National Wind Watch: Alerts » Meetings http://www.wind-watch.org/alerts http://www.wind-watch.org/nwwlogo-white-50.jpg National Wind Watch: Alerts » Meetings http://www.wind-watch.org/alerts 100 40 Industrial Wind Alerts & Events from National Wind Watch Mon, 17 Nov 2008 01:59:11 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7-beta2 en hourly 1 Alerts Wind power Wind energy Wind Turbine Noise 2009 Tue, 10 Jun 2008 18:59:35 +0000 10 Jun 2008 Wind Turbine Noise 2009 The 3rd International Conference on Wind Turbine Noise will be held over 3 days from 17-19th June 2009 in Aalborg, Denmark.

This Third International Conference, organised by Ince/Europe, will once again provide a venue for all those with an interest in wind turbine noise, and its effects on people, to meet together and also meet with those who design wind turbine installations, both in industry and in the planning process.

There is also an introductory course on noise on the afternoon prior to the conference. This has proved very popular in previous years.

History

The first Wind Turbine Noise conference took place in Berlin in 2005 and was a great success, bringing together 130 delegates from 22 countries.

The Second Wind Turbine Noise conference took place in Lyon, France in 2007 with more than 150 delegates from 24 countries around the world, representing:

  • manufacturers
  • developers
  • researchers in noise and vibration
  • environmentalists
  • pressure groups
  • consultants

This conference aims to bring together the latest information on noise and vibration from wind turbines to give an unbiased framework from within which future developments can be assessed. The conference will also provide a venue for researchers on wind turbine noise and its effects to meet together and also meet with those who design wind turbine installations, both in industry and in the planning process.

Who should attend?

  • Specialists in noise and vibration and its effects
  • Wind turbine designers and manufacturers
  • Developers of Wind farms
  • Environmental protection officers
  • Community planners and decision makers
  • Consultants
  • And all others who have an interest in wind turbine noise.

Course on Noise

A half day introductory course on basic ideas on noise and its assessment, is planned for the afternoon and evening of Tuesday 16 June. This will help to set the scene for those without specialist knowledge. There is a separate registration fee for this course of €120 Euros, including course notes. The course will cover:

  • Noise and Decibels
  • Sound power and sound pressure Noise levels and human hearing
  • Human response to noise
  • Sources of noise
  • Propagation of noise
  • Noise control
  • Basics of noise from wind turbines
  • Production and propagation

In previous years the course was judged to be “extremely useful” by many of those who attended and helped their understanding of the more technical papers at the conference.

Go to windturbinenoise2009.org for more information, including how to submit a paper, purchase recordings of previous conferences, register, and join the windturbine2009 mailing list and about Aalborg, the hotel hosting the conference, and more.

]]> http://www.wind-watch.org/alerts/2008/06/10/wind-turbine-noise-2009/ http://www.wind-watch.org/alerts/?p=567 Alerts Wind power Wind energy The Elephant's Still in the Room Mon, 07 Apr 2008 11:14:27 +0000 07 Apr 2008 Rock County Tax-Payers for a Better Renewable Energy Plan Another graphic from Better Plan, Rock County:

The Elephant in the Room

It is also available in high resolution for print use and can be modified for use by other groups.

]]> http://www.wind-watch.org/alerts/2008/04/07/the-elephants-still-in-the-room/ http://www.wind-watch.org/alerts/?p=522 Alerts Wind power Wind energy DEP Public hearing on Shaffer Mountain available on DVD Sun, 16 Sep 2007 19:25:07 +0000 16 Sep 2007 Save Our Allegheny Rdiges The August 28, 2007 DEP informal meeting followed by the public hearing
on Gamesa’s proposed wind facility on Shaffer Mountain in Somerset
County, PA was videotaped and is now available for $15. The DVD is
about 5 hours long, with Gamesa’s consultants presenting powerpoints for
the first hour or so, followed by the public testimonies for the next 4
hours. The presentations by watershed groups and concerned citizens may
be helpful to citizens fighting wind projects in other areas. DEP has
not made a decision yet on the application, since Gamesa will not submit
their final technical application until October 28.

Please send a check to SOAR for $15 if you would like a DVD. The
address is: SOAR, P. O. Box 178, Everett, PA 15537. The $15 covers
shipping and handling.

