facts, analysis, exposure of wind energy's real impacts
Noteworthy
A single 555-megawatt gas-fired power plant in California generates
more electricity in a year than do all 13,000 of the state's wind
turbines. The gas-fired plant sits atop a mere 15 acres. The
300-foot-tall windmills impact over a hundred thousand acres to
provide expensive, intermittent, insufficient energy
-
L.M. Schwartz in "Wind - Facts of blowing hot air?"
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- 170-foot blade breaks off wind turbine (May 21, 2013) [California] in News
- Champaign wind farm decision nears; State board will consider second phase of turbine project. (May 21, 2013) [Ohio] in News
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- Canadians invited to weigh in on plan to build army of wind turbines off the shores of Juno Beach in France (May 21, 2013) [Europe] [Canada] in News
- New York wildife in danger (May 21, 2013) [New York] in Opinions
- Residents question why wind developer wrote town's appeal (May 21, 2013) [New Hampshire] in News
- Marshall County first to ban wind farms (May 21, 2013) [Indiana] in News
- The EU green hell (May 12, 2013) [UK] in Opinions
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- Wind farm neighbors voice concerns (May 19, 2013) [Alabama] in News
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- Call to arms against ‘Nazi' wind farms (May 19, 2013) [UK] in News
- Peer-reviewed commentary published in Canadian family physician journal (May 18, 2013) [Canada] in News
- Ocotillo Wells: Blade breaks off wind-powered turbine, prompts investigation (May 18, 2013) [California] in News
- Cape Cod Community to vote on status of wind turbines (May 17, 2013) [Massachusetts] in News
- Defence chiefs could fight Bullington Cross wind farm plan over radar fears (May 17, 2013) [UK] in News
- Wind energy permitting process among new NC laws (May 18, 2013) [North Carolina] in News
- Wind shift ahead in Lee County? (May 18, 2013) [Illinois] in News
- Proposed wind farm setbacks would kill projects (May 17, 2013) [Indiana] in News
- Independence turbine owners refusing to cooperate with sound study (May 18, 2013) [Massachusetts] in News
- Xcel, wind project at odds over 2010 agreement (May 16, 2013) [Minnesota] in News
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