Mass Protests Mean the Denmark’s State-Owned Energy Firm Will Look Offshore
Written by The Copenhagen Post | 
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Mass protests mean the energy firm will look offshore State-owned energy firm Dong Energy has given up building more wind farms on Danish land, following protests from residents complaining about the noise the turbines make.
September 1, 2010
State-owned energy firm Dong Energy has given up building more wind farms on Danish land, following protests from residents complaining about the noise the turbines make. It had been Dong and the government’s plan that 500 large turbines be built on land over the coming 10 years, as part of a large-scale national energy plan. This plan has hit a serious stumbling block, though, due to many protests, and the firm has now given up building any more wind farms on land.
Anders Eldrup, the CEO of Dong Energy, told TV2 News: ‘It is very difficult to get the public’s acceptance if the turbines are built close to residential buildings, and therefore we are now looking at maritime options.’ The move has met resistance from parliament, where amongst others Anne Grete Holmgaard, the chairperson of the Parliamentary Environmental Committee, said, ‘It is rather unacceptable that Dong – which is our large, state-owned energy firm – says goodbye to an investment in wind on land, and that they are doing so after we have cleared the way for a test centre where new types of turbines can be tested.’
Wind Blows Back
Written by Bill Opalka, RenewablesBiz.com | | |
August 31, 2010
A think tank fellow and editor has gotten under the skin of wind.
The AWEA webinar, "The Facts about Wind Energy's Emission Savings," is a direct response to the media blitz that has been gaining steam in recent weeks. AWEA said the webinar "will discuss facts about wind energy's emission savings and show how data and studies from grid operators and government sources directly contradict recent false attacks on wind energy."
Register to Vote Where it Counts Most; What Are You Waiting For?
Written by Jefferson Leaning Left Blog | | |
August 31, 2010
Several weeks ago, Jefferson Leaning Left posted a detailed explanation regarding the option that seasonal residents have to vote in the communities of their summertime residence. We urged seasonal residents to take advantage of that option, further explaining why that would be a smart decision. Questions coming into Jefferson Leaning Left and to readers of this blog indicate that there continues to be confusion about this very important point. There is nothing complicated about the matter of where a person may choose to register to vote. It is very simple and only a few basic rules apply. The only thing that might make it confusing would be to complicate the matter unnecessarily with wrong information.
“Wind Turbines Can Affect Inner Ear Function”
Written by The Vestibular Disorders Association | | |
—Editorial Board, “Wind Turbines Can Affect Inner Ear Function,” On the Level: Quarterly Newsletter of the Vestibular Disorders Association (Summer 2010, p. 9)
Scientists have determined how infrasound from wind turbines may influence inner ear function. An increasing number of people living near wind turbines report a group of symptoms termed “wind turbine syndrome” that include sleeplessness, dizziness, fatigue, ear pain and pressure, difficulty concentrating, and headache. Up until now, many scientists who study hearing claimed that noise from wind turbines couldn’t be harmful because it occurred at a frequency too low for most people to hear.
Copy of Affidavit to the PSC of Wisconsin Sent to Jefferson Leaning Left
Written by Copy of Affidavit to the PSC of Wisconsin sent to JLL email. | | |
August 28, 2010
by Haas, Allen
[docket # 1-AC-231, testimony filed Aug. 24, 2010 to the Public Service Commission of Wisconsin]
I have three wind turbines on my property and get $4,000 for each one. It’s been 2 years now with the turbines and everyone in the community is irritable and short, they snap back. The best of friends for 35 years, but everyone just snaps. People are not really mad directly at the wind turbines or even know what they are mad about, they’re just mad, aggressive. The closest one to my house is 3,000 feet away — way too close. You don’t get sleep at night because they roar like at an airport. I get shadow flicker in my house, but down in the village of Johnsburg where those are about another 1,500 feet away from the turbines — oh probably 4,500 feet total those blades are throwing shadows right over all the house roof tops in entire village … that’s really bad.
Protect People Against Foreign Wind Developers
Written by Letter to the Editor, Watertown Time | | |
FRIDAY, AUGUST 27, 2010
A lot of us who live in the north country have seen firsthand what the foreign energy companies have done to our small-town quality of life. Everyone here knew their neighbors and tried to help one another. When the large property owners were approached over five years ago to sign leases to have 400-foot-tall industrial wind turbines on their property, they were never told of all the negative stuff and how they would be affecting their neighbors. We know so much more now. It's sad to see how people aren't talking to each other. Some people are trying to sell their homes to move away from this potential disaster before it's too late.
Revisit Noise Standards - Academics
Written by Paul Gorman, The Press | | |
August 18, 2010
Noise standards paving the way for billion-dollar wind-farm developments across the country are biased and should be ripped up, academics say. Critics have panned the latest New Zealand standard on wind-farm noise as a "fait accompli", written by a Standards New Zealand committee, dominated by industry members, that claimed to have reached consensus. They say the code, partly funded by the New Zealand Wind Energy Association, fails to address claimed health effects from noise and vibration from wind turbines and does nothing to avert likely clashes between communities and the industry. "The standard is industry-funded and I'm afraid it comes down to who pays the piper calls the tune," one academic said.
Wind Turbine Projects Run Into Resistance
Written by LEORA BROYDO VESTEL, NY Times | | |
August 26, 2010
BARSTOW, Calif. — The United States military has found a new menace hiding here in the vast emptiness of the Mojave Desert in California: wind turbines.
Moving turbine blades can be indistinguishable from airplanes on many radar systems, and they can even cause blackout zones in which planes disappear from radar entirely. Clusters of wind turbines, which can reach as high as 400 feet, look very similar to storm activity on weather radar, making it harder for air traffic controllers to give accurate weather information to pilots. Although the military says no serious incidents have yet occurred because of the interference, the wind turbines pose an unacceptable risk to training, testing and national security in certain regions, Dr. Dorothy Robyn, deputy under secretary of defense, recently told a House Armed Services subcommittee.
