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Webster/Rollo and Shorten/Carty vs Meenacloghspar Wind
Author: Egan, Emily
Judgment of Ms. Justice Emily Egan delivered on the 8th day of March 2024 Ballyduff, Enniscorthy, Co. Wexford— 582. I find that there are frequent and sustained periods during which AM [amplitude modulation] values are conservatively in excess of 5 or 6 dBA. I also find that there are regular periods during which the AM values are considerably in excess of 6 dBA, in the order of 10 dBA or more. I find that such high AM values exacerbate the . . .
More »Clear away with your useless turbines
Author: Glenties Windfarm Information Group
Download the MP3 file. Buy the higher-quality track at Bandcamp. This is a song based on our experience of wind farm planning applications in the Glenties/Ardara area of County Donegal, Ireland. The furtive secrecy, the lack of public consultation, the absence of cost/benefit analysis,the lies about employment, the environmental destruction caused by wind farming and its associated industries, and the need for communities to simply say no, not under these conditions. —Glenties Windfarm Information Group, 2015 stopthesethings.com/2014/08/16/how-much-co2-gets-emitted-to-build-a-wind-turbine/ irishenergyblog.blogspot.ie/2015/04/cost-benefit-analysis-obligations-for.html www.bbc.com/future/story/20150402-the-worst-place-on-earth (((( . . .
More »Lenalea windpower facility
Author: SSE Renewables
The Lenalea windpower facility is located in the rural upland setting of central Donegal, around 8km southwest of Letterkenny. The project secured planning permission in January 2010 but was unable to progress due to the lack of access to the electricity grid. Construction was completed in August 2023. The Lenalea windpower facility consists of seven Vestas V117-4.3 MW turbines, each with a tip height of 136m (446ft). The blades are 57m (187ft) long, and the hub height of each turbine is . . .
More »Effects of development of wind energy and associated changes in land use on bird densities in upland areas
Author: Fernández‐Bellon, Darío; et al.
Wind farm effects on birds in upland areas are guild specific and mediated by changes in land use associated with wind farm construction.
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