new nuclear power stations? The answer is still no thanks
(article - web link)
The Buchan Observer UK online edition
Darling visits St Fergus gas terminal (article - web link)
Business Online UK
Where do you get your energy from? (article - web link)
The Sunday Times UK online edition
The two following 'Sunday Times' articles are a 'must read' to understand some of the corruption involved with 'Green Energy' issues; in the corridors of power in the UK.
'Green' adviser takes cash for access to ministers (2 page article - web link)
The conmen and the green professor (2 page article - web link)
Charles: I'll use influence to halt turbines (article - web link)
Saving energy (letter - web link)
Scotland on Sunday UK online edition
SSE and French run rule over nuclear plants (article - web link)
Blair must address contentious issue of nuclear power (article - web link)

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3rd October 2005
Great Lakes Radio Consortium USA online edition
Prospecting for wind (article + audio - web link)
Western Mail online edition
Still waiting (letter - web link)
Scroll down the WM web page to the 3rd letter
Legal Week online edition
German lawyers gear up for energy sector reforms (article - web link)
The Times online edition
Revamped nuclear group finds its place in a brave new world (2 page article - web link)
Politics of power has weighed heavily on company (article - web link)
The Scotsman online edition
Environmental fears over power-line plan (article - web link)
The Telegraph online edition
Nuclear power decision is due 'within a year' (article - web link)
South Wales Evening Post
Have Your Say Extra ~ "The Wind Power Debate"
Facts before windy waffle (letter + photo - .JPG file format 147 Kb)
Copyright © South Wales Evening Post 03/10/05
Lessons to be learnt (letter - .JPG file format 74.2 Kb)
Copyright © South Wales Evening Post 03/10/05
Renewable alternatives (letter - .JPG file format 51.8 Kb)
Copyright © South Wales Evening Post 03/10/05
Just pay up, folks! (letter - .JPG file format 33.5 Kb)
Copyright © South Wales Evening Post 03/10/05
Entitled to know the truth (letter - .JPG file format 43.9 Kb)
Copyright © South Wales Evening Post 03/10/05
Wind farms lead to loss (letter - .JPG file format 51.4 Kb)
Copyright © South Wales Evening Post 03/10/05
I submitted this on September the 8th, so it's quite nice to see it getting published at last
Daily Mirror
Power idea is a corker (small article - .JPG file format 28.7 Kb)
Copyright © Daily Mirror 03/10/05
The University of Manchester online edition 05/09/05
Manchester develops new wave energy device (article - web link)
The Engineer online edition 05/09/05
Bobber swims into action (article - web link)

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4th October 2005
The Guardian online edition
Green politics - Back to the future (article - web link)
BBC News online edition 02/10/05
Bobbing corks 'could give power' (article - web link)
Caroline E.... Many thanks for the web link
Burlington Free Press USA online edition 02/10/05
Community wins against big wind (article - web link)
Rutland Herald USA online edition
Plaque honours historic wind turbine (article - web link)
Yorkshire Post Today UK online edition
Village ready for battle against 410ft wind turbines scheme (article - web link)
Financial Times UK online edition 03/10/05
Ministers warned of high cost of energy (article - web link)
The Daily Telegraph Australia online edition
Coal boom to outlast nuclear energy (article - web link)
Western Mail online edition
Setting green targets (article - web link)
South Wales Evening Post online edition
Website technical problems (article - web link)
Put turbines in Gower (letter - web link)
BBC News online edition 03/10/05
Carbon emissions 'still rising' (article - web link)
News Wales online edition 03/10/05
Friends of the earth say Wales failing on climate change (article - web link)
Daily Mail online edition
Energy bills go green (article - web link)
Vikki... Many thanks for the web link

