Voters upheld rules for wind turbine setbacks on Tuesday that renewable energy boosters say will stop all wind energy development in Lincoln County. The vote was 57-42 percent in favor of a requirement that all turbines be placed at least a half mile from all habitable dwellings in the county.

A proposed ban on wind energy projects for four years has been reduced to an 18-month moratorium under a compromise renewable energy bill that passed the House and Senate early Friday morning.

A Barnstable Superior Court judge on Tuesday ordered the town of Falmouth to shut down two town-owned wind turbines. Judge Cornelius Moriarty issued his decision at about 4:30 p.m. in the case which pitted the town against its own Zoning Board of Appeals and a neighbor of the turbines. The Board of Selectmen had appealed a decision by the zoning board that found the turbines are a nuisance. On July 10, Falmouth's board of selectmen decided not to appeal the deciscion and the turbines will remain shut off.

Legislation to limit tax incentives to build wind power plants near Texas military aviation facilities cleared the Texas House on Monday. It prevents local governments from offering tax breaks and other incentives for projects within 25 miles of affected installations.

On Wednesday night, the Penn Forest zoning hearing board denied Atlantic Wind’s application for two special exceptions to build up to 37 wind turbines on property owned by the Bethlehem Water Authority. The zoning board proceeded with the hearing even though Atlantic Wind failed to show.

The Hughes County Commission inposed a six-month moratorium on wind-farm development.

The Public Service Board on Tuesday filed its final rule for wind turbine noise standards. The board surprised a lot of people in March when the draft rules recommended what would be the lowest sound standards in the country for commercial wind projects. "What the board has chosen to do here is functionally ban wind in Vermont,"  said Sarah Wolfe, a clean energy advocate with the Vermont Public Interest Research Group. The board also kept a controversial setback limit of 10 times the height of the turbine, so that a 500-foot turbine would have to be at least 5,000 feet from the nearest residence.

The Town Council passed an amendment to the town’s zoning ordinance that prevents commercial wind development in the town on May 10.

On April 25th, the Tennessee House of Representatives voted overwhelmingly (85 to 3) in favor of Bill HB1021. But nothing was official until the Senate gave its stamp of approval. That happened last Thursday when SB1336 was passed with the same thunderous approval in Nashville— with 30 Ayes, 0 Nays and 1 PNV (Present not voting).

The N.C. Senate's proposed state budget includes a moratorium on state approval of any new wind energy projects through Dec. 31, 2020.