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Alerts Archive: August 2014
These postings are provided to help publicize and provide examples of the efforts of affiliated groups and individuals related to industrial wind energy development. Most of the notices posted here are not the product of nor are they necessarily endorsed by National Wind Watch.
Europe, Meetings, Noise, Technology •
Source: European Wind Energy Association
Wind Turbine Sound 2014
9-10 December 2014, Malmö, Sweden The second edition of EWEA’s technology workshop on wind turbine sound will take place from 9 o 10 December 2014 in in Malmö, Sweden. The 2014 EWEA sound workshop will have common threads running through the different sessions. These threads are: Amplitude modulation (AM/OAM) Low-frequency sounds (LFS) Sound levels Tones In relation with these threads, the workshop will cover the following topics: Human perception of sound National guidelines on noise Real-world sound measurements Wind farm . . .
Advertisements, Aesthetics, Economics, Energy, Maine, Radio •
Source: Saving Maine
Saving Maine’s first three radio commercials exposing wind power
“Goodbye, Saddleback Mountain” “Poor Wind vs. Tax Breaks” “Power Exporter”
Urgent requests from Richard Heaslip, Chair of Trustees, Dorset CPRE
WEST DORSET WIND FARM PLANNING APPLICATION WD/D/14/000885 20 June 2014 Planning permission is being sought for what would be Dorset’s largest wind farm. Proposed for a site in West Dorset, in open unspoilt countryside just north of Tolpuddle, it would comprise five 115 metre (377 feet) high industrial-scale turbines. Last time I wrote to you and asked for your support the response was over 1,000 objections – this was instrumental in forcing the developer to withdraw its proposal for a . . .
Announcements, Hearings, Law, Oklahoma •
Source: Corporation Commission of Oklahoma
Inquiry of the Oklahoma Corporation Commission to identify and resolve issues related to the development and use of wind energy
The Oklahoma Corporation Commission (“Commission”) opens this Notice of Inquiry (“NOI”) to identify and examine issues regarding wind energy development in the State of Oklahoma and in consideration of Senate President Pro Tempore Brian Bingman’s letter dated May 19, 2014, requesting that the Commission examine certain aspects of wind energy development. The following items are some, but not necessarily all, matters to be considered: SITING: When siting a wind farm, which, if any, governmental entities are involved with the approval . . .