Turbine falls at Fenner wind farm 12-27-09

A turbine at the Fenner wind farm toppled overnight and engineers from the company that runs the operation is trying to figure out why it happened

RAW VIDEO: Windmill falls 12-27-09

Keith Kobland visited Fenner where a windmill has toppled over

Windmill falls at Fenner wind farm

A windmill at the Fenner wind farm has toppled over Town Supervisor Russell Cary confirmed Sunday morning

Bolze Says GE Aims to Expand Clean Energy Business: Video

Dec 10 Bloomberg -- Steve Bolze who oversees General Electric Co s water and power division talks with Bloomberg s Betty Liu about the outlook for GE s wind and solar power businesses GE announced today that it won a 1 4 billion contract to supply turbines and services for an Oregon wind farm that would be bigger than any completed so far and supply a tenth of Southern California Edison s renewable energy Source Bloomberg

Juhl's Mitola Says Stimulus Bill Funding Wind Projects: Video

Dec 8 Bloomberg -- John Mitola president of Juhl Wind Inc and Balwinder Samra chief executive officer of Balqon Corp talk with Bloomberg s Pimm Fox about the impact of the U S stimulus package on the alternative-energy industry Mitola and Samra also discuss prospects for renewable energy and their companies projects Source Bloomberg

Windmill To Power Home

AVON -- In the spirit of Avon s first barn raising in the 1600s the first windmill to power a net zero energy home in the state is to be raised by a crane atop Avon Mountain

Wind Farm Near Wilton

A windfarm near Wilton could double next year Renewable energy has been a big point of emphasis in recent years In North Dakota Wind Farms have been popping up all over the state Now a proposal would double the size of the wind farm near Wilton But the issues are more complicated than determining where to put the towers Brad Feldman reports Cutting through the air Turbines are sending electricity down the line These sixty-six wind turbines sit in Ecklund Township a county that has control of it s planning and zoning A proposal for sixty-six more turbines would add more to the townships grid but some turbines would flow over into another township thirty-three turbines are planned for Crofte township a township that gave up it s planning and zoning control years ago Gary Small Crofte Township Board Member Right to govern housing and everything they turned that over to Burleigh County authority so we don t need to make no rules We go by Burleigh County Rules Gary Small is a Crofte Township Board Member He says in hindsight it probably would have been better to keep the issues in the townships control Gary Small Crofte Township Board Member You have no say on anything all we are is a gravel crew We gravel roads and maintain the roads and that is all we do Small and the rest of the Crofte Township board wait for Burleigh County Planning officials to write an ordiance Up to now Burleigh County has no regulations on commercial sized wind farms Greg Greenquist in the Community Development office says they have been gathering ordinances from other communities Greg Greenquist Bismarck Community Development We dont have to reinvent the wheel here but we are looking really closely at compatability issues with turbines and households Greenquist says two of the main issues they will have to consider is noise and appearance The same two issues that seem to strike a cord with residents in the area Gary Small Crofte Township Board Member I am not against it I am really not against the towers You are not going to stop them You want to go green we are going to go green Near Baldwin Brad Feldman KX News A public input meeting on the proposed wind farm has been scheduled for next Thursday December tenth from seven to nine in the evening at the Baldwin School

Great Lakes to see wind power projects

Green energy could be flowing along the Great Lakes