Resource Library Category: Massachusetts
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.
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.”
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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.
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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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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
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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.
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