Resource Library Category: Aesthetics
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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.
Darbyshire Dales Ramblers statement on wind turbines
Author: Darbyshire Dales Group, Ramblers' Association
Since wind turbines –
are a means of generating electricity that is intermittent, expensive and can have no relevance to world climate change;
cause nuisance and distress for people living nearby, and have possibly harmful effects on health;
are imposed by the government under section 36 of the Electricity Act 1989, frequently in the face of strong local opposition, thereby overruling the decisions of democratically elected local authorities;
harm wildlife habitats;
damage tourism and hence the local economy;
entail the . . .
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Report of the Champagne County (Ohio) Wind Turbine Study Group
Author: Champaign County Wind Study Group
Table of Contents
Aesthetics
Blade Throw
Decommissioning
Economics
Environmental Impacts
FAA Lighting
Fire/Emergency Response
Ice Shed/Throw
Noise
Characteristics of Wind Turbine Noise
Effects of Wind Turbine Noise
Measurement of Wind Turbine Noise
Mitigation of Wind Turbine Noise
Road Infrastructure
Shadow Flicker
Telecommunications
Turbine Collapse
Vandalism
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Local law governing wind energy facilities in the town of Hamlin, N.Y.
Author: Hamlin, N.Y., Town Board
Findings
Regulation of the siting and installation of wind turbines is necessary for the purpose of protecting the health, safety, and welfare of neighboring property owners and the general public.
Wind Energy Facilities represent significant potential aesthetic impacts because of their large size, lighting, and shadow flicker effects.
If not properly regulated, installation of Wind Energy Facilities can create drainage problems through erosion and lack of sediment control for facility sites and access roads, and harm farmlands through improper construction methods.
Wind Energy Facilities . . .
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Loi de consultation à l’implantation d’éoliennes
Author: Marini, Philippe; et al.
Proposed law to require citizen consultation before siting of large wind turbines, recorded by the President of the Senate, 17 March 2008:
“If the expansion of wind energy is a good, it should not be translated, on the ground, by nuisance, including visual, so important to residents, or by disfiguration of the neighboring countryside.
“Moreover, the time when people could impose projects on the public is over. The application of information and transparency is today essential. Every elected official has the duty . . .
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Brandon Local Law No. 1 of 2008: Wind Energy Facilities
Author: Brandon, N.Y., Town Board
This law banning large-scale wind turbines was approved Feb. 20, 2008.
Article I
§4. Findings.
1. While wind energy is a potential renewable, nonpolluting energy resource of the Town and its conversion to electricity by indiviual property owners may reduce dependence on nonrenewable energy sources, the potential benefits must be balanced against potential impacts from large scale wind energy systems.
2. Regulatin of the siting and installation of wind turbines is necessary for protecting the health, safety, and welfare of neighboring property owners and . . .
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Turismo y parques eolicos [Tourism and wind farms]
Author: Portavoz Coalición Pro Boque Seco Ventanas Verraco
[ Click here for English translation by National Wind Watch ]
Guayanilla – Mucho se ha hablado del proyecto Windmar, parque eolico propuesto para ser instalado en Guayanilla, Puerto Rico. A pesar de la férrea oposición a este proyecto por parte de la comunidad, el alcalde, la asamblea municipal, científicos, profesores, ambientalistas etc. El proponente junto a ciertos funcionarios del gobierno hacen lo imposible para tratar de justificar esa barbaridad. La compania Windmar Renewable Energy y su dueño, Víctor González Barahona . . .
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Visual and Noise Effects Reported by Residents Living Close to Manawatu Wind Farms: Preliminary Survey Results
Author: Phipps, Robyn; Amati, Marco; McCoard, Sue; and Fisher, Richard
ABSTRACT
Since 1996, when Tararua Wind Power Limited commenced the construction of 48 wind turbines, the number of existing wind turbines on the Ruahine and Tararua ranges has risen dramatically, to 158 in 2006, with more to come from unimplemented, approved resource consents. The companies behind the applications have won plaudits for the development of sustainable energy generation. However, the effects of wind energy can be controversial. In particular, it is reported in other countries that those who live near the . . .
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Windfarm Visual Issue
Author: Architech Animation Studios
An investigaton into the techniques and methodology used in windfarm computer visualisations
April 2007
“This document does not question whether we should be developing windfarms or should not be developing windfarms, or even whether they look good on a landscape or are a visual intrusion on the landscape. We are simply addressing the methodology used by the windfarm industry, who in our opinion, have been using misleading methods for the last 11 years whilst seeking to obtain planning permission.”
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Conclusion of the Beaux-Arts Academy
Author: Académie des Beaux-Arts
One of the primary missions of the Beaux-Arts Academy is to guard our heritage with conservation and harmonious development.
In view of the considerations explored here, the Academy affirms:
1) That wind turbines, machines 150 meters in height, are contradictory to the French tradition that has always consisted of harmonizing architecture, however bizarre, with the countryside in respect of scale. The confrontation of such installations, which the promoters envision installing today in a massive way, with special sites and quality landscapes that . . .
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Les Eoliennes: Rapport de l’Académie des Beaux-Arts
Author: Académie des Beaux-Arts
Conclusion de l’Académie des Beaux-Arts
L’une des missions prépondérantes de l’Académie des Beaux-Arts est de veiller à la conservation et au développement harmonieux de notre patrimoine.
Au vu des considérations exposées ci-dessus, elle affirme :
1) Que les éoliennes, machines de 150 mètres de haut, sont en contradiction avec la tradition française qui a toujours consisté jusqu’à présent à harmoniser l’architecture, même insolite, avec le paysage en respectant son échelle. La confrontation de telles installations, que les promoteurs envisagent d’installer aujourd’hui de manière . . .