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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.
Barotrauma is a significant cause of bat fatalities at wind turbines
Author: Baerwald, Erin; D'Amours, Genevieve; Klug, Brandon; and Barclay, Robert
Summary. Bird fatalities at some wind energy facilities around the world have been documented for decades, but the issue of bat fatalities at such facilities — primarily involving migratory species during autumn migration — has been raised relatively recently. Given that echolocating bats detect moving objects better than stationary ones, their relatively high fatality rate is perplexing, and numerous explanations have been proposed. The decompression hypothesis proposes that bats are killed by barotrauma caused by rapid air-pressure reduction near moving . . .
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Resolution on Bats and Wind Energy Development
Author: North American Symposium on Bat Research
Be it resolved on this 7th day of July, 2008, that members of the North American Symposium on Bat Research have expressed concern about fatalities of bats at utility-scale wind energy facilities in North America. Because bats have exceptionally low reproductive rates, making them susceptible to population declines and local extinctions, bat fatalities at wind facilities could pose biologically significant cumulative impacts for some species of bats unless solutions are found.
Worldwide, development of wind energy is projected to increase substantially . . .
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Patterns of Bat Fatalities at Wind Energy Facilities in North America
Author: Arnett, Edward; et al.
ABSTRACT. Wind has become one of the fastest growing sources of renewable energy worldwide, but widespread and often extensive fatalities of bats have increased concern regarding the impacts of wind energy development on bats and other wildlife. We synthesized available information on patterns of bat fatalities from a review of 21 postconstruction fatality studies conducted at 19 facilities in 5 United States regions and one Canadian province. Dominance of migratory, foliage- and tree-roosting lasiurine species (e.g., hoary bat [Lasiurus cinereus]) . . .
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Two Dozen Suggestions About Wind Power Leases for Farmers
Author: Ontario Federation of Agriculture
1. Meet with your neighbours — The wind company will be approaching your neighbours. Meet with them and work together with your OFA MSR.
2. Cost of a Lawyer — Ask the wind power company to pay to have the agreement reviewed by a lawyer who will work for everyone in the area. This saves you $ 500 to $ 1,000.
3. Transferability — Add a clause that stipulates that the agreement cannot be transferred by the wind company . . .
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Confidential Right-of-Way Agreement
Author: Bowark Energy, Ltd.
Grant of Rights.
Right-of-Way. Subject to all of the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement, Grantor hereby grants, conveys and assigns an exclusive right-of-way and easement (the “Right-of-Way”) to Grantee, its successors and assigns in, upon, over, across, along, above, through and under the Lands (which Right-of-Way shall run with the Lands), for the following purposes:
2.1.1 Windpower Facilities and Project Operations. …
2.1.2 Other Improvements. …
2.1.3 Access. …
2.1.4 Overhang Rights. …
2.1.5 Wind Non-Obstruction Rights. to use, maintain and capture the free and unobstructed flow . . .
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Dr. Nina Pierpont on CFCO radio
Author: Pierpont, Nina
Nina Pierpont, who has described “wind turbine syndrome” — the constellation of symptoms that affects many people living near industrial wind turbines — was interviewed on Kim Iles and Greg Foster’s “Ask the Experts” show, CFCO radio, Chatham, Ontario, on Feb. 28, 2008.
This recording was kindly provided to National Wind Watch by Calvin Luther Martin.
Listen to “Dr. Nina Pierpont on CFCO radio”
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Richmond Road Turbine Splatters
Author: Bell, Ken
Ken Bell, Water Quality Monitoring Coordinator, Rondeau Watershed Coalition, noticed patterned splatters on the top third of the tower of a 1.5-MW GE turbine. Assuming that they indicate spilled oil thrown from the blades (and not, as originally suspected and still possible, collisions of birds and bats), he used to them to estimate the total amount of oil spilled.
“Richmond Road Turbine Splatters”
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Calculating the Real Cost of Industrial Wind Power
Author: Stelling, Keith
An information update for Ontario Electricity Consumers from the Friends of Arran Lake Wind Action Group, Bruce County, Ontario, Compiled by Keith Stelling, November 2007.
Introduction
The history of human technological innovation is littered with projects that have had to be abandoned because they were based on a narrow theoretical view that failed to take into account the whole picture. The commercial exploitation of wind energy is fast showing signs of such failure.
The last ten years in Europe has provided ample opportunity . . .
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Money Blowing in the Wind
Author: Viau, Bernard
Abstract: Wind provides unpredictable energy and the wind energy industry is only viable because of so called ‘green subsidies’. Wind farms are a fraud, would say a child looking at the emperor walking naked in the streets. Whether you live in Canada, in the US, in England, France or Australia, the story is the same: publicly, no one dares to speak against the wind energy. We’ll explain how, why, and propose real, efficient and economical alternatives to the blowing wind . . .
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Manipulating minds to sell wind
Author: Trebel, David
This marketing primer appeared in the May 2007 issue of the trade journal North American Windpower. It emphasizes the need to get a community on your side before the opposition gets to it. For wind warriors, it shows the importance of early education efforts, so that people won’t be so ready to believe the windspiel.
The same issue of NAW includes an article about targeting children and another about targeting minorities and traditionally disadvantaged communities.
View “How To Keep All Your Winds . . .
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