Resource Documents: Poland (6 items)
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Real-time wind production — various regions
Author: National Wind Watch
World: Current electricity production and consumption – click an area for details
Europe: Current load, generation, exchange
Nordpool: Current production by source type in the Nordic power system
West Denmark: Electricity prices, consumption, and production today
France: Quarter-hour consumption and production
France: Quarter-hour production and installed capacities
France: Current, weekly, monthly, yearly demand and production
Germany: Quarter-hour net electricity generation
Germany: Quarter-hour wind production in EnBW control area (Baden-Württemberg)
Great Britain: Last 24 hours of generation by fuel type, every 5 minutes
Great Britain: Current, weekly, monthly, yearly demand and production
Ireland: Daily quarter-hour wind generation and system demand
Ireland: Quarter-hour system demand and fuel mix
Portugal: Real-time wind power generation (previous days) and total power generation (wind is included under “special status”)
Spain: 10-minute demand and generation share
Alberta: Monthly wind power forecast vs. actual comparison reports
Ontario: Latest hour of generation
Ontario: Daily hourly generation (scroll to bottom of table for wind plant)
Ontario: Hourly generation and other power data
Northwestern USA: Previous week, real-time 5-minute wind generation, Bonneville Power Administration
California: Daily hourly production, CAISO [click here to download complete report (PDF) from previous day.]
Barnstable, Massachusetts: hourly, daily, weekly, monthly, yearly production and consumption of a 100-kW turbine since June 1, 2011 (100% daily generation would be 2,400 kWh)
Scituate, Massachusetts: hourly, daily, weekly, monthly, yearly production and consumption of a 1.5-MW turbine since March 30, 2012 (100% daily generation would be 36,000 kWh)
Mark Richey Woodworking, Newburyport, Massachusetts: hourly, daily, monthly production of a 600-kW turbine since June 2009 (100% daily generation would be 14,400 kWh)
University of Delaware, Newark: current power output (kW) of 2,000-kW turbine
Low frequency noise legislation
Author: Alves-Pereira, Mariana; Motylewski, Jersy; Kotlicka, Elzbieta; and Castelo Branco, Nuno
Paper accepted for Inter-noise 2007, 28-31 August, Istanbul, Turkey
Abstract: Legislation regarding low frequency noise (LFN, <500 Hz including infrasound), when existent, is highly deficient. Not only is it expressed in dBA, actually defeating the purpose of evaluating LFN, but no concrete measures are prescribed if excessive LFN is identified. The status quo notion that acoustical phenomena are only harmful when perceived by humans cannot be sustained given current scientific facts. The purpose of this report is to demonstrate just how inadequate legislation is regarding LFN control, and how ubiquitous LFN is in locations common to the general public. Methods. Noise assessments were conducted in homes, clubs, public transportation and common automobiles, in 1/3 octave bands and with a lower limiting frequency of 6.3 Hz, measured in dBLin. Overall average noise levels are reported in both dBA and dBLin. Results. Comparative frequency analysis among acoustic environments that possess the same dBA levels show that it is not scientifically valid to presume the existence of comparable acoustic environments merely based on a dBA level, i.e., equal dBA levels does not mean equal acoustic environments. Neither the dBA nor the dBLin parameter adequately reflect the presence of LFN components. Discussion. LFN is ubiquitous in modern society, and yet it is not adequately legislated. Noise-related studies do not take LFN in account and thus yield results that are deemed controversial, contradictory, and inconclusive. No effort is made to control LFN in the homes, nor in other locations of common use to the general public. The implications of ignoring LFN as an agent of disease for the public health is detrimental to us all as a human society, and a nightmare for future generations.
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