This site is dedicated to the education of the public about the proposition of NextEra Energy, formerly known as The Florida Power and Light Company(FPL) to build and operate a 133 wind turbine “farm” in portions of DeKalb and Lee counties. Continue reading →
Wind Turbine Concerns
See a an overview of just some of the Wind Turbine Concerns, like noise, shadow flicker, fires and collapses.
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DeKalb County Wind Turbine Noise
Wondering what a day in the footprint of the DeKalb County industrial wind energy center might sound like? Yes, there were planes flying over the area, but not during these clips, it just sounds that way. All the video was captured with the same camera and settings. The distances were determined using an optical range finder.
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Wind power is a complete disaster
There is no evidence that industrial wind power is likely to have a significant impact on carbon emissions. The European experience is instructive. Denmark, the world’s most wind-intensive nation, with more than 6,000 turbines generating 19% of its electricity, has yet to close a single fossil-fuel plant. It requires 50% more coal-generated electricity to cover wind power’s unpredictability, and pollution and carbon dioxide emissions have risen (by 36% in 2006 alone).
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The Brewing Tempest Over Wind Power
People living near turbines increasingly report sleep deprivation, headaches and vertigo. The wind lobby says there’s no proof.
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FPL Energy Illinois Wind – DeKalb Property Value Guarantee
There has been a lot of talk about the Property Value Guarantee Agreement from FPL Energy Illinois Wind, LLC ( referenced simply as FPL further in this discussion). This agreement applies to property that is within 3/4 of a mile of the base of any wind tower that is part of the Wind Energy Center in DeKalb County (Ordinance No, 2009-05). No more talk, just the plain truthful facts. It’s time to set the record straight and show what the document actually states.
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Lee-DeKalb Wind turbines
Wind turbines in Lee-DeKalb Counties, IL
Claims of wind farm illness
Victoria’s largest wind farm operation is attracting attention as the residents of Waubra, north-west of Ballarat, claim the turbines are causing health problems.
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Wind tower neighbor bought out for health reasons
Barbara Ashbee-Lormand traveled from central Ontario to central Vermont in late October to a discussion of an industrial wind turbine development proposed for the town of Ira, organized by Vermonters for a Clean Environment. She’s a rare figure in the debate over the effects big wind towers have on people. She’s one of only two homeowners that a major wind company, Canadian Hydro Developers, has conceded it bought out because of their complaints that the huge gadgets proved to be impossible to live with.
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Shadow Flicker
Turbine shadow flicker occurs in the home, around the home and on the local roads in the Lee-DeKalb counties. It’s difficult to get away from it, even if it’s not in your own home. Our friends and neighbors have it in their homes. Even if neither of us has in our home at the moment, the fields and roads can be another problem.
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Shadow Flicker Blues II
Wondering what turbine shadow flicker looks like. Check out the video from our home.
This was our New Years day gift, courtesy of the DeKalb County Board.
Video: 8:42 AM
Annoyance, another word for Torment
WindAction Editorial
Last September, Concerned Citizens to Save Roxbury and others filed an appeal of the Maine Department of Environmental Protection’s (MEDEP) final order approving the Record Hill wind energy facility proposed for Roxbury, ME.
The appeal challenged the permit on a number of important issues including MEDEP’s reliance, in part, on claims made by Maine’s Center for Disease Control that there is “no evidence in peer-reviewed medical and public health literature of adverse health effects from noise generated from wind turbines other than occasional reports of annoyances.” Continue reading →
Shadow Flicker Blues
Today’s shadow flicker is brought to you courtesy of the DeKalb County Board.
The turbines are operational now, and we have experienced first hand shadow flicker. I’m an optimistic realist, but no longer optimistic regarding shadow flicker. This is a small portion of over 45 minutes of shadow flicker that occurred in our home this morning.
Video: 8:42 AM
Lee Wants Suit by Wind Farm Company Dismissed
The Village of Lee has filed a motion asking that a judge dismiss a lawsuit filed against them by a company that wants to build wind turbines near their borders, and the law firm representing the village of just over 300 people on the western edge of DeKalb County says the village plans to “vigorously” defend against lawsuit by the company building a wind farm mostly in southwest DeKalb County.
Village of Lee petitions judge to examine how summons were served
DeKALB – Lawyers for the Village of Lee are asking a judge to examine how court summons were served to village board members who are being sued for rejecting a request by an energy company to build six wind turbines near the village.
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Lee Zoning Board Meeting 7 PM 8/31/2009
Lee Zoning Board Meeting 7 PM 8/31/2009.
It’s refreshing to see local government actually vote according to what the majority of the people want. The Lee board members unanimously agreed to NOT approve 6 turbines within the 1.5 mile buffer of the town of Lee.
Video: 8/31/2009 07:53 PM
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Wind farms can appear sinister to the weatherman
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. — Wind farms have been blamed for disrupting the lives of birds, bats and, most recently, the land-bound sage grouse.
Now the weatherman?
The massive spinning blades affixed to towers 200 feet high can appear on Doppler radar like a violent storm or even a tornado.
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