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5th October 2005
Green Consumer Guide.com UK
Wind industry calls for 'bold' action (article - web link)
The Connaught Telegraph Ireland online edition
Extended wind farm would supply 16% of Mayo's electricity needs (article - web link)
East Anglia Daily Times UK online edition
D-day for controversial wind farm plans (article - web link)
Western Mail online edition
Lifeboat heroine presented with award for skill and courage (article - web link)
South Wales Guardian
Wind farm cash on offer (article - .JPG file format 145 Kb)
Copyright © South Wales Guardian 05/10/05
PM back pedals on wind power (letter - .JPG file format 80.6 Kb)
Copyright © South Wales Guardian 05/10/05
Carmarthen Journal
First shots fired in battle for the skies (article - .JPG file format 95.4 Kb)
Copyright © Carmarthen Journal 05/10/05
Turbines cash windfall (article - .JPG file format 137 Kb)
Copyright © Carmarthen Journal 05/10/05
There is an alternative (letter - .JPG file format 85.7 Kb)
Copyright © Carmarthen Journal 05/10/05
Were you on the junket? (letter - .JPG file format 54.4 Kb)
Copyright © Carmarthen Journal 05/10/05
Wind turbines (Brechfa Forest News - .JPG file format 31.4 Kb)
Copyright © Carmarthen Journal 05/10/05
South Wales Evening Post online edition
Get behind wind farms (letter - web link)
Strong wind is needed (letter - web link)

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6th October 2005
East Anglia Daily Times UK online edition
Suffolk's first wind farm gets go-ahead (article - web link)
Western Mail UK online edition
Brecon Beacons aims to rock the world with its geology (2 page article - web link)
Oddly enough, the Brecon Beacons overlooks Mynydd-y-Gwrhyd, Mynydd Betws, Mynydd-y-Gwair and Brechfa Forest; where, if wind farm developers get their way, 62 giant wind turbines will be installed.

Cefn Croes September 2005.
Mal-functioning turbine 27

Copyright © Dr Kaye Little September 2005
A German engineer climbing out of nacelle (between blades) to effect repairs
Glamorgan Gazette
Protesters take their complaint to Europe (article - .JPG file format 248 Kb)
Copyright © Glamorgan Gazette 05/10/05
Let down on Scarweather (letter - .JPG file format 146 Kb)
Copyright © Glamorgan Gazette 05/10/05
AM blown into U-turn (letter - .JPG file format 162 Kb)
Copyright © Glamorgan Gazette 05/10/05
Caroline V.... Many thanks for the scans
Farmers Weekly Interactive UK online edition
Wind farm approval disappoints residents of rural Suffolk village (article - web link)
Renewable Energy Access UK online edition
Wind farm extension welcomed by Scotland's office minister (article - web link)
Nuclear Engineering International online edition
Areva turns to wind (article - web link)

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7th October 2005
Suffolk Evening Star UK online edition 06/09/05
Wind farm approved despite protests (article - web link)
Yorkshire Post Today UK online edition 06/09/05
Villagers 'in dark' over wind farm plan (article - web link)
South Wales Evening Post UK online edition
Beacons Protected (article - web link)
The Tivy-Side Advertiser UK online edition 05/10/05
Shame on government (letter - web link)
Milford & West Wales Mercury UK online edition 06/10/05
Port Authority bosses line up to reassure on LNG safety (article - web link)
Clever bit of spin winds me up (letter - web link)
Free speech suppressed? (letter - web link)
Western Telegraph UK online edition 06/10/05
Infrasound is something we live with (letter - web link)
The Scotsman UK online edition
Renewables groups ready to ride the wave (article - web link)
Environmental Data Interactive UK
Big business urged to combat climate change (article - web link)
Hexham Courant UK online edition
Protesters blow up storm over wind turbine plans (article - web link)

