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Alerts and Events: Americas
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.
Aesthetics, Economics, Energy, Events, Flyers, Impacts, Information, Nebraska •
Source: Stanton County Citizens
Hearing a lot of windy talk about the proposed Wind Turbines in Stanton County?
DO NOT LET YOUR COUNTY BE COLLATERAL DAMAGE TO INDUSTRIAL WIND! Download original document: “Flyer: Commissioners’ Hearing on Proposed Zoning Regulations for Wind Energy”
Paradise Destroyed: The Destruction of Rural Living by the Wind Energy Scam
Paradise Destroyed: The Destruction of Rural Living by the Wind Energy Scam by Gregg Hubner, assisted by Jamin Hübner Buy at Amazon. Wind energy. It’s free. It’s green. It’s healthy. It’s sustainable. And it’s lucrative for property-owners. If only this popular narrative were true. In Paradise Destroyed, Gregg Hubner fully exposes wind energy development for what it really is: a taxpayer scam. And not only is it a scam, but wind farms are a destructive force of 21st-century crony-capitalism that . . .
Information, Law, Property values, U.S. •
Source: Coalition for Rural Property Rights
Things Commonly Found in a Wind Contract
These items will not be in every company’s contract, but they are commonly found in most. There will be a non-exclusive easement covering your entire property, not just the footprint of the turbine and the access road. They can install, construct, remove, relocate, replace, use, maintain, and operate roads, bridges, culverts, staging and laydown areas as they see fit. They can construct a battery storage system. Contracts do not specify how big this is or that there is any additional . . .
Imminent danger for birds flying the Eastern Seaboard/Atlantic migratory route
Dear National Wind Watch, I have lived on Monhegan island in Maine for 30 years. Monhegan Island is a small island (1 mi × 3/4 mi) that is located 13 miles off of the coast of Maine, USA, and is a stop-off for many species of birds traveling the Eastern/Atlantic Migratory Flyway route north in the spring and south in the fall along the Eastern coast. In many cases the island is the first piece of land that birds see . . .
Economics, Flyers, Iowa, Noise, Property values •
Source: Coalition for Rural Property Rights
Reasons NOT to Sign a Wind Contract
Turbines cost you money The future of farming is in efficiency and precision. Turbine roads and towers decrease efficiency every time a field is worked whether it is planting, harvesting, tillage, spraying or other applications. Major seed companies will be less likely to grow seed corn near turbines. They need to be expedient with aerial applications which turbines hinder. Turbines can interfere with GPS, drones and any newer technology that requires a consistent signal. They do not offer nearly enough . . .
Wind Issues in Vermont
Divided Communities – Foreign corporations with government subsidies Enel (Italy), Iberdrola (Spain), Gaz-‐Metro (Canada), Nordex (Germany) Expensive Regulatory Process, Intervenors Consistently Ignored by PSB $0 for Towns to participate in the Public Service Board process Economics – $$ to “host” town, neighboring towns get $0 or token payments, and negative impacts Confidential power costs Selling Renewable Energy Credits (RECs) out of state, while getting credit for the SPEED program requirements Aviation – Interference with radar and safety issues for airports, . . .
Economics, Iowa, Law, Publications •
Source: Coalition for Rural Property Rights
Advice on signing a wind turbine contract
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