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Wind turbines make friends, enemies

As a result of the public outcry against the turbine, North Kingstown's council approved a moratorium on turbine development in December 2011, while another proposed turbine was in the planning stages. Dolan said the moratorium, which has been renewed on several occasions, will give the state Office of Energy Resources, which governs wind power, the opportunity to establish a set of regulations.
July 28, 2013 by David Pepin in The Westerly Sun

With firm resistance from town officials and hundreds of people turning out at recent Zoning Board of Review hearings to oppose a special permit for two large turbines, Charlestown and wind power have, shall we say, a problematic relationship.

North Kingstown and wind power had quite a rocky beginning, too.

The nearly 1-year-old, 413-foot turbine at North Kingstown Green, a new housing development, rises from behind the newly constructed Wickford commuter rail station, despite the determined efforts of resident groups and town officials concerned about changes to the town's landscape and skyline.


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