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8th October 2005
Western Mail UK online edition
Porpoises could torpedo windfarm (2 page article - web link)
Caroline V.... Many thanks for the web link
Sioux City Journal USA online edition
Iowa Farm Bureau launches wind energy assessents on the Web (article - web link)
The Independent online edition
America's U-turn as Bush starts to preach for energy conservation (article - web link)
The Scotsman online edition
Ex-minister says 'nuclear or bust' talk is dangerous (article - web link)
Seattle Post Intelligencer USA online edition 07/10/05
Shell subsidiary to buy wind power project (article - web link)
A study of the Mountaineer wind farm estimates that at least 1,364 bats were killed there during a six-week period last year.
BBC News Science/Nature online edition
Ice explorer cleared for lift-off (article - web link)
South Wales Evening Post online edition
Evening Post's printing press closes (article - web link)
News & Star UK online edition
Heading into battle again (article - web link)

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Sunday 9th October 2005
The Telegraph Christopher Booker's notebook online edition
The little people versus the giants (article - web link)
Power switch (letter - web link)
The Scotsman Scotland on Sunday online edition
Blair gives green light to new nuclear power plants (article - web link)
Light in the east is dawn of our new energy source (article - web link)
From CND member to a nuclear reactor (article - web link)
Sunday Herald UK online edition
Sepa told: stop making industry energy efficient (article - web link)
York Daily Record USA online edition
Nuclear energy: 'The other white meat' (article - web link)
The Independent UK online edition
'Green' Britain breaks pollution rules and forgets promises (article - web link)
Waste and hot air as MPs fail green audit (article - web link)
The Sunday Times - Scotland online edition
Comment: Allan Massie: Show us the future, Jack (article - web link)
Herald Democrat USA online edition
Hike in energy costs coming (article - web link)
BBC News UK Edition online edition
Europe ice mission failure probed (article - web link)

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10th October 2005

In Remembrance

Folks, yet again I make no apology for digressing from the wind power industry after this weekend's news of the horrific disasters in Pakistan and Guatemala.
No doubt the 'Greens' will claim that global warming has caused these disasters, but whatever we believe as individuals about global warming and such things, it is of the utmost importance that we show our true humanitarian values by mourning these thousands of human deaths.
Mother nature can be extremely cruel.
BBC News online edition
Quake crisis overwhelms Pakistan
Guatemala villages 'mass graves'

Burlington Free Press USA online edition 09/10/05
Sheffield wind project faces stiff resistance (article - web link)
ABC Regional Australia online edition
Wind farm plan picks up pace (article - web link)
The Times UK online edition
Coldest winter for decade could spark energy crisis (article - web link)
Western Mail UK online edition
Future's green for coal, says MP (article - web link)
Hotel and bar at energy park would bring more jobs (article - web link)
Denver Post USA online edition
Energy answer blowing in the wind (article - web link)
Norfolk Eastern Daily Press UK online edition
Renewable energy scheme a step closer (article - web link)
South Wales Evening Post UK
Protest centres on porpoise protection (article + photo - .JPG file format 137 Kb)
Copyright © South Wales Evening Post 10/10/05
Green dilemma (Opinion - .JPG file format 33.6 Kb)
Copyright © South Wales Evening Post 10/10/05
Have Your Say Extra ~ "The Wind Power Debate"
NPower's Sweetners (letter - web link)
Heartiest congratulations to.... (letter - .JPG file format 23.9 Kb)
Copyright © South Wales Evening Post 10/10/05
Image won't be destroyed (letter - .JPG file format 42.5 Kb)
Copyright © South Wales Evening Post 10/10/05
The controversy regarding wind farms.... (letter - .JPG file format 52 Kb)
Copyright © South Wales Evening Post 10/10/05
In announcing his.... (letter - .JPG file format 37.2 Kb)
Copyright © South Wales Evening Post 10/10/05
Tourism will not blow out (letter - .JPG file format 38 Kb)
Copyright © South Wales Evening Post 10/10/05
If we are to believe.... (letter - .JPG file format 38.3 Kb)
Copyright © South Wales Evening Post 10/10/05
The Brecon Beacons has been.... (letter - .JPG file format 47.8 Kb)
Copyright © South Wales Evening Post 10/10/05
The London Free Press Canada online edition
Ontario faces major decisions as future of power grid outlined (article - web link)
News.Scotsman.com Edinburgh Evening News
Wind farm given £1.8m windfall from Triodos (article - web link)
Planners take a close look at windfarm bids (article - web link)