Thanks,
Laura Jackson
SOAR Chair

]]> http://www.wind-watch.org/alerts/2007/09/16/dep-public-hearing-on-shaffer-mountain-available-on-dvd/ http://www.wind-watch.org/alerts/2007/09/16/dep-public-hearing-on-shaffer-mountain-available-on-dvd/ Alerts Wind power Wind energy Reform Cohocton Public Informational Meeting — Republican Primary Candidates Tue, 11 Sep 2007 11:11:41 +0000 11 Sep 2007 Cohocton Wind Watch An historic Town Hall Q & A meeting will be held on Tuesday, September 11, 2007, from 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM at the Cohocton Elementary School, 30 Park Ave., Cohocton, NY.

Rachel Treichler, attorney and the Green Party candidate for NYS Attorney General in 2006 will moderate this spirited forum of ideas and public debate.

Major news announcement at this meeting can have national impact.

U.S. Congressional candidate Eric Massa for the 29th District has confirmed that he will attend.

Republican Primary Candidates, both the Reform Cohocton slate and current Republican incumbent office holders, have been invited.

All Cohocton voters no matter what party affiliation are encouraged to attend.

The Republican primary will be held on Tuesday, September 18, 2007 from 12 Noon to 9:00 PM.

The media and private individuals are encouraged to call the Republican incumbents and confirm that they will face their constituents at this public meeting.

Any questions can be directed to James Hall, (585) 534-5581

Call the following incumbents at:

Jack Zigenfus – Supervisor, (585) 534-5400
Wayne Hunt – Councilman, (585) 534-5375
Milton Levesque – Councilman, (585) 534-5168
Sandra Riley – Town Clerk, (585) 384-5330
Hal Graham – Town Judge, (585) 534-5206
Mark Densmore – Assessor, (585) 534-5102
JoAnne Damboise – Assessor, (585) 534-5346
Tom Simons – Highway Supervisor, (585) 384-5290

]]> http://www.wind-watch.org/alerts/2007/09/11/reform-cohocton-public-informational-meeting-republican-primary-candidates/ http://www.wind-watch.org/alerts/2007/09/11/reform-cohocton-public-informational-meeting-republican-primary-candidates/ Alerts Wind power Wind energy Cohocton Planning Board to vote on Special Use Permits for UPC Project Thu, 02 Aug 2007 23:00:26 +0000 02 Aug 2007 F. Jeffrey Goldthwait THE LARGEST NEW INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT PROJECT IN STEUBEN COUNTY IN THE LAST FIFTY YEARS, COSTING APPROXIMATELY 250 MILLION DOLLARS IS A QUESTIONABLE AND CONTROVERSIAL GIGANTIC WIND TURBINE COMPLEX TO BE SITED IN COHOCTON, NEW YORK

At 7:30 PM tonight in the town of Cohocton, New York, the Joint Town and Village Planning Board will likely approve the issuance of Special Use Permits authorizing the construction of a questionable and controversial gigantic industrial wind turbine complex to be sited on the pristine hill tops of this rural farming community. A significant number of the proposed fifty 423 foot tall massive turbines, each with a blade wing span wide enough to easily fit a giant 747 aircraft between the tips, will be placed near permanent and seasonal residences.

A petition signed by almost 30 percent of the taxpayers of the town requesting a six-month moratorium was filed under a sworn affidavit last November with the Town Board and the Planning Board. The Town Board, Planning Board and Town Supervisor Jack Zigenfus stonewalled and consistently refused to consider and hear the concerns of over 240 concerned property owners who were signatories. The Boards’ only response was to adopt a resolution prohibiting citizens from speaking to their elected officials at Town Board meetings. That action arbitrarily and capriciously took away a privilege extended to all citizens of the town for over 200 years.

There is so much suspicious smoke surrounding this proposed project, many concerned groups and individuals strongly suspect the fires of greed and corruption burn strongly beneath the surface at the expense of the health, safety and welfare of not only Cohocton’s residents, but all US citizen taxpayers.

If given the chance, strong opposition to the proposed project can be expected to be heard at tonight’s meeting to be held at 7:30 PM at the Hatch Hose Fire Company in Atlanta, New York.

