Constructively engaging those with concerns is surely the most likely path to positive resolution, though that approach is also challenging, as the small island community of Vinalhaven, Maine is discovering. There, the community-owned electric coop is purchasing power from three new 1.5MW turbines. Since the project [...]
Posts from ‘March, 2010’
Are Wind Farms a Health Risk?
A study of families living near wind farms found nature’s energy might not be so healthy.
Wind energy is blowing hot right now. Nationwide, wind farms are bringing in renewable energy and jobs, such as in Montana, as detailed in “Propelling Growth.” Overall, wind turbines in the United States generated 52 billion kilowatt hours in 2008, [...]
DeKalb Wind Turbine Noise
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The DeKalb-Lee industrial wind energy center has caused numerous problems for the local residents who have to live within that footprint. This project is also know as the NextEra Wind Farm, although it is far from being a farm. The fact is that wind turbines are noisy. There is a serious problem regarding [...]
Call for 2km ban on wind turbines
An expert on sleep disorders will tell a North-East conference this weekend that wind turbines should not be built within two kilometres of homes to avoid health problems.
Dr Chris Hanning, a retired NHS sleep disorder specialist, is one of a number of experts due to speak at a conference in Darlington on Saturday.
Turbine’s shadow casts doubt over prison security
A WIND turbine producing electricty for 4,000 homes is to be switched off in the early mornings because it irritates jail inmates and interferes with security sensors.An energy firm agreed to stop the three-bladed turbine on the 260ft tower next to Whitemoor Prison at March, Cambridgeshire, because of security concerns.
Wind turbines stir up bad feelings, health concerns in DeKalb County
Months have passed since anyone has waved hello to one another in Waterman or Shabbona in rural DeKalb County. Some people claim they’ve even stopped going to church to avoid having to talk to former friends. “It’s gone. The country way of living is gone,” declares Susan Flex, who lives [...]
Lee County Informed hosts wind turbine forum
ASHTON — A group of more than 100 area residents gathered at the Mills and Petrie Building on Saturday afternoon to hear the negative impact of having wind turbines in the area. A group of representatives from the DeKalb area, as well as attorney Rich Porter spoke to those gathered for more than two hours.
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Wind Turbine Syndrome: Study of Adverse Health Effects Published
PR-inside–Dr. Nina Pierpont, a pediatrician and population biologist in Malone, NY, announced the publication of her book-length study: “Wind Turbine Syndrome: A Report on a Natural Experiment.”
In interviews with 10 families living 1,000 feet to 4,900 feet away from recently built industrial-size wind turbines, a “cluster” of symptoms was revealed: from sleep disturbance, which affected [...]
Wind Turbine Syndrome
Further evidence-based research is needed to confirm health problems associated with wind turbines and to devise effective buffer-zone regulations and sound-cancelling technologies. Until then, I say NIMBY!
Jess Dancer, EdD, is professor emeritus of audiology at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock
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 near the wind turbines, but not during these clips, it just sounds that way. All the video was captured at the DeKalb County wind farm with the same camera [...]
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 [...]
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.
