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    Resource Library Category: Massachusetts

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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.


    Date added:  June 5, 2007
    California, Massachusetts, Regulations, Siting, Wildlife

    Cape Wind Paper Trail

    Author:  Durkin, Barbara

    Barbara Durkin has been researching the Cape Wind project for four years: “Please accept this fruit of my labor, and consider the merit of the arguments against Cape Wind the project provided. This information is only about public safety and avian concerns.”
    Go to: “A Cape Wind Paper Trail”

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    Date added:  February 2, 2007
    Environment, Massachusetts, Noise, Wildlife

    Hull Wind II — no environmental review

    Author:  Thorne, Khela

    “I live across the river from the wind turbine in Hull, MA, called Hull Wind II, which is about 400 feet tall from water level to the top of the blades. …”
    This letter to National Wind Watch describes how environmental concerns were ignored in the push to erect Hull’s second giant wind turbine. The writer also describes the serious noise and shadow flicker issues.
    Download “Hull Wind II — no environmental review”

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    Date added:  January 7, 2007
    Massachusetts, Noise, Technology

    Wind Turbine Acoustic Noise

    Author:  Rogers, Anthony; Manwell, James; and Wright, Sally

    The human response to sounds measured in decibels has the following characteristics:

    Except under laboratory conditions, a change in sound level of 1 dB cannot be perceived.
    Doubling the energy of a sound source corresponds to a 3 dB increase.
    Outside of the laboratory, a 3 dB change in sound level is considered a barely discernible difference.
    A change in sound level of 5 dB will typically result in a noticeable community response.
    A 6 dB increase is equivalent to moving half the distance . . .

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    Date added:  November 28, 2006
    Aesthetics, Impacts, Massachusetts, Noise

    Hull (Mass.) Is NOT a Success Story

    Author:  National Wind Watch, Inc.

    Read several articles about the problems being experienced in Hull, Massachusetts, because of its giant wind turbine
    Download “Hull not a success story”

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    Date added:  September 14, 2006
    General, Impacts, Massachusetts, U.S.

    Wind turbines don't make good neighbors

    Author:  Tillinghast, Eleanor

    “Some Problems of Wind Power in the Berkshires,” Researched and written by Eleanor Tillinghast, Green Berkshires, Inc., May 14, 2004.
    This is a thoroughly referenced outline of the many problems with industrial-scale wind, with particular emphasis on its potential impact on the Berkshire Mountains of western Massachusetts. “Wind turbines don’t make good neighbors” is a quote from John Zimmerman, wind company Enxco’s northeastern U.S. rep.
    Go to: “Wind turbines don’t make good neighbors”

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