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11th October 2005
Western Mail UK online edition
Sir - Every pound spent on energy efficiency.... (letter - web link)
Scroll down the WM web page to the 2nd letter, to read Martyn Shrewsbury's thoughts.
Billings Gazette USA online edition
Pluses, minuses for coal, wind (article - web link)
Tallahassee Democrat USA online edition
Austin takes alternative look (article - web link)
Canada News Wire online edition
Wind power: Partnership agreement (Press Release - web link)
East Anglian Daily Times UK online edition
Huge offshore wind farm bid revealed (article - web link)
Hawke's Bay Today New Zealand online edition
Taking wind out of Bay tourism sails (Editorial - web link)
The Journal Gazette USA online edition 10/10/05
Bats fall prey to turbine blades at wind farms (article - web link)
South Wales Evening Post online edition
Stark choice awaits us (letter - web link)
Islamic Republic News Agency Iran online edition
Fears of energy shortages could hit UK hospitals (article - web link)
Daily Post UK online edition
'Keep open mind on nuclear power' (article - web link)

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12th October 2005
The Scotsman UK online edition
Pakistan rocked by new earthquake (letter - web link)
Western Mail UK online edition
Huge eyesores (letter - web link)
Scroll down the WM web page to the 3rd letter.
Blair admits Welsh coal could have a hot future (article - web link)
Will our AMs' work be more fruitful with a Blackberry? (article - web link)
Not strictly anti-wind farms but it might be worth asking our AMs' if their blackberries are doing them any good? I'm sure that the £10,000 of taxpayers money spent on AMs' blackberries could have been spent on far more worthwhile causes.
Denver Post USA online edition
Energy bargain blowing in wind (article - web link)
Daily Post UK online edition
Energy probe to focus on wind (article - web link)
Historic aplology due for drowning of Tryweryn (article - web link)
I wonder if there will be aplogies in 40 years time for the wind turbine desecration of our upland areas?
Carmarthen Journal
Valley on red alert (article + photo - .JPG file format 359 Kb)
Copyright © Carmarthen Journal 12/10/05
Wake up to nuclear power (letter - .JPG file format 128 Kb)
Copyright © Carmarthen Journal 12/10/05
Brechfa Forest and Wind Turbines (Brechfa Forest News - .JPG file format 24 Kb)
Copyright © Carmarthen Journal 05/10/05
BBC News UK online edition
MP's clean coal energy solution (article - web link)

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13th October 2005
Rocky Mountain News.com USA online edition
Wind energy will cost less for Xcel customers (article - web link)
Rutland Herald USA online edition
CVPS to sell wind business (article - web link)
Business News Americas online edition
Spanish firm wins US$120mn wind contract - Dominican Republic (article - web link)
Cambridge Evening News UK online edition
Document reveals plans for wind farms (article - web link)
The Register USA online edition
Higher electric bills coming?
Wind farm would be vulnerable to storms (Letters - web link)

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14th October 2005
Fairfax Digital Australia online edition
Tough climate hits wind farm plans (article - web link)
The Advertiser Australia online edition
Solar favoured over wind power (article - web link)
Wired News USA online edition
Unexpected downside of wind power (2 page article - web link)
Western Telegraph UK online edition 13/10/05
Wind energy has not killed anyone (letter - web link)
BBC News UK online edition
DTI 'damaging' green power sector (article - web link)
The Cumberland News UK online edition
Storm brews over turbines plan (article - web link)
RTE Business USA online edition
Airtricity hires former UK energy minister (article - web link)
The Pueblo Chieftain USA online edition
Wind power less costly than price-inflated natural gas (article - web link)

