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Alerts and Events: Impacts
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.
Economics, Environment, Flyers, Massachusetts, Publications, Rhode Island, Videos •
Source: Green Oceans
Wind energy facilities planned off coast of Rhode Island and Massachusetts
INDUSTRIALIZATION DETAILS 1,000 or more wind turbines. 800- to 1,000-foot tall turbines, taller than any building in Boston. 12.9 miles from RI and 8.2 from MA. 1,400 square miles of ocean, 1.5 times the size of RI, will be industrialized. Pile driving into the seabed, heavy diesel vessel traffic, sediment plumes, and detonations of ordinances will harm whales, kill plankton, and reduce fishery stocks. CLIMATE CHANGE “No measurable influence on climate change” will result from these projects, according to the . . .
Environment, Products •
Source: Long Beach and South Shore Residents Opposed to Turbines
Save Our Seas – artwork by Marion Chapman
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Advertisements, Campaigns, Environment, Health, Noise, Ohio, Property values, Wildlife •
Source: Crawford Anti-Wind
Crawford Anti-Wind campaign spots
Crawford Anti-Wind
Tenth International Conference on Wind Turbine Noise
Wind Turbine Noise 2023 June 21-23, 2023 Trinity Business School, Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland https://www.windturbinenoise.eu/content/conferences/10-wind-turbine-noise-2023/ This is our tenth Wind Turbine Noise conference and we are back live on site again. This time in Dublin for three days on 21st to 23rd June 2023. Update: Registration is now open for the conference. We have a great venue on the historic campus at Trinity College Dublin right in the very heart of Dublin City. It is a few minutes’ walk from . . .
Impacts, Ohio, Publications •
Source: Crawford Anti-Wind/Crawford Neighbors United PAC
Hard Facts – 653.5 ft Industrial Scale Turbine
HARD FACTS – 653.5 FT INDUSTRIAL SCALE TURBINE (as proposed for Crawford County, OH) THE FOUNDATION 71 tons of rebar 29 tons of bolt cage 772 cubic yards of concrete Extremely hard rock, no pilings used 72.5 ft. across 11 ft. deep THE TOWER Transported in 7 sections 426.5 ft. tall THE GENERATOR Weighs 188,600 lbs. 17 ft. in diameter THE BLADES 221 ft. each 49,000 lbs. each Blade tip height is 653.5 ft. tall (199.2 meters) Rotor diameter is . . .
Changes to the regulation of wind farm noise – Victoria, Australia
New regulations of wind energy facilities in Victoria are proposed to ensure that the amenity of local communities is protected and to provide certainty for industry. These will replace interim regulations, which are due to expire in October 2022. What is being proposed? Three alternative approaches to wind farm noise regulation have been assessed in a regulatory impact statement (RIS), prepared by Deloitte Access Economics: No additional regulation – relying on general provisions within the Environment Protection Act 2017 Direct . . .
Announcements, Australia, Health, Noise, Studies •
Source: Adelaide Institute for Sleep Health
Wind Farm Noise Laboratory Study
This project will use the best available measurements of sleep and physiological activation responses to a range of different noise types to carefully test noise impacts on sleep macro-structure (sleep stage distribution and wake time during the sleep period) and sleep micro-structure (brief arousal and physiological activation responses). Participants who take part in the (CATI) and consent to being contacted about potential further involvement in this project, may be approached to take part in this phase of the study. Residents . . .
