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Documents presented here are not the product of nor are they necessarily endorsed by National Wind Watch. This resource library is provided to assist anyone wishing to research the issue of industrial wind power and the impacts of its development. The information should be evaluated by each reader to come to their own conclusions about the many areas of debate.
Brownsille diary of industrial wind turbine noise
Author: Brownsville, Wisc., family
Entries of a noise log kept by a Brownsville family who live 3/4 mile east of South Byron in Fond Du Lac County, Wisconsin. The diary begins on March 3, 2008. The new wind turbines had just gone on line there.
Download “Brownsville noise diary, March 3 to August 5, 2008″
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Ridgeville and Wilton, Wisconsin, Wind Ordinances
Author: Towns of Wilton and Ridgeville, Wisc.
H. Noise.
1. Audible Sound Limit.
a. No Wind Turbine or group of turbines shall be located so as to cause an exceedance of the pre-construction/operation background sound levels by more than 5 dBA or dBC. The background sound levels shall be the L90 dB sound descriptor (both A and C weighting) measured during a pre-construction noise study during the quietest time of evening or night. Measurements shall be for ten (10) minutes or more. L90 results are valid when L10 results . . .
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Permitting Setbacks for Wind Turbines in California and the Blade Throw Hazard
Author: Larwood, Scott
Prepared for the California Wind Energy Collaborative
By Scott Larwood, University of California, Davis
June 16, 2005
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Save Western Ohio Q and A
Author: Stacy, Tom
Even in countries like Germany where wind power is fully deployed across the nation, its contribution to base load power – the part coal serves – is well under 10% of the power that wind supplies, which is about 25% of its rated capacity. That math leads you to wind power’s contribution to base load power at two and a half percent of rated capacity. So it takes forty gigawatts of installed windpower – 17,000 turbines to replace . . .
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Town of Magnolia (Wisc.) Wind Energy Systems Licensing Ordinance
Author: Town of Magnolia, Wisconsin
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Town of Chilton (Wisc.) Wind Energy Systems Licensing Ordinance
Author: Town of Chilton, Wisconsin
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Brownsville Diary, March 3 to July 7, 2008
Author: Brownsville, Wis., family
Entries of a noise log kept by a Brownsville family who live 3/4 mile east of South Byron in Fond Du Lac County, Wisconsin. The new wind turbines had just gone on line there.
Download “Brownsville noise log, March 3 to July 7, 2008″
Click here for updated diary through August 5, 2008.
Download “Turbine Layout Map, Brownsville, Wis.”
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Can large wind farms affect local meteorology?
Author: Roy, S. Baidya; Pacala, S.W.; and Walko, R.L.
Abstract: The RAMS model was used to explore the possible impacts of a large wind farm in the Great Plains region on the local meteorology over synoptic timescales under typical summertime conditions. A wind turbine was approximated as a sink of energy and source of turbulence. The wind farm was created by assuming an array of such turbines. Results show that the wind farm significantly slows down the wind at the turbine hub-height level. Additionally, turbulence generated by rotors create . . .
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Sixty-Day Notice Letter of Intent to Sue for Violations of Section 7 of the Endangered Species Act
Author: Center for Biological Diversity et al.
On behalf of the Center for Biological Diversity, Friends of Blackwater, Heartwood, Adirondack Council, and Restore: The North Woods, this letter provides notice, pursuant to 16 U.S.C. § 1540(g), that the failure on the part of the action agencies — the United States Forest Service, the United States Army Corps of Engineers, the Tennessee Valley Authority, the National Park Service, the Department of Army, and the Federal Highway Administration — to re-initiate consultation as to the Gray bat, Indiana bat, . . .
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Windmill Myths
Author: Advocates for Prattsburgh
MYTH # 1: These wind towers aren’t really THAT big.
Fact: Ecogen’s 1.5 MegaWatt (MW) turbines will be nearly 400’ high, 80’ higher than the Statue of Liberty from the water to the tip of the torch. UPC’s proposed turbines up to 3MW towers – designed for offshore, far from people – will be up to 440’ high, as tall as the pyramids of Egypt. They will be visible for MILES, dominating the landscape, with flashing lights 24 hours/day.
MYTH # 2: . . .
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