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15th October 2005
Providence Eyewitness News USA online edition
Princeton moves ahead with planned wind turbines (article - web link)
PJStar.com USA
Stark board OKs wind turbines (article - web link)
The Scotsman UK
Wilson: renewables target creates planning bottleneck (article - web link)
BBC News UK online edition
Campaigners pushing for wind farm (article - web link)
Watertown Daily News USA online edition
Weather slows Maple Ridge wind farm work, but project on schedule (article - web link)
Sweetwater Reporter USA online edition
Wind energy appreciation dinner set Tuesday (article - web link)
New Energy Report USA online edition
Gas station chains to use wind to meet power needs (article - web link)

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Sunday 16th October 2005
Sunday Herald UK online edition
Airtricity in £800m wind-farm investment plan for Scotland (article - web link)
Scotland on Sunday UK online edition
Scramble to build wind farms slows (article - web link)
Mainichi Daily News Japan online edition
Hokkaido to ban ads on wind power generators (article - web link)
Trinidad Tobago Express online edition
Renewable energythe wave of the future (article - web link)
The Sunday Times UK online edition
Calls for green tax on energy (article - web link)
timesunion.com USA
Wind-generated energy is economically feasible (Letter to the Editor - web link)
thisismoney.co.uk UK
Britain in EU energy war (article - web link)
Wales on Sunday UK
Pit's too late now (article - web link)

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17th October 2005
Daily Mail
Not in one's backyard! (article + 3 photos - .JPG file format 357 Kb)
Copyright © Daily Mail 17/10/05
Sue... Many thanks for the scan
The Scotsman UK online edition 13/10/05
Wood-fuelled power station to be UK's first (article - web link)
Western Mail UK online edition
Wind power cost (letter - web link)
Scroll down the WM web page to the 5th letter
Reuters Hong Kong online edition
China may emerge as world top wind power: Greenpeace (article - web link)

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18th October 2005
The next article would seem to be rather significant for anti-wind power campaigners, if these are the words that are going to be spoken today by the UK's Energy minister.
The Independent UK online edition
Britain 'needs more puff behind wind power drive' (article - web link)
BBC News UK online edition
Marsh wind farm given green light (article - web link)
Planet Ark USA online edition
UK wind power faces competition amid policy doubts (article - web link)
People's Daily Online China online edition
China's economic power house to utilize wind power (article - web link)
MyWestTexas.com USA 17/10/05
Power from wind becomes cheaper than Xcel's conventional power (article - web link)
Tech Central Station USA online edition
Blowing in the wind (article - web link)
International Water Power & Dam Construction UK online edition 17/10/05
NZ invention combines wind and hydro (article - web link)
New Energy Report online edition 16/10/05
Aluminium company to help develop wind power turbines in Northumberland, UK
(article - web link)
Denver Post USA online edition
Wind energy gets even greener (article - web link)
Western Mail UK online edition
One for the fairies
Be brave, go nuclear (2 letters - web link)
Scroll down the WM web page to the 7th & 8th letters.
The Scotsman UK online edition
Backbenchers launch Green energy Bills (article - web link)
ePolitix.com UK
New wind farm gets go-ahead (article - web link)
thisismoney.co.uk UK
Government gives windfarm all-clear (article - web link)
The Guardian UK
Green energy targets in jeopardly, report warns (article - web link)
Sunderland Today UK
Is the answer, my friend, blowing in the wind? (article - web link)
South Wales Evening Post UK
MP will lead new energy inquiry (article - .JPG file format 97.1 Kb)
Copyright © South Wales Evening Post 18/10/05

