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/23858 Thu, 29 Oct 2009 17:22:38 GMT Three months after the Ripley Wind Farm went online in December, 2007, Dave Colling's phone started ringing. Three of his neighbours were seeing doctors about recurring ear aches. They knew Colling, a former dairy farmer who lives within two kilometres of the turbines near the southern Bruce County community, had an interest in and could test for what he calls "electrical pollution." "It's like living inside a microwave. It radiates," Colling told more than 100 people Tuesday night in Keady. http://www.windaction.org/articles/23858 http://www.windaction.org/articles/23251 Tue, 22 Sep 2009 12:22:31 GMT Work will get under way this week to repair a wind turbine damaged by a fire last month at the Kent Hills wind farm in Albert County, roughly 30 km southwest of Moncton. One of the 32 wind turbines at the site caught fire on the morning of Aug. 8, and it's been offline since. http://www.windaction.org/articles/23251 http://www.windaction.org/articles/23032 Tue, 08 Sep 2009 13:18:27 GMT TransAlta Corp. is still investigating what caused a fire last month that destroyed one of its turbines at the Kent Hills Wind Farm, a company spokesman says. ...Lightning has been ruled out as a factor in the Aug. 8 fire. http://www.windaction.org/articles/23032 http://www.windaction.org/articles/22790 Sat, 22 Aug 2009 16:28:50 GMT The threat of Hurricane Bill has workers at New Brunswick's first commercial wind farm busily attempting to protect the blackened remains of one of its turbines. A major fire damaged one of the 32 turbines at the Kent Hills wind farm on Aug. 8. The burnt-out wind turbine still sits atop its perch in Albert County two weeks after a fire grounded its power generation capabilities. http://www.windaction.org/articles/22790 http://www.windaction.org/articles/22666 Thu, 13 Aug 2009 05:07:34 GMT New Brunswick's first commercial wind farm will lose several weeks of electricity output from one of its 32 turbines after a major fire damaged the towering structure on the weekend. The blackened shell of the wind turbine, much of its white coating peeled away, was obscured by fog and clouds at the TransAlta wind farm in Albert County. http://www.windaction.org/articles/22666 http://www.windaction.org/articles/22637 Tue, 11 Aug 2009 19:54:06 GMT New Brunswick's first commercial wind farm will lose several weeks of electricity output from one of its 32 turbines after a major fire damaged the towering structure on the weekend. The blackened shell of the wind turbine, much of its white coating peeled away, was obscured by fog and clouds at the TransAlta wind farm in Albert County on Monday. http://www.windaction.org/articles/22637 http://www.windaction.org/articles/22615 Mon, 10 Aug 2009 14:38:08 GMT One of the 32 wind turbines operating at the Kent Hills wind farm caught fire over the weekend. ...A passer-by saw smoke and called the fire department. Officials haven't been able to confirm the cause of the fire yet. Vestas, the company that supplies the turbines, will have a team on site today to try and determine what happened. http://www.windaction.org/articles/22615 http://www.windaction.org/articles/22581 Sat, 08 Aug 2009 17:59:26 GMT TransAlta Corporation today announced at approximately 8:00 am (eastern time) a fire occurred at a single turbine located at its Kent Hills wind farm in New Brunswick. http://www.windaction.org/articles/22581 http://www.windaction.org/articles/22391 Wed, 29 Jul 2009 09:14:51 GMT Kingsville council has approved the sites for 19 wind turbines east of Cottam but delayed a decision on three others because of concerns over two nearby air strips. Council agreed Monday to 19 site-specific bylaws for turbines as the public got to see Brookfield Power Corporation's location for 22 wind turbines. ..."Flying by these would be dangerous," Ronald Bell said Tuesday. Turbulence is the concern. http://www.windaction.org/articles/22391 http://www.windaction.org/articles/21765 Thu, 25 Jun 2009 08:00:17 GMT Seven wind turbines in Cape Breton are at a standstill after equipment was damaged by lightning. Bill Wasson, president of Confederation Power Inc., said the turbines in Lingan were damaged Tuesday when the lightning hit a substation near where the turbines are located. http://www.windaction.org/articles/21765 http://www.windaction.org/articles/21721 Wed, 24 Jun 2009 16:41:45 GMT Seven wind turbines in Cape Breton are at a standstill after being damaged by an electrical storm. Brian Robin, chief operating officer for Confederation Power, said the turbines in Lingan were damaged by a lightning strike shortly after 7 a.m. Tuesday. http://www.windaction.org/articles/21721 http://www.windaction.org/articles/21113 Fri, 08 May 2009 12:29:37 GMT Wellington-Dufferin-Guelph public health directors are asking the recently launched Ontario Agency for Health Protection and Promotion to investigate the effects of wind turbines. "We have written our letter specifically recommending that they consider large population-based health studies," medical