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Wind Power News: Letters
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Oppose Powys pylon plans now before it is too late
Having recently attended an excellent public meeting regarding the proposed wind farm at Nant Mithel in the Radnor Forest I feel that I now have a much better understanding of this major proposal for mid Wales. The sheer scale of the wind farms proposed are extraordinary – 31 huge turbines at this site using 211 acres of hard standing and up to 100,000 trees to be felled. Then a further 34 turbines at the Bryn Gilwern and Aberedw sites. This . . . Complete story »
So-called green energy wind farms are steadily becoming ever more dark
Sir, – In Orkney we were told that a wind farm due to produce electricity for our island for the next 25 years could be considered in environmental terms dark green. Consider the following, and over their working life decide what shade of green you now think they represent. • The making of the wind turbines in a foreign country using hydrocarbons and chemicals in the process; • Transporting them by sea and road from Europe to Orkney; • The . . . Complete story »
An ill wind blows
As a resident of Eddy County, I have some concerns on the new wind farm being planned. I was told by a PRC Wind (project manager of the wind farm) representative that it has gotten larger. Are you sure you will not be surrounded with these towers? What about phase 2 or 3? This wind farm will not only change the view of the landscape, what will happen to ur property values and taxes? Will our property resale values go . . . Complete story »
No evidence wind farms cause deformities in foals?
An AFP Fact Check by Gwen Roley of AFP Canada [link], “No evidence wind farms cause deformities in foals” (10 April 2024), cites, “The consensus among faculty and staff members spoken to at the University of Calgary Faculty of Veterinary Medicine (UCVM) is that there is no scientific basis to wind turbines causing deformities in horses.” But the Portuguese study directly addressed that: “To investigate a possible genetic cause, two foals from distinct bloodlines were brought to the stud. These . . . Complete story »
Ill winds generate little electricity
Sir, – Herbert Petrie (Letters, April 17) is wrong when he claims that Scotland “can generate electricity for 25 million homes every day”. Most of Scotland’s generating capacity is wind power and there are scores of days each year when the country is becalmed – often at night when there’s no solar energy. For example, on 24 Feb at 23.55, UK wind turbines across the land and sea with a capacity of 23,076 MW were generating a minuscule 160 MW and this . . . Complete story »
House committees ignore billion-dollar cost of Renewable Energy Standard – what is going on?
An open letter to Chairs Amy Sheldon and Emelie Kornheiser and members of the House Environment and Energy and House Ways and Means Committees – I write with a heavy heart and honestly in a state of shock because of the lack of due diligence and scrutiny happening around the cost impacts to Vermonters with the current version of H.289, the Renewable Energy Standard (RES). As you know, this bill requires 100% of electricity sold by Vermont utilities to be . . . Complete story »
Wind turbines pose environmental risks
Recent letters slamming the Preservation Society’s lawsuit against the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management are an unfortunate result of all the misinformation about wind power that has been trafficked by the “green” lobby for years now. But I agree the lawsuit’s about money, all right: It’s the billions being made from taxpayer and ratepayer subsidies by the developers, without regard for the consequences. Regardless of the approval and promotion of this project by other entities, permitting by agencies like BOEM . . . Complete story »
Wind farms harvest subsidies
Much has been made of the potential benefits of wind power and many people get visions of rainbows and unicorns dancing between the pristine white towers when they think of wind power. The truth about the costs and benefits of wind generated electricity is somewhat different than those idealistic thoughts. We have been subjected to a constant stream of propaganda regarding renewable energy for too long. I’m not a climate denialist – climate change is real but I’m personally tired . . . Complete story »
Germans have a word for this folly
Sir, – The recent period of cold, windless weather, known as a “dunkelflaute” (a German word referring to a period of winter weather with low light and little to no wind), should serve as lesson to energy policy makers. Temperatures plummeted right across the UK and the thousands of onshore and offshore turbines struggled to meet 2% of demand. These dunkelflautes are not uncommon during the winter months and as it gets colder and wind fails we are forced to . . . Complete story »
Big worries over impacts
I am concerned about the impacts of climate capitalism on the environment and costs of living. Evidently a wind turbine can use about 30,000 tonnes of iron ore from coal coking, about 30,000 tonnes of concrete from shale and limestone mining, about a tonne of rare earth neodymium with uranium and thorium waste, cobalt mining using child slave labour, and balsa wood from deforestation of the Amazon. Then there is the transportation. Also there is deforestation, erosion and sedimentation, plus . . . Complete story »