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19th October 2005
The Telegraph UK online edition
Wind farm on marshland approved despite environmental protests (article - web link)
Britain 'lacks skills to meet renewable energy target' (article - web link)
The Scotsman UK online edition
Protests at planned wind farm on site of 'Scots Blechley Park' (article - web link)
South Wales Evening Post UK online edition
Clean coal can save us (letter - web link)
Reuters UK online edition
Britain at energy crossroads as CO₂ emissions rise (article - web link)
QCK.COM UK
Energy saving to cut bills and increase property value (article - web link)
Central Capital UK online edition
Energy efficiency set to become key house buyer issue (article - web link)
Carmarthen Journal
Guilty of mis-information (letter - .JPG file format 92.6 Kb)
Copyright © Carmarthen Journal 19/10/05
Loveland Herald Reporter USA
Wind growth (article - web link)

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20th October 2005
Stuff.co.nz New Zealand
Doubt over wind farm noise (article - web link)
Oilvoice UK
Greater Gabbard Offshore Winds Ltd. apply for consent for first offshore wind farm outside UK territorial waters
(Press Release - web link)
News Shopper UK
Homes driven by wind power (article - web link)
The Guardian UK online edition
Green energy in schools: how to get funding (article - web link)
eMediaWire
Scottish Executive to examine Environmental Impacts of Marine Renewable Energy
(Press Release - web link)

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21st October 2005
ABC NEWSONLINE Australia
Wind farm given environmental green light (article - web link)
BBC News UK online edition
Koreans to build China wind farm (article - web link)
Western Mail UK online edition
Nuclear industry urges debate (article - web link)
CBC Prince Edward Island Canada online edition
Province orders wind turbines (article - web link)
The Sydney Morning Herald Australia online edition
Climate change threatens Dutch windmills (article - web link)
ShareCast UK online edition
UK Coal's first wind farm gets go-ahead (article - web link)
Maine Today USA online edition
Farming the wind (article - web link)
Opposition growing to wind power project (article - web link)

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22nd October 2005
Minot Daily News USA online edition
Wind turbine ready for use (article - web link)
Western Mail UK online edition
Energy suppliers offer green options
Missed opportunity (2 letters - web link)
Scroll down the WM web page to the 1st & 6th letters
South Wales Evening Post UK online edition
RAF low-flying set to continue (article - web link)
The Scotsman UK online edition
Minister backs country's first energy crops (article - web link)
This is London UK online edition
Switch and save, advises watchdog (article - web link)
The Independent UK online edition
Are we heading for a new winter of discontent? (article - web link)
Lights could be going out all over Britain when fuel shortage hits businesses (article - web link)
The Belfast Telegraph UK online edition
Call for carbon rationing (article - web link)

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Sunday 23rd October 2005
Wales on Sunday UK online edition
'Stop fiddling when the world is burning' (article - web link)
I'll train next generation - Tyrone O'Sullivan (article - web link)
I believe it would be....
Having read your article on....
I read with great interest the....
If the coal mines were to be.... (4 letters - web link)
Scroll down the WoS web page for the first four letters
Sunday Telegraph UK online edition
'Christopher Booker's Notebook' They don't give a hoot for local views
(article - web link)
Fuel crisis might shut industry, admits minister (article - web link)
The Sunday Times - Business UK online edition
Scotland 'must go for mixed energy' (article - web link)
The Independent UK online edition
Scottish Power investors would accept 600p bid (article - web link)

