| Wind Watch is a registered educational charity, founded in 2005. |
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.
National Photography Competition
$1000 CASH PRIZE The theme of this national photo competition is RECKLESS RENEWABLES: ADVERSE IMPACT IN IMAGES Enter “The Impact of Reckless Renewables” national photo competition. Use your photographic skills to capture and share the negative effects of commercial wind turbines, high voltage transmission towers, grid solar systems, pumped hydro facilities, and grid batteries on farmers, fishermen, the land and sea, wildlife, the environment, communities, and everyday life. Opens 2nd April 2024 and closes 1 June 2024. Residents of Australia . . .
Action alerts, Energy, Environment, Massachusetts, Meetings, Safety •
Source: Save Greater Dowses Beach
“Close to the Wind” Summit — January 4, 2024
“Close to the Wind” Summit to Convene at the Hyport Conference Center in Hyannis, Massachusetts, Barnstable, Massachusetts – January 4, 2024 The “Close to the Wind” Summit, a gathering to bring together concerned voices to discuss the technology, wisdom and risks of offshore wind development. Guest speakers will discuss offshore wind power development, interconnection and better approaches to the transition to renewable energy. The conference will take place on Saturday, January 27, 2024, at the Hyport Conference Center, 35 Scudder Ave., . . .
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
Buy shirts here. PDF of artwork.
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 . . .
