http://www.windaction.org/ facts, analysis, exposure of wind energy's real impacts en-us Windaction hourly 1 http://backend.userland.com/rss http://www.windaction.org/articles/12992 Wed, 21 Nov 2007 21:45:37 GMT http://www.windaction.org/articles/12992 http://www.windaction.org/articles/10340 Sat, 23 Jun 2007 16:52:11 GMT Wind turbines from the Cedar Creek Wind Energy Project are seen across the horizon behind one of the Pawnee Buttes. http://www.windaction.org/articles/10340 http://www.windaction.org/articles/11023 Tue, 19 Jun 2007 10:24:48 GMT East of Vienna near the Hungarian border http://www.windaction.org/articles/11023 http://www.windaction.org/articles/9165 Thu, 26 Apr 2007 12:08:51 GMT Workers build a new powerline in southwest Minnesota to take energy from wind turbines into the national grid. Utility companies are planning hundreds of miles of new lines. http://www.windaction.org/articles/9165 http://www.windaction.org/articles/8449 Fri, 16 Mar 2007 10:32:28 GMT Maori have attacked plans for more wind turbines in the Tararua Ranges, saying turbines are weakening the mauri (life force) and mana of the hill tops. http://www.windaction.org/articles/8449 http://www.windaction.org/articles/8209 Fri, 02 Mar 2007 12:54:22 GMT Some environmentalists oppose wind farms, such as this one in the Mojave Desert in California, because they consider the projects to be eyesores planted on near-pristine landscapes. http://www.windaction.org/articles/8209 http://www.windaction.org/articles/7895 Sun, 11 Feb 2007 23:04:31 GMT http://www.windaction.org/articles/7895 http://www.windaction.org/articles/7333 Sat, 13 Jan 2007 13:03:28 GMT http://www.windaction.org/articles/7333 http://www.windaction.org/articles/5919 Sun, 22 Oct 2006 12:28:53 GMT The FAA's 7460-1 database appears to corroborate that assumption - see:
https://www.oeaaa.faa.gov/oeaaaEXT/searchAction.jsp?action=displayOECase&oeCaseID=454417 .
Dan Boone has made of map of the locations of the Mars Hill turbines. It is available via the following link:
http://www.windaction.org/pictures/6552 ]]> We believe this is a photo of Turbine #9 taken from the north looking south. The FAA's 7460-1 database appears to corroborate that assumption - see: https://www.oeaaa.faa.gov/oeaaaEXT/searchAction.jsp?action=displayOECase&oeCaseID=454417 . Dan Boone has made of map of the locations of the Mars Hill turbines. It is available via the following link: http://www.windaction.org/pictures/6552 http://www.windaction.org/articles/5919 http://www.windaction.org/articles/4822 Sat, 02 Sep 2006 12:17:46 GMT ISLANDERS in Shetland will have the chance for the first time this weekend to see how a 600MW windfarm would affect the isles' landscape. Ever since the massive project was first mooted almost three years ago, public debate has been slow to get started. Today (Saturday 9/2/06) managers behind the Viking Energy project will exhibit computer generated images at the Shetland Showcase Exhibition, in the Lerwick Clickimin Centre. A comprehensive consultation website at www.vikingenergy.co.uk, designed to interact with the public, is also to go live at the weekend. The project has already been branded as far too big for Shetland by one local environmental campaigner. http://www.windaction.org/articles/4822 http://www.windaction.org/articles/4255 Thu, 03 Aug 2006 16:16:55 GMT http://www.windaction.org/articles/4255 http://www.windaction.org/articles/4147 Fri, 28 Jul 2006 19:42:32 GMT The South Pointe wind plant was built in 1986 and later abandoned http://www.windaction.org/articles/4147 http://www.windaction.org/articles/4146 Fri, 28 Jul 2006 19:40:46 GMT The South Pointe wind plant was built in 1986 and later abandoned http://www.windaction.org/articles/4146 http://www.windaction.org/articles/4145 Fri, 28 Jul 2006 19:38:56 GMT The South Pointe wind plant was built in 1986 and later abandoned http://www.windaction.org/articles/4145 http://www.windaction.org/articles/4144 Fri, 28 Jul 2006 19:35:58 GMT The South Pointe wind plant was built in 1986 and later abandoned. http://www.windaction.org/articles/4144 http://www.windaction.org/articles/2628 Fri, 21 Apr 2006 16:39:25 GMT Norbert Woerns recently took this photo of the Mojave Wind installation as he was driving down a freeway in Southern California toward the Joshua Tree National Park. http://www.windaction.org/articles/2628 http://www.windaction.org/articles/2540 Sat, 15 Apr 2006 12:56:18 GMT If you were in any doubt about the pros and cons of building ten wind turbines at Bradwell on Sea, perhaps the photograph below will help you decide. This is the impact just ten such turbines will have on the tranquillity of the area, there could be as many as thirty nine in the adjacent country side if construction is approved.

