Resource Library Category: Siting
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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.
Ridgeville and Wilton, Wisconsin, Wind Ordinances
Author: Towns of Wilton and Ridgeville, Wisc.
H. Noise.
1. Audible Sound Limit.
a. No Wind Turbine or group of turbines shall be located so as to cause an exceedance of the pre-construction/operation background sound levels by more than 5 dBA or dBC. The background sound levels shall be the L90 dB sound descriptor (both A and C weighting) measured during a pre-construction noise study during the quietest time of evening or night. Measurements shall be for ten (10) minutes or more. L90 results are valid when L10 results . . .
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Micrositing
Author: Nordex
Choosing the type of wind turbine (WTG) and its exact position are very important parts of the planning work of a wind park. This process is called micrositing.
During micrositing many aspects have to be regarded:
wind conditions (statistic data concerning wind speed and wind direction)
building requirements (e.g. distances to residences)
ownership structure of the area
accessibility (existing roads)
influence of the WTG on the environment (e.g. shadow flickering, noise emission)
distances between the individual turbines in a . . .
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Wind Power Siting Issues — Overview
Author: Hewson, Tom
Presented at: National Association of Attorney Generals, Wind Energy Facility Siting Issue Panel, Manchester, NH, April 21, 2008
Extracted text:
Wind Project Siting Issues
• Need high quality wind resources
• Large footprint, small power output
• Wind power — Green but high cost alternative
• Tall Structures — Highly Visible
• Impact on local property values
• No air/water emissions but may pose other environmental health & safety challenges
• Wind generation environmental/economic benefits
Wind Project Development Issues
• Large footprint, small power output
– Industry rule of thumb has . . .
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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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Environment, New York, Property values, Regulations, Safety, Siting, Tourism
Comments to the Moresville Energy Project DEIS
Author: Western Catskill Preservation Alliance
In addition to the comments on the Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS), the large file below includes graphics and signed Declarations of Opposition to the Moresville Energy Project in the towns of Stamford and Roxbury, N.Y..
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Appeal Decision, Rhos Garn Whilgarn, Tagarreg, Llandysul, Ceredigion
Author: Wild, Stuart
The appeal is made by RES Developments Limited against the decision of Ceredigion County Council. The application Ref A050648, dated 8/06/05, was refused by notice dated 20/09/06. The development proposed is a 10 turbine wind farm and associated electrical transformers, sub-station and control building, 60m anemometer mast and infrastructure for a period of 25 years.
Decision: The appeal is dismissed. (Date 07/02/08)
Main issues: In my view the main issues in this case are the effect of the proposal on the . . .
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Letter to Oklahoma Dept. of Wildlife Conservation
Author: Elmore, R. Dwayne; Davis, Craig; Baydack, Rick; Sherrod, Steve; Wolfe, Donald; and O'Connell, Timothy
We are writing this letter in response to the proposal recently presented by Oklahoma Gas and Electric Company to the Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation (ODWC) regarding wind development on the Hal and Fern Cooper Wildlife Management Area (WMA). We … have serious concerns regarding the likely outcomes a decision to allow wind power development on WMAs will have. We have outlined these below for your consideration.
First, a decision to allow wind development on WMAs would set a precedent not . . .
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Union Township (Wisc.) Wind Energy Systems Licensing Ordinance
Author: Union, Wisconsin, Wind Study Committee
Noise emitted by Wind Turbines shall not exceed 38 dBC, 35 dBA, or 5 dBA over background ambient noise levels, whichever is lower, when measured from the outside of the nearest residence, business, school, daycare facility, church, hospital and other inhabited structures.
Each Wind Turbine must be set back:
at least 1,000 feet from the nearest property line and at least 5 times the rotor diameter of the rubine from the property lines of all adjoining property owners who have not granted . . .
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Comments: USFS Wind Energy Proposed Directives
Author: Wilderness Society
These comments are submitted in response to the Federal Register Notice for the Wind Energy, Proposed Forest Service Directives. Federal Register, Volume 72, No. 184, pages 54233-54239, commensurate with the Notice of Extension of Public Comment for the Forest Service Proposed Wind Energy Directives. Federal Register, Volume 72, No. 227, pages 66130-66131.
January 23, 2008
Attention: Director, Lands Staff
4th Floor-South
USDA Forest Service
1400 Independence Avenue, SW
Mailstop 1124
Washington, DC 20250
FAX: 202-205-1604
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Also see the letter from . . .
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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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