Town held a referendum on its wind ordinance, which was voted down 161-139. At issue is a proposed wind project by Invenergy, which wants to build wind turbines on 25,000 acres in Moore, Argyle, Lamotte, and Wheatland townships.

The county filed a petition with the state Public Service Commission to stop a wind project on Dan's Mountain. The move was made after the developer, Dan's Mountain Wind Force LLC, tried to circumventa December move by the Allegany County Board of Zoning which denied variances for the project.

The township approved a moratorium that halts any new wind projects for six months. The township is among the sites Exelon is considering for a wind project.

The Town Board approved a law amending the zoning code that restricts wind turbine development so that no wind turbine can be placed withing 1,500 feet of any residential boundary line. It also restricts noise levels to kno more than 35 db-A from 8p to 7a. A wind energy promoter said the new law was effectively a ban on wind projects. The rules are aimed at stopping the Lighthouse Wind project.

Commsion voted 4-1 to deny a permit for a 9-11 turbine project costing $40 million

Town of Bourne filed lawsuit against Future Generation Wind, owned by ConEdison, in an effort to stop the project.

The Niagara County Planning Board approved two zoning amendments for the town of Somerset that set strict standards for wind energy development. The rules are aimed at the Lighthouse Wind project.

Plans to develop a huge 50MW solar farm on the banks of the River Severn in Gloucestershire have been rejected by a local council planning committee. Forest of Dean district council threw the plans out earlier this week, citing their potential to cause “significant harm to the rural character” of the area and claimed the developers had failed to submit sufficient evidence on a number of fronts. The Awre Peninsula Farmers’ Community Solar Scheme, which comprises four farmers who own the land, first submitted plans to develop the site back in May last year and appointed rural property specialists Smiths Gore as the site developer. The group cited the Awre Peninsula as the ideal location for the project given the difficulty to farm the land due to potential flood risks and it being adjacent to a 132kV grid connection. It claimed this connection to host the only available grid capacity in the local area.

Two Democratic senators file a bill that would prohibit wind projects in the state.

Board goes on record officially opposing Lighthouse Wind with a unanimous vote, saying the project would be aestethically negative and that the noise could harm the health of local residents. A 2015 survey of town residents found 65 percent opposed the wind project.