Summaries for: Wind Power

Environmentalists Push Hard to Use Life Cycle Approach to Scoping
By Jay Vincent, The Saint Consulting Group When it comes to scoping for projects needing state or federal permits, the regulatory regime typically requires that a scoping process include study of the impacts on the site and the area surrounding it. But environmentalists want to change that. Instead, they want the scope of the environmental impact ...
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Learning Lunches Dine on Strategy – Save June 19 for Energy Lunch
By Jay Vincent, The Saint Consulting Group For 2012 I just hosted the fourth energy learning lunch of the year. Learning lunches are webinars where we share some of the insights gleaned from nearly 30 years building winning strategies for permitting controversial projects. I want to thank the returning diners for their interest and participation over the ...
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Sign up for Saint Consulting Energy Learning Lunch, April 17, 12 Noon Central
Dear Friend, Just a quick note to remind you to join us on April 17, 2012, 12 noon Central, for an Energy Sector Learning Lunch to discuss Data: Building a Supporter Identification Program that builds on the stakeholder discussion for buildng an Advocacy Pyramid to support your project.Free, insightful, useful lunch-hour discussion. To join us, click here  We look ...
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National Study Finds Wind Turbines Have No Impact on House Sale Prices
By Jay Vincent, The Saint Consulting Group Harvard Business Review’s Daily Stat is out with a helpful stat for the wind industry today. In a study by the Ernest Orlando Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory in Milan, NY, the team concluded that “being located near wind farms has approximately zero significant effect on sale prices.” The study of ...
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Sign Up for March 20 Energy Learning Lunch – Identifying Support in Your Community
Learning Lunch, March 20, 2012, 12 noon CST: Please join us for an Energy Sector Learning Lunch to discuss how to identify stakeholders in the community as part of building an Advocacy Pyramid to support your project. Free, insightful, useful lunch-hour discussion. To join us, click here   We look forward to sharing this approach with you and learning about your own ...
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2012 Energy Sector Summary: Opposition Intensity Levels Rising
By Jay Vincent, The Saint Consulting Group The most recent Saint Index results show that 55% of Americans would oppose a new power plant if proposed in their community.  That number is down significantly from the 75% opposing in 2007.  Yet, dwindling opposition does not necessarily mean an easier permitting environment or less activism from opponents.  ...
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2012 Top Five Energy Sector Risks and Why
By Jay Vincent, The Saint Consulting Group I thought it might be valuable to try to create a top five facility types of energy that face extreme permitting risk in 2012 and why.  I take a stab below.  Your views are welcome.  Hit me up at vincent@tscg.biz. 5.            Wind Energy Plants Renewing the Production Tax Credit is priority ...
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Join Jay Vincent at Free Energy Learning Lunch on Jan 17, 12 noon CST
Happy New Year, and welcome to our series of free Energy Learning Lunches scheduled in 2012 to capture and share knowledge about land use issues facing the energy industry. Our first learning lunch last November 22 discussed the 2011 Saint Index and how strongly the American public feels about energy projects proposed in their local ...
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Cape Wind Opponents: It Ain’t Over Until It Is Over
By Jay Vincent Senior Vice President – Energy, The Saint Consulting Group A while back I wrote about the never ending battle between Cape Wind opponents and the developer.  What that case taught me is that the fight is not over until it is over.  Recent developments truly prove this point. Wind opponents have been able to continue ...
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Saint Model Outcomes: Lessons in Land Use Politics from Our Case Studies
By Paul Mindus, Director of Business Development, The Saint Consulting Group The Saint Report has published a series of case studies called Saint Model Outcomes to give some examples of our experience from 28 years in land use politics. Actions speak louder than words, and to win land use battles political campaign strategies and tactics gain far more leverage than traditional PR. These ...
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