F. Jeffrey Goldthwait, JD

]]> http://www.wind-watch.org/alerts/2007/08/02/cohocton-planning-board-to-vote-on-special-use-permits-for-upc-project/ http://www.wind-watch.org/alerts/2007/08/02/cohocton-planning-board-to-vote-on-special-use-permits-for-upc-project/ Alerts Wind power Wind energy Wind Turbine Noise 2007: papers offered Fri, 04 May 2007 11:55:23 +0000 04 May 2007 Geoff Leventhall Wind Turbine Noise 2007
Lyon, France, 20-21 September, 2007

Papers offered (as of May 3):

  1. Living with aerodynamic modulation, low frequency vibration and sleep deprivation (Davis ““ UK)
  2. Health Canada’s proposed criteria for evaluating the potential health impacts from wind turbine noise for environmental impact assessment (Michaud ““ Canada)
  3. Low frequency noise from large wind turbines (Søndergard ““ Denmark)
  4. An investigation of the potential for noise and vibration issues from micro wind turbines for domestic use (Mapp ““ UK)
  5. Taking into account of atmospheric conditions for a spatio-time localisation of the aerodynamic sources on a moving blade by the method of acoustic imagery (Benoit ““ France)
  6. Passive and active dynamic vibration absorbers for gear box noise cancellation in wind turbines (Illgen ““ Germany)
  7. A new mechanism in VAWT (Kumar ““ India)
  8. Low frequency noise from wind turbines (Hayes ““ UK)
  9. Prediction of wind turbine noise and comparison to experiment (Oerlemans ““ Netherlands)
  10. RANS based prediction of airfoil trailing edge far-field noise: impact of isotropic and anisotropic turbulence (Kamruzzaman ““ Germany)
  11. Theoretical analysis of wind turbine used to power a stand-alone solar desalination unit in selected coastal areas of Egypt (Abdel-Rehim ““ Egypt)
  12. SIROCCO: silent rotors by acoustic optimisation (Schepers ““ Netherlands)
  13. Uncloaking the nature of wind turbines ““ using the science of meteorology (Palmer ““ USA)
  14. Wind Farm noise and regulations in the eastern United States (Soysal ““ USA)
  15. Towards a review of NZ Standard NZS6808:1998 acoustics ““ assessment & measurement of sound from wind turbine generators (Hunt ““ New Zealand)
  16. Calculate noise of wind-farms (Gamba ““ France)
  17. Wind farms noise predictions and the risks of conservatism (Bullmore ““ UK)
  18. Wind farm perception — a study on acoustic and visual impact of wind turbines on residents in the Netherlands (Pedersen ““ Sweden)
  19. Applicability of the transmission line matrix method to the propagation of wind turbine noise (Dutilleux ““ France)
  20. Investigating the audibility of wind turbines in the presence of vegetation noises (Bolin ““ Sweden)
  21. Wind profiles over complex terrain (van den Berg ““ Netherlands)
  22. Some remaining problems of wind turbine noise (Leventhall ““ UK)
  23. A variety of wind turbine noise regulations in the United States ““ 2007 (Barnes ““ USA)
  24. Aerodynamic noise from micro wind turbines: current situation and future perspectives (Leclercq ““ Australia)
  25. Masking of wind turbine sound by sea waves (Appelqvis ““ Sweden)
  26. Auralization and assessments of annoyance from wind turbines (Legarth ““ Denmark0
  27. Review of post-construction compliance ““ assessment conditions in various wind farm planning permits from New Zealand and Victoria (Australia) (Delaire ““ Australia)
  28. Long range sound transmission over the sea with application to wind turbine noise (Abom ““ Sweden)
  29. Measurement and interpretation of background noise (Bowdler ““ UK)
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]]> http://www.wind-watch.org/alerts/2006/09/14/wildlife-and-utility-scale-wind-energy-development-of-the-central-appalachians/ http://www.wind-watch.org/alerts/2006/09/14/wildlife-and-utility-scale-wind-energy-development-of-the-central-appalachians/ Alerts Wind power Wind energy Society of Environmental Journalists Conference Thu, 14 Sep 2006 18:46:38 +0000 14 Sep 2006 Ridge Protectors National Wind Watch will be represented by Ridge Protectors from Sheffield and Sutton, Vermont, at a display table for the Society of Environmental Journalists conference in Burlington, Vermont, October 26-28.

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