Alerts Archive: April 2009
These postings are provided to help publicize the efforts of affiliated groups and individuals related to industrial wind energy development. Most of the notices posted here are not the product of nor are they necessarily endorsed by National Wind Watch.
Connecticut, Health, Petitions, Property values, Safety •
Source: flagghill.com
Wind Turbine Setback for the Safety and Health of Connecticut Residents
We, the undersigned, request, for reasons of safety and health regarding onshore wind energy facilities, that: 1. No large wind turbine generator shall be erected closer than 1,600 meters (1 mile) or 12 times its total height (hub height plus rotor radius), whichever is greater, from a neighboring property line or public road or path; and 2. No large wind turbine generator shall be erected closer than 2,000 meters (1-1/4 miles) or 15 times its total height, whichever is greater, . . .
Last day — U.K. petition for 2km setback
Please sign up now – Time is short! 2,000m petition on Number 10 website: We the undersigned petition the Prime Minister to establish an automatic buffer zone of at least 2 km between any new industrial size wind turbine and any home. LINK: http://petitions.number10.gov.uk/2000metres/ We now have over 3,500 signatures for this petition – Thanks to all for your support! If you agree – pass the message to your contacts , so they get the opportunity to sign. Petition closes . . .
NYISO interconnection queue wind projects
As of April 8, 2009, seventy wind projects are in the New York Independent System Operator (NYISO) interconnection queue [click here for latest information from NYISO], accounting for (summer) nameplate generation capacity of nearly 9,200 megawatts (1,400 of which result from the offshore LIPA project). Of these projects: 11 are in service (See NYISO press release of 4/22 indicating that over 1,200 MW are in operation, having grown by 300% over the last year) the average size is 131.4 megawatts . . .
Electrical Energy Storage — Economics and Potential
Electrical energy storage (apart from pumped storage hydropower) is still a peripheral part of the power generation infrastructure. However, the advancing use of renewable energy, particularly wind power, will change the perception of storage and lead to significant increase of its use. At the same time, developments over the last ten to twenty years have brought a range of new storage technologies to the brink of commercialization. However, commercial projects are in short supply. The Future of Electrical Energy Storage . . .
Industrial wind facilities and transmission lines
Save the Prairie, an affiliate of Wind Watch, ran this full page ad in the Woodward News, Woodward, Oklahoma on April 15, 2009 and April 21, 2009.
Wind turbine victims support group formed
Victims of Wind, VOW, is forming a support group for victims who are experiencing adverse health effects from wind turbine complexes. The purpose of VOW is to establish a network of victims suffering adverse health effects due to wind turbine complexes to provide mutual support for victims. Some residents living in the vicinity of a wind farm are suffering from adverse health affects and disturbed living conditions. People from across Ontario who welcomed wind turbines into their community are now . . .
Protest at Enbridge Wind Farm
Grand opening of the Enbridge Wind Farm, Kincardine, Ontario. (Music: “Green Energy Blue” by Bob Lucas.) People from across Ontario gathered in the cold rain on April 3, 2009. They represent a growing number of people, groups and communities who know that wind turbines are nothing more than a corporate and government cash grab, and a health hazard. 23 communities in Ontario, representing over half a million people, have now signed moratoriums against any further wind farm development until a . . .