The photograph, taken from St. Nicholas Church, Tillingham, depicts the view across the Bradwell marshes alongside St. Peter’s Way where the Wind Farm is to be sited. The turbines have been superimposed and are accurately portrayed in both scale and position.

The machines will totally dominate the landscape for four or five miles around, will be visible up to twenty miles away and will seriously affect the ambience and spirituality of St. Peter’s on the Wall which is the oldest church of its type in the world.

The scale and environmental impact of this industrial development in a rural and tranquil area will be enormous. The resulting electricity produced is minimal and expensive; the Carbon Dioxide emission savings are insignificant on a UK scale and too small to measure on a world scale.

Maldon District Council advises that should you want to make representation about this proposal then quote Application No. FUL/MAL/06/00291 and write to The Chief Planning Officer, Council Offices, Princes Road, Maldon, CM9 5DL or email to dc.planning@maldon.gov.uk.</p. Neil Yates On behalf of 900 plus BATTLE members. ]]> A Gale of protest is forming on the Dengie Marshes If you were in any doubt about the pros and cons of building ten wind turbines at Bradwell on Sea, perhaps the photograph below will help you decide. This is the impact just ten such turbines will have on the tranquillity of the area, there could be as many as thirty nine in the adjacent country side if construction is approved. The photograph, taken from St. Nicholas Church, Tillingham, depicts the view across the Bradwell marshes alongside St. Peter’s Way where the Wind Farm is to be sited. The turbines have been superimposed and are accurately portrayed in both scale and position. The machines will totally dominate the landscape for four or five miles around, will be visible up to twenty miles away and will seriously affect the ambience and spirituality of St. Peter’s on the Wall which is the oldest church of its type in the world. The scale and environmental impact of this industrial development in a rural and tranquil area will be enormous. The resulting electricity produced is minimal and expensive; the Carbon Dioxide emission savings are insignificant on a UK scale and too small to measure on a world scale. Maldon District Council advises that should you want to make representation about this proposal then quote Application No. FUL/MAL/06/00291 and write to The Chief Planning Officer, Council Offices, Princes Road, Maldon, CM9 5DL or email to dc.planning@maldon.gov.uk. http://www.windaction.org/articles/2540 http://www.windaction.org/articles/23518 Thu, 08 Oct 2009 01:54:23 GMT An environmental court judge has dealt a setback to a wind energy developer that wants to build a project in the Northeast Kingdom. The judge has set a trial for December to hear arguments about whether the project complies with Vermont's water quality regulations. Parts of Judge Merideth Wright's ruling went in favor of First Wind, the company that wants to put the 16 turbines on a ridgeline in Sheffield. But when the judge focused on how the project will affect the water quality of high elevation streams, she handed the opponents a victory. http://www.windaction.org/articles/23518 http://www.windaction.org/articles/23411 Fri, 02 Oct 2009 20:29:23 GMT With the very audible rapid whirring of two ceiling fans overhead a constant reminder of the issue, about 500 people jammed into the centre to learn more about proposed industrial wind turbines in the area. Ward 16 Coun. David Marsh told the audience he was holding the town hall meeting as a means to get clarification from the private company Energy Farming Ontario about its intention to build up to 30 of the turbines. He also raised concern that the provincial government's new Green Energy Act ...removes residents' and the city's right to appeal the towers going in to their neighbourhoods. http://www.windaction.org/articles/23411 http://www.windaction.org/articles/22706 Sun, 16 Aug 2009 15:21:14 GMT Adirondack Park Agency commissioners approved two residential wind turbines at their recent meeting: one in Essex, the other in Indian Lake. In discussion, APA commissioners considered refining their use of "substantial invisibility" as it applies to slender, residential wind turbines, which disappear to the naked eye a mile away. Commissioner Richard Booth suggested APA Tower's Policy may not be a good regulatory fit for accessory, homeowner wind turbines. http://www.windaction.org/articles/22706