Resource Library Category: General
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.
Rebuttal of the British Wind Energy Association’s "Top Myths About Wind Energy"
Author: Friends of Eden, Lakeland and Lunesdale Scenery
The BWEA published what it called the ‘Top Myths about Wind Energy’ (1-15) and what it claimed were the true ‘facts’. These are still on its web site where they are trotted out by green organisations in defence of wind farms. Below, we provide a set of independent comments which show how the BWEA has been selective in its answers and economic with the truth.
Readers should be aware that the BWEA is not an academic or philanthropic body looking . . .
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Industrial Wind Energy in France
Author: Bonn, Pierre
Pierre Bonn is President of l’Association de Défense de l’Environnement en Nord Lauragais
Industrial wind energy is an environmental imposter that increases global warming emissions. The imposture is worsened by ripping off French consumers.
In effect, not only does it not reduce greenhouse gas emissions, but the more wind energy, the more need for thermal plants that emit greenhouse gases.
Contents
1. Industrial wind energy is not able to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
2. Industrial wind energy must be balanced by fossil fuel–fired plants.
3. Why . . .
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Save Western Ohio Q and A
Author: Stacy, Tom
Even in countries like Germany where wind power is fully deployed across the nation, its contribution to base load power – the part coal serves – is well under 10% of the power that wind supplies, which is about 25% of its rated capacity. That math leads you to wind power’s contribution to base load power at two and a half percent of rated capacity. So it takes forty gigawatts of installed windpower – 17,000 turbines to replace . . .
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Windenergy: the whole truth [Windmolens en wat meestal verzwegen wordt]
Author: Halkema, J.A.
‘In order to make a fair judgment on the possible usefulness of windturbines for the production of “clean electricity” (energy generated by wind, as a major source of green renewable energy), one should only use arguments based on reality. Biased statements based on the concerns of windturbines makers or on political motivations ought to be refrained, as they are suspicious beforehand.
‘Apart from being rational, the arguments used in a debate should also be underpinned by numbers. And it speaks for . . .
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Comments on proposed Noble Allegany Windpark, Application and Draft Environmental Impact Statement
Author: Abraham, Gary
On behalf of Centerville’s Concerned Citizens (CCC), an unincorporated association of Centerville residents and landowners. …
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Tru Greene, a song from St. Lucie County, Fla.
Author: Musicians Against Wind Turbines
A new anti-wind turbine song from Florida was done by a group calling themselves “Musicians Against Wind Turbines” who put together a band called Tru Greene to oppose a wind farm on the incredibly environmentally sensitive Hutchinson Island (which is the nesting ground of 5 species of endangered or threatened sea turtles and a migratory bird pathway as well as the most biodiverse estuary in North America).
The song includes local politics — FP&L is Florida Power & Light, the
Company who . . .
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Getting Up To Speed On Wind Power
Author: Droz, John
Overview of the situation (an introduction, outline, etc.)
Executive Summary (a one page, two point summary of the wind power issue)
Environmental Choice (a discussion of lesser known environmental hazards, plus an alternative to wind power)
an RPS analogy (RPS is at the core of the problem, and is the key thing that needs to be fixed)
Extensive List of References (a substantial amount of information about the wind power issue)
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Bird Fatality Study at Altamont Pass Wind Resource Area October 2005 to September 2007 — draft report
Author: Altamont Pass Avian Monitoring Team
Altamont Wind Resource Area (580 MW capacity) –
Estimated number of raptors killed: 2,856
Estimated number of nonraptors killed: 8,765
Estimated total number of birds killed: 11,621
January 25, 2008
Download “Bird Fatality Study at Altamont Pass Wind Resource Area October 2005 to September 2007 — DRAFT REPORT”
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Wind Energy: Policies and Recommendations
Author: Sliwinski, Maggi
Electricity from wind can be created through either industrial (very large) turbines or residential (small) turbines. There is major controversy concerning the development of industrial wind farms, which are usually groupings of 20 or more turbines, as can be seen on web sites such as National Wind Watch (www.wind-watch.org). However, industrial development of wind farms is the most common route for companies that want to develop wind energy, mainly because of the policies and incentives that have been . . .
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Industrial Wind: A Bill of Goods
Author: Boone, Jon
Another great essay by Jon Boone of Maryland, this one for an appearance in Westfield, N.Y. (Chautauqua County), Oct. 17, 2007:
Why would anyone unquestioningly accept the claims of wind salesmen, unless their good intentions were whipsawed between the desire to do something about climate change, as if they could, while clinging to the comforts of a life fossil fuels make possible. Since wind developers promote their technology as both environmentally benign and effective, support for wind technology allows people to . . .