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Industrial Wind Power in the Mountains of Virginia
Author: Virginia Wind
Overstated Benefits and Understated Costs The attached brochure is provided as a counterpoint to the Virginia State Wind Symposium at James Madison University on June 18th and 19th [2008]. This symposium is sponsored by the Virginia Wind Energy Collaborative (VWEC), a state and federally funded organization that purports to promote balanced development of wind generated electricity in Virginia. The symposium, however, is remarkably unbalanced. Although concerns have been widely raised about the overstated benefits and understated costs of industrial-scale wind . . .
More »Report on Remand of Alexander K. Skirpan, Jr., Hearing Examiner
Author: Virginia State Corporation Commission
“Highland Wind seeks authority to construct nineteen wind turbines in Highland County, Virginia. In its order dated April 6, 2007, the Commission remanded the case for furter proceedings to address the development and implementation of a comprehensive post-construction monitoring and mitigation plan. This report on remand develops such a plan for the Commission’s consideration. …” Download original document: “Report on Remand of Alexander K. Skirpan, Jr., Hearing Examiner”
More »Ecological impacts of wind energy development on bats
Author: Kunz, Thomas; Arnett, Edward; Erickson, Wallace; Hoar, Alexander; Johnson, Gregory; Larkin, Ronald; Strickland, M. Dale; Thresher, Robert; and Tuttle, Merlin
Thomas Kunz, of the Center for Ecology and Conservation Biology, Boston University, with colleagues from Bat Conservation International, Western EcoSystems Technology, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, the Illinois Natural History Survey, and the National Renewable Energy Laboratory, reviews the state of knowledge about impacts of wind energy facilities on bats. Published in Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment, August 2007. Of particular concern is the cumulative effect of continuing wind energy development. Based on existing studies and the proposal . . .
More »Report: Dollars and Sense
Author: Schwartz, L.M.
While wind generated electricity may make sense in some circumstances, industry and government claims for its widespread use are not currently supported by sound science or economic analysis of costs v. benefits … The author is from the Virginia Land Rights Coalition. Download original document: “Wind Power Dollars and Sense”
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