Resource Documents: Europe (36 items)
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Peasant Studies
Articles from The Journal of Peasant Studies Book review: Power struggles: dignity, value, and the renewable energy frontier in Spain Gavin Smith May 4, 2020 doi:10.1080/03066150.2020.1745391 [download pdf] After years in which nobody showed any interest, at last now as we enter the second decade of an apocalyptic century, the world’s fifth largest oil company is to address the energy transition. And they are going to do it by casting off the past and creating a new future with the . . .
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Comment lutter contre un projet éolien [How to fight against a wind project]
Author: Fédération Environnement Durable
Nous assistons depuis plusieurs années à un déferlement de projets éoliens dans nos régions avec des machines de plus en plus nombreuses, de plus en plus grandes et de plus en plus puissantes. Leurs nuisances sont aujourd’hui avérées et reconnues. Cette invasion qui menace l’intégrité du sol français va être renforcée par la récente loi d’accélération des Energies Renouvelables qui vient d’être votée. Des éoliennes risquent d’être installées près de chez vous ? Des moyens existent pour contrecarrer ce type de . . .
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Störungs- und Unfallereignissen an Windkraftanlagen
Author: Keine Windkraft in Emmerthal
Malfunctions and accidents at wind turbines in Germany The list does not claim to be complete or correct for the system types/manufacturers. Liste erhebt keinen Anspruch auf Vollständigkeit bzw. Richtigkeit der Anlagentypen/Hersteller. Download original document: “Unfallliste 2023-04-14” See also: list at vernunftkraft.de
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Large-scale effects of offshore wind farms on seabirds of high conservation concern
Author: Garthe, Stefan; et al.
[abstract] The North Sea is a key area worldwide for the installation of offshore wind farms (OWFs). We analysed data from multiple sources to quantify the effects of OWFs on seabirds from the family Gaviidae (loons) in the German North Sea. The distribution and abundance of loons changed substantially from the period before to the period after OWF construction. Densities of loons were significantly reduced at distances of up to 9–12 km from the OWF footprints. Abundance declined by 94% . . .
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