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    posted:  March 21, 2018
    Economics, Emissions, Environment, Essays, Health, Impacts, Information, Law, Noise, Property values, WildlifePrint storyE-mail story

    Source:  Coalition for Rural Property Rights

    Industrial wind turbines are being proposed in your community

    Industrial wind turbines are being proposed in your community. It may seem like a great opportunity but many people regret signing contracts, others regret not having fought them off and others have fought them off. These are the issues you should educate yourself on. 1. Property values Not many people want to live within an industrial installation so the value of your home will be diminished severely. The Berkley study they will bring out is flawed. 2. Electromagnetic and frequency . . .

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    posted:  May 4, 2017
    Denmark, Law, Noise, PublicationsPrint storyE-mail story

    Source:  Peter Skeel Hjorth

    En skjult magt

    »Vindmølleindustrien finder det ikke hensigtsmæssigt« (A hidden power: “The wind industry considers it inappropriate”) Click here for an interview in English with the author. Pris 249,00 kr. Antal sider: 210 ISBN: 9788771188257 Udgivelse: Maj 2017 Vindmøller støjer ikke! Vi hører det igen og igen fra både vindmølleindustrien og politikerne. Men hvorfor er der så stadig folk, der lider under støjen? Og hvorfor blev en professor ved Aalborg Universitet fyret, og hans apparat til at måle vindmøllestøj låst inde? Selv om . . .

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    posted:  April 19, 2017
    Information, Law, Property values, U.S.Print storyE-mail story

    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 . . .

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    posted:  November 2, 2016
    Economics, Iowa, Law, PublicationsPrint storyE-mail story

    Source:  Coalition for Rural Property Rights

    Advice on signing a wind turbine contract

    Download original brochure

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    posted:  June 10, 2016
    Law, Poland, Press releases, SetbacksPrint storyE-mail story

    Source:  stopwiatrakom.eu

    Polish Parliament adopts mandatory setback – 10 times turbine height – for industrial wind turbines

    On 9 June Polish Senate approved the bill providing for mandatory setbacks of new wind farm developments from residential housing, which had already been passed by the Lower House several weeks ago. To become law, the legislation must now be signed by Polish President Andrzej Duda and officially published. The law is expected to come into effect as from 1 July 2016. This new regulation affects rural communities in a number of important ways: future wind farms may be sited . . .

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    posted:  March 19, 2016
    Alberta, Hearings, Law, NoisePrint storyE-mail story

    Source:  Alberta Utilities Commission

    Mainstream Renewable in violation of noise levels, seeks waiver — request for submissions regarding application

    The Alberta Utilities Commission, the independent utilities regulator, will be considering the Oldman 2 wind farm post-construction sound survey at six locations in fulfillment of terms and conditions in Approval U2013-260. [Power Plant Approval U2013-260, Proceeding 2572, Application 1609509, May 15, 2013.] At one of the six locations evaluated for noise levels near the Oldman 2 wind power plant, as required for compliance with Approval U2013-260, receptor C is in excess of the permissible sound levels. The operator of the . . .

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    posted:  March 9, 2016
    Announcements, Economics, Environment, Law, Northern IrelandPrint storyE-mail story

    Source:  Department of the Environment, Northern Ireland

    Call for Evidence: Countryside and Renewable Energy Development

    The Department of the Environment has launched ‘Calls for Evidence’ to help inform the scope of forthcoming reviews of strategic planning policy for Development in the Countryside and strategic planning policy for Renewable Energy development. It is anticipated that the evidence received will improve the Department’s understanding of the operation and impact of the existing policy approaches as set out in the Strategic Planning Policy Statement and provide up-to-date evidence on the social, environmental and economic impacts of both strategic . . .

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