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24th October 2005
BBC News UK online edition 23/10/05
Decision on wind farm scheduled (article - web link)
Mail on Sunday UK 23/10/05
We've gone power mad over wind farms (letter - .JPG file format 155 Kb)
Copyright © Mail on Sunday & Dragon News 23/10/05
Caroline... Many thanks for the scan.
Folks,
Caroline writes in her e-mail, "The Mail on Sunday does invite letters to
'Has anything like this week's news happened to you? write and tell us.'
We could fill the letters page for a few years if all the groups wrote to...."
letters@mailonsunday.co.uk
24dash.com UK
Wind farm application receives a breezy reception (article - web link)
The Guardian UK online edition
The answer is not written in the wind (article - web link)
The Independent UK online edition
North Sea super-grid planned (article - web link)
EEF calls for scrapping of renewables scheme (article - web link)
Manufacturer.com UK
Energy supply takes on a renewed sense of urgency (article - web link)
The Times UK online edition
Industry seeks drive for atomic generators (article - web link)
Western Mail UK online edition
Employers' group backs nuclear power (article - web link)
Standards watchdog dismisses complaint against Plaid AM (article - web link)
12 OAPs a day will die in cold (article - web link)
South Wales Evening Post UK online edition
Fund to help wind farm appeal (article - web link)
The Daily Telegraph UK
We deserve our £136m windfall says Drax boss (article - web link)
Hot air and housing (2 letters - .JPG file format 48.7 Kb)
Copyright © The Daily Telegraph 24/10/05
Alun... Many thanks for the scan of the two letters.
RTE News Ireland online edition
Ireland's first urban wind turbine to open (article - web link)

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25th October 2005
BBC News UK online edition 24/10/05
Keeping Britain's lights on (article + audio & video - web link)
Awel Aman Tawe UK Web site
Fighting Fund Appeal (Developer's appeal - web link)
The Guardian UK online edition
The chief scientific adviser has become a government spin doctor (article - web link)

Hare Hill Wind Farm, Ayrshire, Scotland.

Copyright © anti-wind power campaigner 2005
Not exactly the same as what the developer's 'doctored' photo montages illustrated.
It just goes to show that developers’ montages with washed out turbines do not reflect reality!
For those that don't know these are 40 meters tall (131ft).
Can you imagine the visual impact if they were THREE times the height, which is what the new generation wind turbines are?
Hare Hill Wind Farm (web site + maps)
More photos of Hare Hill Wind Farm

The New York Times USA online edition
The Big Melt - No Escape: Thaw Gains Momentum
(4 page article + multimedia graphics & video footage - web links)
South Wales Evening Post UK
Swansea's New UDP (article - web link)
Put turbines in Gower (letter - web link)
BBC News UK online edition
Can a home wind turbine make money? (article - web link)
Generating interest in wind power (article - web link)
Deccan Herald India online edition
Make your house a powerhouse (article - web link)
Southern Standard USA online edition
TVA meets 'green power' demand (article - web link)
Daily Post UK online edition
Plea for more nuclear energy (article - web link)
Glasgow Daily Record UK online edition
You can save at home without wasting energy (article - web link)
The Herald UK online edition 24/10/05
Home luxuries may be history within 15 years (article - web link)

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26th October 2005
South Wales Evening Post UK
Gower goes green (article - web link)
New plans for sand dredging called in (article - web link)
Western Mail UK
Let wind die down (letter - web link)
Scroll down the WM web page to the 5th letter.
South Wales Guardian UK
What's the point of that, then? (letter - .JPG file format 43 Kb)
Copyright © South Wales Guardian 26/10/05
Council pushes its own policies aside (letter - .JPG file format 182 Kb)
Copyright © South Wales Guardian 26/10/05
Mynydd-y-Gwrhyd - Amended Notice (Public Notice - .JPG file format 58.8 Kb)
Copyright © South Wales Guardian 26/10/05
Carmarthen Journal UK
Threats to rural peace (letter - .JPG file format 44.4 Kb)
Copyright © Carmarthen Journal 26/10/05
Environment under threat (letter - .JPG file format 67.5 Kb)
Copyright © Carmarthen Journal 26/10/05
The Scotsman UK online edition
EU must meet global challenges - PM (article - web link)
BBC News UK online edition
Wind turbine farm plans rejected (article - web link)
Cape Cod Times USA online edition
Big money looks at wind power (article - web link)
Renewable Energy Access online edition
Alaskan Electric Cooperative expands wind turbine fleet (Press Release - web link)
More Vestas wind turbines bound for Portugal (Press Release - web link)
Liverpool Daily Post UK online edition
Region in 'energy waste epidemic' (article - web link)
The Financial Times UK online edition 25/10/05
Sparks fly between ministers and CBI (article - web link)

