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/38169 Sun, 21 Apr 2013 01:09:16 GMT The Heritage Stoney Corners Wind facility, in service since November 2008, includes 29 wind turbines at an installed capacity of 60 megawatts. http://www.windaction.org/articles/38169 http://www.windaction.org/articles/38168 Sun, 21 Apr 2013 01:01:45 GMT The Heritage Stoney Corners Wind facility, in service since November 2008, includes 29 wind turbines at an installed capacity of 60 megawatts. http://www.windaction.org/articles/38168 http://www.windaction.org/articles/37700 Mon, 11 Mar 2013 12:36:17 GMT One of DTE Energy's wind turbines in Sigel Township is motionless after one of the blades on the structure failed during low wind conditions. Pieces of the blade were lying on the ground near the tower. No details as to the cause of the break were available. http://www.windaction.org/articles/37700 http://www.windaction.org/articles/36123 Sun, 23 Sep 2012 19:15:05 GMT The house shown in the picture has 13 turbines within a mile of the property and 22 within a mile and one half.

]]> The Lake Winds Energy Park erected and owned by Consumers Energy Company consists of 56 Vestas V-100 turbines (100 megawatts) each standing 476'. This image shows one turbine sited 1139' from a residence. The project is scheduled to go online before the end of 2012. The house shown in the picture has 13 turbines within a mile of the property and 22 within a mile and one half. http://www.windaction.org/articles/36123 http://www.windaction.org/articles/35085 Sun, 27 May 2012 00:05:37 GMT Photo is of the Harvest Wind energy facility: 32 Vesta V82 (1.65 megawatt) wind turbines standing 387-feet tall each. The 52.8 megawatts facility went online at the end of 2007. http://www.windaction.org/articles/35085 http://www.windaction.org/articles/24253 Wed, 25 Nov 2009 18:38:05 GMT This image depicts what the Thumb region of Michigan might look like should 2800 wind turbines be erected as proposed by the Governor's Wind Zone Board. This would be the equivalent to building 88 wind farms sized equal to the John Deere Harvest wind facility (32 turbines). The turbines marked in red on the image are existing facilities both owned and operated by John Deere. The Harvest wind site is located in the north west. The Michigan Wind I facility consists of 46 towers in Ubly to the south east. Numerous complaints of excessive noise from the towers have already been filed. http://www.windaction.org/articles/24253 http://www.windaction.org/articles/23205 Tue, 01 Sep 2009 00:00:00 GMT John Deere Renewables' 32-tower wind plant located in the Village of Ubly, Huron County Michigan is the largest wind facility in the State. The 53-megawatt facility went into commercial operation in December 2008. The turbines dominate the landscape, and noise emissions are proving unbearable for some neighboring residents. http://www.windaction.org/articles/23205 http://www.windaction.org/articles/23206 Tue, 01 Sep 2009 00:00:00 GMT John Deere Renewables' 32-tower wind plant located in the Village of Ubly, Huron County Michigan is the largest wind facility in the State. The 53-megawatt facility went into commercial operation in December 2008. The turbines dominate the landscape, and noise emissions are proving unbearable for some neighboring residents. http://www.windaction.org/articles/23206 http://www.windaction.org/articles/23207 Tue, 01 Sep 2009 00:00:00 GMT John Deere Renewables' 32-tower wind plant located in the Village of Ubly, Huron County Michigan is the largest wind facility in the State. The 53-megawatt facility went into commercial operation in December 2008. The turbines dominate the landscape, and noise emissions are proving unbearable for some neighboring residents. http://www.windaction.org/articles/23207 http://www.windaction.org/articles/23208 Tue, 01 Sep 2009 00:00:00 GMT John Deere Renewables' 32-tower wind plant located in the Village of Ubly, Huron County Michigan is the largest wind facility in the State. The 53-megawatt facility went into commercial operation in December 2008. The turbines dominate the landscape, and noise emissions are proving unbearable for some neighboring residents. http://www.windaction.org/articles/23208 http://www.windaction.org/articles/23210 Tue, 01 Sep 2009 00:00:00 GMT John Deere Renewables' 32-tower wind plant located in the Village of Ubly, Huron County Michigan is the largest wind facility in the State. The 53-megawatt facility went into commercial operation in December 2008. The turbines dominate the landscape, and noise emissions are proving unbearable for some neighboring residents. http://www.windaction.org/articles/23210 http://www.windaction.org/articles/23209 Tue, 01 Sep 2009 00:00:00 GMT John Deere Renewables' 32-tower wind plant located in the Village of Ubly, Huron County Michigan is the largest wind facility in the State. The 53-megawatt facility went into commercial operation in December 2008. The turbines dominate the landscape, and noise emissions are proving unbearable for some neighboring residents. http://www.windaction.org/articles/23209 http://www.windaction.org/articles/21568 Mon, 15 Jun 2009 10:42:44 GMT Large wind turbines in Huron County, Michigan, are part of the state's first commercial-scale wind farm. The Monroe area was not among four locations in Michigan recommended by a panel as the best for harnessing wind energy. http://www.windaction.org/articles/21568 http://www.windaction.org/articles/21531 Thu, 11 Jun 2009 13:08:45 GMT The home of David Peplinski is dwarfed by one of the wind turbines that is about 1,500 feet from his property. Peplinski says he and his family are kept up at night by the sound and vibrations produced by the nearby turbines. http://www.windaction.org/articles/21531 http://www.windaction.org/articles/4182 Thu, 27 Jul 2006 12:18:32 GMT The City of Traverse City installed a wind generator in June 1995 on a hill west of the city. In this photo shot Thursday, July 27, 2006, the unit stands on a 160-foot tower with a blade diameter of 144 feet. The huge wind turbine was the largest in the United States when installed. http://www.windaction.org/articles/4182 http://www.windaction.org/articles/38313 Tue, 07 May 2013 02:30:06 GMT When taken in total the restrictions make it highly unlikely that a commercial wind energy conversion system could set up operation in Marshall County. http://www.windaction.org/articles/38313 http://www.windaction.org/articles/38269 Fri, 03 May 2013 21:39:27 GMT Scott L. Simons, DTE Energy spokesman, previously told the Tribune that the utility received an alarm at 1 a.m., and later found that one of the blades at the Sigel site appeared to be damaged. Part of a blade had fallen and was on the ground. ...Last year, two GE-manufactured turbines experienced broken blades in East Central Illinois. http://www.windaction.org/articles/38269 http://www.windaction.org/articles/38234 Tue, 30 Apr 2013 19:50:14 GMT Residents living near wind turbines in Lake Winds Energy Park filed suit earlier this month in 51st Circuit Court and are seeking a jury trial for their case. ...The plaintiffs in the suit allege the wind farm has caused them physiological and monetary harm and will continue to do so if allowed to continue operations. http://www.windaction.org/articles/38234 http://www.windaction.org/articles/38190 Fri, 26 Apr 2013 18:06:42 GMT "The relationship between turbine development and bird death caused by collision with blades is predictable," Cleveland said. "If a lot of birds are known to move through an area and a developer decides to put up a windmill in that area, it's safe to say a lot of those birds would be killed by blades. Wind developers have to be careful about this." http://www.windaction.org/articles/38190 http://www.windaction.org/articles/38178 Thu, 25 Apr 2013 15:16:11 GMT The County Board of Commissioners decided to send a message regarding wind energy projects in the county by opting not to act on a request to release from 26.311 acres in Windsor Township PA 116 for the purpose of building an energy substation planned for the Thumb Loop. http://www.windaction.org/articles/38178