This happened way back in February, and I'm surprised it wasn't reported here. Apparently, according to this Reuters Article, ERCOT, Texas' grid agency reported a Level 2 Emergency when low winds (production dropped from 1700Mw to 300Mw) + low temperatures (higher energy usage) combined. Emergency management of power was necessary to get past this 3 hour window of power fluctuation.

A recent study, summarized in Scientific American starts to shed light on why it is that bat fatalities are so high around wind turbines (and have been growing exponentially with the size of the turbines): air pressure. In doing autopsies on dead bats found near turbines, scientists learned that the bats are dying because their lungs are unable to handle the air pressure changes around turbines. This should lead to some interesting discussions about what to do, as previous assumptions about bats being killed by blades led to much different potential solutions.

Here's a story that has spread across several national news sites regarding the "other side" of the great wind success story at Tug Hill: those left dealing with the noise and shadows from neighboring turbines.

Let's interrupt the series of 3 ( 1, 2, 3, for those with counting issues) stories about Pickens' latest plan to make oodles of (more) cash off his Natural Gas and Wind holdings (one of which I had tried to respond to, but unfortunately it appear this site has comment moderation on, and my comment has not been approved yet)with some real news.

A month ago, NYS Attorney General Andrew Cuomo announced that an official investigation has been opened with regards to the tactics used by First Wind/UPC Wind and Noble Environmental Power in getting their turbines placed in New York.