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27th October 2005
Milford & West Wales Mercury UK online edition
I'm no spinner (letter - web link)
Western Telegraph UK online edition
Assembly wind farm debate (letter - web link)
Wind farms 'just don't work' (letter - web link)
Beware wind farm 'spin' (letter - web link)
Political 'greenwash'? (letter - web link)
'Dangers' of wind turbines (letter - web link)
Hawaii Reporter online edition 26/10/05
The False Promises of Wind Energy (article - web link)
BBC News UK online edition 26/10/05
Standby for mounting energy costs (article - web link)
ABC Money.co.uk
Biomass is key solution to UK's energy problems says task force (article - web link)
BBC News UK online edition
Prince's plea over climate change (article - web link)
Western Mail UK online edition
Car wind turbines - coming to the motorway near you (article - web link)
Planet Ark Denmark online edition
Wind power industry upbeat on offshore future (article - web link)
Denver Westword USA online edition
A mighty wind (article - web link)
'Scoop' Independent News New Zealand online edition
Study recognises strong potential for wind energy (article - web link)

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28th October 2005
The Scotsman UK online edition
Not quite as green as one could be (article - web link)
South Wales Evening Post UK online edition
Fight flares up over route for giant gas pipe (article - web link)
Western Mail UK online edition
Med most vulnerable to global warming (article - web link)
New gas pipeline will cut through Wales (article - web link)
Opencast mine neighbours ask for tax cut (article - web link)
newratings online edition
Scottish Power wind plans fit strategy (article - Scottish Power & E.on web links)
The Cumberland News UK online edition
Cumbria is ideal place for renewable energy (3 letters - web link)

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29th October 2005
Western Mail UK online edition
Tidal power is the answer
Nuclear Quest
Time running out
Energy strategy (4 letters - web link)
South Wales Evening Post UK online edition
Have Your Say @ our website (6 readers comments - web link)

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Sunday 30th October 2005
Scotland on Sunday UK
Tenants set to reject wind farm land buyout (article - web link)
Cold winter could 'kill thousands', experts say (article - web link)
Plants and animals are in danger from behaving as if winter is already over (article - weblink)
Hartford Courant USA online edition
Wind Blowing Hard Over Nantucket Turbines (article - web link)
The Sunday Times - Scotland UK online edition
Ministers step in to bitter Skye wind farm dispute (article - web link)
Advances Wales Autumn 2005 edition
The Journal for Science, Engineering and Technology in Wales.
Produced by the WDA & sponsored by the Welsh Assembly Government.
Renewable Energy (front cover - .JPG file format 178 Kb)
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Renewable Energy Editorial (foreword - .JPG file format 132 Kb)
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In search of cheaper solar power (Page 7 - .JPG file format 225 Kb)
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When CO2 goes up, what happens to our trees? (Pages 8 & 9 - .JPG file format 454 Kb)
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Excess wind power is stored as hydrogen fuel (Page 10 - .JPG file format 248 Kb)
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Understanding power surges in electric power networks (Page 12 - .JPG file format 230 Kb)
Copyright © Advances Wales Autumn 2005
The Observer UK online edition
Get real on climate change (Comment - Tony Blair - weblink)
Country Smallholder Dec 2005 edition
Rural Affairs: Andy Radford looks at some topical issues.
An environmentalist's dilemma (article - .JPG file format 249 Kb)
Copyright © Country Smallholding Magazine Dec. 2005 & Renewable Energy Systems Ltd.
MI & AV (Lygos).... Many thanks for the scan.

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31st October 2005
Wales Unites Against Windfarms with Petition Campaign
Press Release (.DOC file format 22 Kb)

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