Last month's Forest Service approval for a wind turbine project in Searsburg and Readsboro is facing a challenge from an environmental group.

Vermont's newest commercial wind power project is starting to pay dividends to the town where it's located.

The U.S. Forest Service has approved the construction of 15 wind turbines in the Green Mountain National Forest in southern Vermont.

The state Agency of Natural Resources is concerned that a large wind power project planned for Rutland County could have unacceptable environmental impacts. Agency officials met recently with the developer and told him the project faces steep hurdles for approval.

The top energy official in the Shumlin Administration says Vermont probably won't see more big wind energy projects beyond those that have already been approved. But the issue of how much wind power is enough for the state's ridgelines continues to divide environmentalists.

The Shumlin Administration says the state should consider lifting a moratorium on wind development on public land. The recommendation is contained in a draft state energy plan, and it's drawing fire from environmental groups.

The state's biggest wind project officially opened on Wednesday even as protesters staged a demonstration near another large-scale wind development under construction in Lowell. The events offered a contrasting view of wind energy development in Vermont.

A court order requires opponents of Green Mountain Power's Lowell Mountain wind project to stay away from its construction zone during blasting periods. The legal action is the latest development in a showdown between GMP and a group of protesters.

Construction of a road that is being built to carry equipment up the mountain has stopped for the time being. But work continues on parts of the wind project devoted to handling storm water.

Construction has begun on the Kingdom Community Wind project on Lowell Mountain, and Green Mountain Power says basic construction is already under way.  

VPR Reporter John Dillon has been covering the topic of wind development in Vermont.  He joins Bob Kinzel with an update.

Education Commissioner Armando Vilaseca discusses the top school issues, VPR's John Dillon provides the latest on wind power developments and we listen back to the voices in the news this week.

Protesters turned out on the Statehouse lawn on Wednesday to oppose a wind energy project in Lowell and others planned around the state. The critics of large-scale wind say solar power is the better way to meet Vermont's energy needs.

Green Mountain Power has cleared more hurdles in its effort to build a large wind energy project on a Northeast Kingdom ridgeline. The latest step involves wetlands on Lowell Mountain.

Members of the Vermont Electric Cooperative are saying yes to a $12 million transmission line upgrade linked with a wind farm project in Lowell.

Green Mountain Power says work started on its Lowell Mountain wind project without state permission. The work included filling in a wetland that was supposed to be protected to lessen the impact of the ridgeline development. The Agency of Natural Resources is now investigating.

Groups opposed to Green Mountain Power's wind project planned Lowell Mountain say it'll hurt mountain streams and cause erosion.

Green Mountain Power will be allowed to start construction in August on Lowell Mountain without first having conservation easements in place to protect wildlife habitat.

Green Mountain Power is in a rush to build its Lowell Mountain wind project so it's asked state utility regulators to hurry up and issue a final ruling. But opponents charge the company is trying to cut corners.

Green Mountain Power says it's under a tight schedule to build a Northeast Kingdom wind project. So the company has asked state regulators to give it more flexibility and change conditions in its state permit.

Despite a loss this week at the state Supreme Court, opponents of a wind project in Sheffield say they will continue their legal challenge. They had asked the court to block construction while appeals to the 16 turbine project are pending. But the court this week denied the request.

Construction could begin this fall on a four-turbine wind project on a ridgeline in Milton.

The Public Service Board has approved Green Mountain Power's proposal for a wind project on Lowell Mountain in the Northeast Kingdom. The utility wants to build 20 to 21 turbines, each over 400 feet tall, along 3 miles of the ridgeline. Map: View the status of wind projects in Vermont Earlier: Protesters Voice Opposition

The city-owned Burlington Electric Department says it is a step closer to achieving its goal of being 100 percent renewable by 2016.

Vermont lawmakers want to accelerate appeals of acontroversial wind project in Lowell because they worry it could lose federal taxsubsidies if it's delayed. Butopponents of the Green Mountain Power development say their appeal rights couldbe violated if the bill passes.