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Resource Documents: Aesthetics (120 items)
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What empirical research has established about wind farm visual impact
Author: Crawford, Michael
The substantial body of empirical research now available on wind farm visual impact (VI), from very credible and impartial teams, shows a consistent and essentially linear relationship between turbine height, distance and wind farm VI. For any degree of VI (such as the zone of visual influence, or threshold for visual dominance), if turbine height is doubled, the distance threshold for that degree of impact also typically doubles. The research based distances for thresholds for key levels of VI are . . .
More »Refusal/Diúltú: North Meath Wind Farm
Author: An Bord Pleanála
IARRATAS ar chead faoi alt 37E den Acht um Pleanáil agus Forbairt, 2000, leasaithe, de réir na bpleananna agus na sonraí, lena n-áirítear ráiteas tionchair timpeallachta agus ráiteas tionchair Natura, a thaisc North Meath Wind Farm Limited faoi chúram Fehily Timoney and Company Limited as Core House, Bóthar Pholl an Duibh, Corcaigh leis an mBord Pleanála an 6ú lá de Dheireadh Fómhair, 2014. … Meastar go mbeadh feirm ghaoithe den scála, den mhéad agus den airde atá beartaithe ina gné thiarnasach . . .
More »Wind Turbine Visibility and Visual Impact Threshold Distances in Western Landscapes
Author: Sullivan, Robert; et al.
Abstract The siting of wind facilities to minimize visual impacts to high-value scenic resources presents a major challenge for land management agencies in the western United States. The visibility and potential visual contrasts associated with utility-scale wind facilities are dependent on complex interactions of a variety of factors, but little systematic study of visibility in real landscape settings has been conducted. In a study sponsored by the United States Department of the Interior Bureau of Land Management, 377 observations of . . .
More »Environmental issues associated with wind energy — a review
Author: Dai, Kaoshan; Bergot, Anthony; Liang, Chao; Xoang, Wei-Ning; and Huang, Zhenhua
Recognized as one of the most mature renewable energy technologies, wind energy has been developing rapidly in recent years. Many countries have shown interest in utilizing wind power, but they are concerned about the environmental impacts of the wind farms. The continuous growth of the wind energy industry in many parts of the world, especially in some developing countries and ecologically vulnerable regions, necessitates a comprehensive understanding of wind farm induced environmental impacts. The environmental issues caused by wind farms . . .
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