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Resource Library Category: Europe (18 items)

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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:  February 27, 2010
Americas, Economics, Europe, Safety, Technology, U.S.Print storyE-mail story

Wind Energy Operations & Maintenance Report

Author:  Wind Energy Update

This new report — available only by purchase — was prepared by independent experts Peter Asmus and Matthew Seitzler and incorporates strategies and data from over 100 operators and component providers. Data from sources around the world have been compiled to show trends of wind turbine component and sub-assembly failure rates and their subsequent downtimes.
Here are a few of the primary data findings published in this report:

79% of wind turbines are still under warranty. This is about to change.
O&M costs . . .

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Date added:  February 23, 2010
Emissions, Environment, U.K., WildlifePrint storyE-mail story

Investigating the impacts of windfarm development on peatlands in England

Author:  Natural England

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: Blanket mire covers about 1.5m hectares of England, Scotland, Northern Ireland and Wales, mostly in the uplands, and is often a dominant part of our landscape. Its altitudinal limit depends on its location with the UK and is found even at sea level in the extreme north and west. It is composed of peat deposits up to several metres thick and represents a significant store of carbon as partially decomposed plant material. It is also an important biodiversity . . .

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Date added:  February 14, 2010
Impacts, ScotlandPrint storyE-mail story

Aberdeenshire turbine location map

Author:  Cuminestown Against Wind Turbines

As part of our group’s campaign to stop 50m+ sized turbines being erected in our locality, we have prepared a Google Map of all known erected, planned, refused and pre-planned 50m+ turbine developments in Aberdeenshire. The coordinates are taken from Aberdeenshire Council planning applications (publicly available from their website). There are approx. 200 turbines planned for this area. The map is a work-in-progress, but the majority of known developments are plotted already.
Cuminestown Against Wind Turbines

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Date added:  February 11, 2010
Economics, Emissions, Environment, Health, Noise, Property values, Wales, WildlifePrint storyE-mail story

Formal objection to Tirgwynt wind farm application

Author:  Conservation of Upland Powys

Conservation of Upland Powys was formed by people living within the county, our members range from families that have farmed the same land for generations to those who have more recently chosen the tranquillity, beauty and quality of mid-Wales life for their home. Our diverse membership, from all ages and all walks of life, shares the commitment to preserve the unspoilt uplands of Powys from inappropriate development for the benefit and enjoyment of everyone. We have inherited the timeless beauty . . .

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Date added:  February 7, 2010
DenmarkPrint storyE-mail story

Danish wind power ’stalled’ since 2002

Author:  Danish Wind Industry Association

Note that 2002 was the last year that any substantial on-shore wind power was erected in Denmark. The small changes since then have mostly been due to replacing existing machines with larger ones.
Off-shore, after the Horns Rev facility in 2002 and Nysted (Rødsand) in 2003, there was no development until the addition of Horns Rev II in 2009. Rødsand II (200 MW) may be completed in 2010.

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Date added:  January 30, 2010
Aesthetics, England, Environment, RegulationsPrint storyE-mail story

Paul’s Moor Appeal Decision

Author:  Major, Philip

“I dismiss the appeal and refuse planning permission …”
Inquiry opened on 9 June 2009; Accompanied site visits made on 2 & 3 July 2009; by Philip Major BA(Hons) DipTP MRTPI, an Inspector appointed by the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government
Appeal Ref: APP/X1118/A/08/2083682 Land at Paul’s Moor, Wester Bullaford, West Moor, north of Knowstone, South Molton EX36 4QH.

The appeal is made under section 78 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990
against a failure to give notice within . . .

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Date added:  January 30, 2010
Aesthetics, England, Environment, RegulationsPrint storyE-mail story

Bickham Moor Appeal Decision

Author:  Major, Philip

“I dismiss the appeal and refuse planning permission …”
Inquiry opened on 9 June 2009; Accompanied site visits made on 2 & 3 July 2009; by Philip Major BA(Hons) DipTP MRTPI, an Inspector appointed by the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government
Appeal Ref: APP/Y1138/A/08/2084526
Bickham Moor, Kirkton Lane, Oakford, Devon EX16 9HB.

The appeal is made under section 78 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 against a failure to give notice within the prescribed period of a decision on an . . .

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Date added:  January 30, 2010
Aesthetics, England, Human rights, RegulationsPrint storyE-mail story

Sillfield Appeal Decision

Author:  Brooks, Robin

“I dismiss the appeal and refuse planning permission.”
Inquiry held on 16-23 October 2009; Site visits made on 23, 27, 28 October 2009 and 13 January 2010; by Robin Brooks BA (Hons) MRTPI, an Inspector appointed by the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government
Appeal Ref: APP/M0933/A/09/2099304
Sillfield, Gatebeck, Kendal, Cumbria LA8 0HS

The appeal is made under Section 78 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 against a failure to give notice within the prescribed period of a decision on . . .

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Date added:  January 28, 2010
Emissions, Grid, Oregon, Technology, U.K.Print storyE-mail story

Big Wind: How Many Households Served, What Emissions Reduction? (A Case Study)

Author:  Hawkins, Kent; and Hertzmark, Donald

In the midst of a bitter winter in North America and Europe, General Electric has announced a large wind project to be built in Oregon. Press reports in the Financial Times and USA Today describe a project of 338 machines of 2.5 MW each, giving a total capacity of 845 MW.
With power grids strained due to heating demand, increments to generating capacity are to be welcomed. But along with the usual hoopla about homes served and CO2 emissions savings, it . . .

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Date added:  January 23, 2010
Denmark, TechnologyPrint storyE-mail story

How much efficiency is lost by putting HAWTs near one another in a wind farm?

Author:  Avian Energy

The “wake effect” is the reduction of wind speed and increase of turbulence down wind of a turbine.

[source:  3D-Simulation of the turbulent wake behind a wind turbine, Weßow, Sitzki, & Hahm, Journal of Physics: Conference Series 75 (2007) 012033 [The Science of Making Torque from Wind], doi:10.1088/1742-6596/75/1/012033]
If you have a wind farm of two or more HAWTs then, inevitably in some wind directions, the disturbance from one turbine will affect another.
The combined effect of a two-dimensional matrix of turbines . . .

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