Turbine burns at Kent Hills wind farm fire

Lisa

August 16, 2009 8:44:08 AM

Egin, Salisbury & Riverview Fire responded to a windmill on fire at TransAlta's Kent Hills wind facility in Parkingdale/ Caledonia Mountain at 8:48am.

There was nothing the Fire departments could do but watch the turbine burn. Firefighters followed standard protocol recommended by wind turbine manufactuers which requires personnel to allow the turbine to burn out and arrest any fires that might start on the ground due to falling debris.

The TransAlta wind facility is located about 30 kms outside of Riverview New Brunswick. This video aired on CTV , CBC & Global NEWS.

Duration: 43 seconds

Ontario's Green Energy Act Paradox

Lisa

June 19, 2009 9:12:25 AM

The Ontario Green Energy Act, passed in May 2009, is extremely popular with the public notwithstanding both its infringements on basic individual and democratic rights, and also the substantially higher electricity rates it will cause. This post suggests that close coordination between government, renewable energy businesses, and environmental organizations, particularly government funding of environmental groups, helps to explain the political success of the legislation.

This video was part of a panel presentation by Tom Adams at the York University Osgoode Hall Law School Professional Development conference June 15, 2009.

 Duration: 6 minutes 37 seconds

Wind turbines causing ear pain in child

Lisa

May 03, 2009 8:00:49 AM

Two Bruce County parents think a nearby wind farm is to blame for their daughter's chronic earaches. The wind company doesn't agree. But as Scott Miller reported tonight on A-News at Six, it is still paying to house the family in a local motel. ATV-News (http://www.atv.ca/wingham/news_68176.as px)

Duration: 2 minutes 3 seconds

Wind turbines and public health (part 2)

Lisa

April 18, 2009 3:38:30 AM

Massive wind turbines you see dotting the province's countryside are driving some Ontarians from their homes.

This is the second of a two-part series looking at the health effects of wind turbines on families in Ontario Canada. Scott Miller of ATV.CA talks to three families who claim their lives have been ruined by the turbines.

Part 1 Duration: 2 minutes 29 seconds 

Part 2 Duration: 2 minutes 4 seconds

Wind turbines and public health (part 1)

Lisa

April 18, 2009 3:32:20 AM

Massive wind turbines you see dotting the province's countryside are driving some Ontarians from their homes.

This is the first of a two-part series looking at the health effects of wind turbines on families in Ontario Canada. Scott Miller of ATV.CA talks to three families who claim their lives have been ruined by the turbines.

Part 1 Duration: 2 minutes 29 seconds 

Part 2 Duration: 2 minutes 4 seconds

Protestors crash opening of wind farm

Lisa

April 05, 2009 12:09:33 AM

A group of protesters gave Ontario's energy and infrastructure minister a rough ride near Kincardine at the site of a wind energy facility. Protesters from across the province crashed the opening of the Enbridge wind farm April 3, 2009.

Duration: 1 minute 54 seconds

Wind turbine noise in Canada Part 1 of 2

Lisa

February 18, 2009 10:47:54 AM

Lorrie Gillis interviews Barbara Ashbee about her first hand experience of living near the newly constructed Melancthon Phase II Wind facility, in Amaranth Township, Ontario, Canada. The wind facility has a nameplate of 132 MW (88 turbines).

Part 1: Duration 9 minutes 59 seconds

Part 2: Duration 6 minutes 33 seconds

Wind turbine noise in Canada Part 2 of 2

Lisa

February 17, 2009 11:03:26 AM

Lorrie Gillis interviews Barbara Ashbee about her first hand experience of living near the newly constructed Melancthon Phase II Wind facility, in Amaranth Township, Ontario, Canada. The wind facility has a nameplate of 132 MW (88 turbines).

Part 1: Duration 9 minutes 59 seconds

Part 2: Duration 6 minutes 33 seconds

Turbine slashes into home

Lisa

February 13, 2009 10:15:30 AM

Bill Fish wants the Municipality of Chatham-Kent to investigate homemade windmills after his neighbours device came crashing through his roof during yesterdays 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. Newspaper account of the incident here.

Duration: 1 minute 38 seconds

Health impacts from the Melancthon wind energy facility

Lisa

December 04, 2008 8:39:35 PM

Save Our Skyline Renfrew County (sosrenfrewcounty.wordpress.com) conducted this interview with Helen Fraser whose home, where she had lived for more than 30 years, was surrounded by turbines.

Ms. Fraser discusses the health issues she suffered after the Melancthon wind energy facility near Shelburne, Ontario, began operation in the spring of 2006. In total, tewlve turbines were visible on three sides of her home, the closest only 423 meters away. Eight of the turbines had an obvious direct impact on her home, with noise or shadow flicker. Shortly after the turbines went online. Ms. Fraser began having severe head and body aches, ringing in her ears, digestive issues, and chronic fatigue.

Duration: 20 minutes 51 seconds

Wind turbines and health

Lisa

October 05, 2008 9:16:26 PM

Windmills may be an environmentally friendly alternative energy source but they also cause debilitating health problems, say people who live near them.

Duration: 2 minutes 14 seconds

Wind turbine noise: Suncor wind farm Ripley, Ontario

Lisa

May 14, 2008 10:22:44 AM

This video of the Suncor wind farm in Ripley Ontario was recorded using a personal video recorder. Given the difficulties of capturing noise using consumer video products, Windaction.org consulted with two individuals with experience with wind turbine noise: Rene Taylor of McLean County, IL and Richard James of E-Coustic Solutions (Okemos, MI). Ms. Taylor lives within 1500 of Horizon Wind's Twin Grove wind energy facility. Their comments are important to consider when listening to the video.

Rene Taylor: "I viewed the Canadian video last night and feel this is a true representation of turbine sound.  I have taken many videos with similar sound and am always frustrated because it comes out much softer than what we actually hear.  I'm sure this is the case with this video as well."

Richard James: The video appears to pick up the audible sound of the wind turbines. The problem with recordings taken with consumer products (other than lack of calibration) is that microphones do not handle low frequency sounds and thus the recording lacks that omnipresence that real wind turbines produce. The microphones on consumer video products are biased toward capturing human voices. It is clear that the Ontario audio is missing much of the low frequency content from about 250 Hz down. It is the lower frequency sounds of the turbines that penetrate homes and vibrate buildings.

Duration: 4 minutes 11 seconds

Stop the Ostrander Point wind farm

Lisa

April 20, 2008 3:35:30 PM

This video addresses just some of the possible impacts should the Ostrander Point wind energy proposal be permitted in Ontario, Canada.

Wind farms in Ontario CA

Lisa

December 08, 2007 2:36:51 PM

The wind power industry has exploded in Canada, but opponents have accused wind farm developers of endangering birds, harming locals' health and putting up eyesores that do little but create noise and produce insufficient levels of energy.

http://video.canada.com/VideoContent.aspx?29500&vc=1&popup=1

Duration: 5 minutes 25 second