officer of health Dr. Nicola Mercer said yesterday. ...Increasingly, municipalities want higher levels of government to set standards and probe health concerns like noise and electromagnetic disturbances. http://www.windaction.org/articles/21113 http://www.windaction.org/articles/19968 Thu, 12 Feb 2009 15:07:55 GMT Bill Fish wants the Municipality of Chatham-Kent to investigate homemade windmills after his neighbour's device came crashing through his roof during yesterday's high winds. He was shocked awake around 3 a.m. when an eight-foot-long wooden blade penetrated the roof, before piercing through the ceiling and wall in a sewing room of his Dufferin Avenue home, located outside of Wallaceburg in Chatham Township. http://www.windaction.org/articles/19968 http://www.windaction.org/articles/19898 Tue, 10 Feb 2009 12:51:36 GMT A $30-million wind turbine project that threatens an airstrip owned by legendary Spitfire fighter pilot Jerry Billing got zoning approval Monday from town council in a 6-2 vote. ...Erik Billing told council that area pilots would be at risk trying to thread their way through some of the 120-metre high turbines just west of the airstrip. ...Essex County's official plan amendment dealing with alternative energy calls for a four-kilometer buffer around airstrips registered with Transport Canada. http://www.windaction.org/articles/19898 http://www.windaction.org/articles/19296 Fri, 26 Dec 2008 05:55:28 GMT One of the blades of a Suez Energy North America V-90 wind turbine situated approximately 1,600 feet away, between her house and the Northumberland Strait, was damaged. Pieces were dangling from the blade and other pieces were strewn throughout a field, right up to her back door. ...Sabota reported that blades on two of the three turbines in Suez Renewable Energy North America's Norway wind park sustained some damage. http://www.windaction.org/articles/19296 http://www.windaction.org/articles/18245 Sat, 04 Oct 2008 03:46:48 GMT The oil cleanup at Dawson Point near Marysville was finished Friday afternoon, but residents in the area are still not allowed to drink from their wells. ...About 396 gallons of diesel fuel was spilled Wednesday morning during fueling of the Sea Hound, a tugboat operated by Nadro Marine Services Ltd., a contractor based in Port Drove, Ontario. ...The tugboats are used to push barges loaded with supplies and parts from Ogdensburg for Canadian Hydro Developers Inc.'s 86-turbine Wolfe Island Wind Project. So far, 28 wind turbines have arrived. http://www.windaction.org/articles/18245 http://www.windaction.org/articles/18253 Fri, 03 Oct 2008 14:30:22 GMT According to Canadian Renewable Energy Corp., three to four barrels of diesel fuel were spilled around 7:30 a.m. Wednesday. The fuel was being transferred between tanks on Sea Hound, a vessel operated by Nadro Marine Services Ltd., a contractor based in Port Drove, Ontario. Nadro Marine has been transporting wind turbines from Ogdensburg for the 86-turbine Wolfe Island Wind Project. ...Mark O. Mattson, president of the Lake Ontario Waterkeeper, an environmental advocacy group based in Toronto, finds the incident ironic. "It's a bit of a shock. The whole purpose of the wind power project was to help the environment," he said. http://www.windaction.org/articles/18253 http://www.windaction.org/articles/18226 Thu, 02 Oct 2008 05:16:06 GMT About 10 households on an island near Kingston, Ont., have been told to drink only bottled water after a tugboat spilled about 1,500 litres of fuel near shore. The diesel fuel spilled into Lake Ontario near Wolfe Island around 9:30 a.m. Wednesday from a boat carrying equipment for a controversial wind turbine project. Some residents have fought hard against the project, saying they are concerned about the environmental effects of installing 86 turbines on such a small island. http://www.windaction.org/articles/18226 http://www.windaction.org/articles/16094 Thu, 29 May 2008 23:08:48 GMT High winds are making it difficult to repair wind turbines at East Point in Prince Edward Island. Six of 10 turbines on the site were shut down recently when problems developed in their gearboxes. One turbine has been repaired, but strong winds are making it difficult to work on the other five. The axis of the turbine is about 50 metres above ground, and a special crane had to be transported to the site to assist the work. ..."Once in a while you get a component failure, and we've obviously got six of them. The Vestas company that builds these are a very reliable company." http://www.windaction.org/articles/16094 http://www.windaction.org/articles/15951 Wed, 21 May 2008 02:11:01 GMT The issue of wind turbines in Chatham-Kent continues to linger. Council put off the issue of setbacks at its May 5 meeting and asked the health unit for more information about the devices. Council has already approved a wind turbine project in the Port Alma area, but is looking to establish a policy in anticipation of future applications for turbines. The municipality has the potential to be host to 250 turbines. http://www.windaction.org/articles/15951