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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.
Does an industrial scale wind turbine sound like a refrigerator to you?
Author: Rock County Tax-Payers for a Better Renewable Energy Plan
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Wind turbine noise is no joke.
The American Wind Energy Associatin (AWEA) tells us they make about as much noise as a refrigerator.
“Wind turbine noise is as loud as your refrigerator heard from the living room.” Tom Gray, AWEA
“Today, an operating wind farm at a distance of 200 meters [656 feet] is no noisier than a refrigerator.” Tom Gray, AWEA
“Today, an operating wind farm at a distance of 300 . . .
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Life with Industrial Wind Turbines in Wisconsin: Part 8
Author: Anon.
By courtesy of Rock County Tax-Payers for a Better Renewable Energy Plan
Interview with Arlin Montfils, Supervisor, Lincoln Township, Wisconsin. See transcript below (again, thanks to Better Plan).
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Arlin Montfils: We knew nothing, really, about them. The company said, well– they imposed an 800 foot set-back from the nearest resident.
Q: Not from their property line, but from their home.
The nearest resident. I believe that’s what it . . .
Life with Industrial Wind Turbines in Wisconsin: Part 7
Author: Anon.
By courtesy of Rock County Tax-Payers for a Better Renewable Energy Plan
Interview with Dan and Julie Jullickson, Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin. See transcript below (again, thanks to Better Plan).
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Q: So what can you tell us about the wind turbines in this area here? What’s your experience with them? Have you had any adverse effects.
Dan: The only thing is the noise–
Julie: Well, first of . . .
Life with Industrial Wind Turbines in Wisconsin: Part 6
Author: Anon.
By courtesy of Rock County Tax-Payers for a Better Renewable Energy Plan
Interview with Sandy Vercauteren, Registered Nurse, Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin. See transcript below (again, thanks to Better Plan).
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I don’t call it a common sound. It’s something you’re very aware of an it shouldn’t be there and what distresses me about it is you can’t get away from it.
I’ve had somebody say . . .
Life with Industrial Wind Turbines in Wisconsin: Part 5
Author: Anon.
Life with Industrial Wind Turbines in Wisconsin: Part 5
By courtesy of Rock County Tax-Payers for a Better Renewable Energy Plan
Interview with Gerry Meyer, Byron, Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin. See transcript below (again, thanks to Better Plan). Click here for the Meyer family’s daily log of the wind turbine noise and its effects.
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GERRY: Well I’ve been keeping a daily log and I think it . . .
Life with Industrial Wind Turbines in Wisconsin: Part 4
Author: Anon.
By courtesy of Rock County Tax-Payers for a Better Renewable Energy Plan
Interview with Jim and Cheryl Congdon, Horicon Marsh Advocates, Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin. See transcript below (again, thanks to Better Plan).
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Q: Would you say that the people who were making decisions on allowing this development to take place did they listen to the concerns of the local people are far as what . . .
Life with Industrial Wind Turbines in Wisconsin: Part 3
Author: Anon.
By courtesy of Rock County Tax-Payers for a Better Renewable Energy Plan
Interview with Don Sampson, who leases his land for a wind turbine, Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin. See transcript below (again, thanks to Better Plan).
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“This thing came up here– you know, they do a lot of tramping around and do tests.
And they apparently found this to be a good windy area –I think . . .
Life with Industrial Wind Turbines in Wisconsin: Part 2
Author: Anon.
By courtesy of Rock County Tax-Payers for a Better Renewable Energy Plan
Interview with Larry Wunsch, Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin. See transcript below (again, thanks to Better Plan).
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Q. What can you tell us about your experience of what’s happened here?
This project started about four years ago when they first came into the area here. A lot neighbors in the area got wind of . . .
Life with Industrial Wind Turbines in Wisconsin: Part 1
Author: Anon.
By courtesy of Rock County Tax-Payers for a Better Renewable Energy Plan
Interview with Curt Kindschuh, Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin.
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Infrared Video Clips of Bats Interacting with Wind Turbines
Author: Horn, Jason; Arnett, Edward; and Kunz, Thomas
Bats Interacting with Wind Turbines
from: Horn et al. 2008 Journal of Wildlife Management 72:1 123-132
The video clips on this site are presented to support a study that appears in the Journal of Wildlife Management. This study deals with the recent finding that forest-dwelling bats are often found dead beneath operating wind turbines at wind energy facilities. We used thermal infrared video cameras to record the flight behavior of bats at night near these turbines in an attempt to understand the . . .