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Wind Power News: August 2004
These news and opinion items are gathered by National Wind Watch in its noncommercial educational effort to help keep readers informed about developments related to industrial wind energy. They do not necessarily reflect the opinions of National Wind Watch. They are the products of and owned by the organizations or individuals noted and are shared here according to “fair use” and “fair dealing” provisions of copyright law.
Coastal wind farm would destroy bird haven say protesters
Plans to build a wind farm on the edge of one of Britain’s most important bird sanctuaries have raised fears that the area could be destroyed as a haven for wildlife. The 12 turbines 380-feet high would stand on a stretch of coast visited by a huge number of waterbirds that feed on its mudflats and salt marshes. Migrating flocks also fly over the area and opponents of the scheme fear many birds could be killed by the rotor blades . . . Complete story »
Letter to Governor Kathleen Sebelius (KS) re. Flint Hills
With increasing resistance to wind turbine industrialization in Europe and other U.S. states, it makes no public policy sense to allow the Flint Hills to be ripped up while people throughout the world voice concern about the negative impact of industrial wind turbines on the general health and welfare of inhabitants. Complete story »
Two Letters to Kansas Legislators re. Flint Hills
There is less than 4% of native tallgrass prairie left in North America, and two-thirds of it is right here. Once you have experienced the spaciousness and exceptional beauty of open native grasslands, you know there is nothing in the world quite like it. These native grasslands are truly a national as well as a Kansas treasure. Complete story »
Energy-project openness
Renewable energy is supposed to be clean and green. It's supposed to assure us that when we turn on our lights or cool ourselves with air conditioners, we are not harming the environment. Complete story »
Lightning at wind farms 'could start fires'
Direct lightning strikes on wind farms could create power surges that damage the electricity network and start forest fires, according to campaigners against the proliferation of turbines in Scotland. Their concerns are the latest in a growing list of divisive arguments surrounding the renewable-energy industry from activists who claim Scotland’s wilderness could be blighted. Campaigners have obtained a report from the National Lightning Safety Institute (NLSI), which catalogues lightning problems experienced by United States and European wind farms, The Scotsman . . . Complete story »
Prince Charles: Wind farms are horrendous
The Prince of Wales believes that wind farms are a “horrendous blot on the landscape” and that their spread must be halted before they irreparably ruin some of Britain’s most beautiful countryside. The Telegraph can reveal that Prince Charles, who has an abiding interest in environmental issues, has told senior aides that he does not want to have any links with events or groups that promote onshore wind farms. The Prince, who believes that Britain needs to rethink its energy . . . Complete story »
