The lawsuit claims the county shouldn’t have considered FPL’s January 2009 application, because a special use must be provided for by ordinance before it can be considered. The application requested a special use permit for a wind energy conversion system, according to the complaint.
Posts Tagged ‘wind farm’
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 [...]
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: [...]
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” [...]
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.
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.
DeKalb Board Meeting 7 PM 6/27/2009
DeKalb Board Meeting 7 PM 6/27/2009
It’s discouraging to see local government actually vote according to what they want instead of considering the desires of the impacted parties. The DeKalb board approved the turbines for DeKalb county. Check out the comment about how the few must suffer for the good of the rest.
Video: 6/27/2009 07 [...]
Why people clam up about wind turbines
Why people clam up about wind turbines
I am writing in response to the lead story in the April 16 edition of the Telegraph titled “Turbines divide neighbors.” These wind companies still have everyone fooled. That wind farm will not produce an average 226 megawatts. As I stated in a previous letter, the average output will [...]
Nothing public about next wind farm hearing
Nothing public about next wind farm hearing
Planning and Zoning Director Paul Miller has determined that on Monday, May 11, beginning at 9 a.m. at Northern Illinois University, a public hearing is to be held related to the Florida Power & Light wind farm proposal amendments. There is nothing “public” about this public hearing.
The wind power debate
The property value of homes in the footprint of an industrial wind turbine complex is reduced at least 25% to 30% according to Michael McCann, Certified Appraiser, specializing in wind farms. DeKalb County has many rural and rural/residential properties. In Feb., 2009, we counted about 107 rural/residential properties (less than 10 acres) in Shabbona [...]
Mars Hill wind turbine project health effects: preliminary findings
Mars Hill wind turbine project health effects: preliminary findings
Dr. Michael A. Nissenbaum, a radiologist at the Northern Maine Medical Center, conducted interviews with fifteen people living near the wind energy facility in Mars Hill, Maine. His preliminary data suggests the residents are experiencing medical problems (sleep disturbances, headaches, dizziness, weight changes, possible increases in blood [...]
Family says turbine vibrations made them ill enough to move
The large house in Lower West Pubnico is now empty and abandoned, d’Entremont says, because inaudible sound from the 17-turbine wind farm made his family sick. “It’s like a surround sound — you can’t avoid it, you can’t ignore it. It just comes right into your head.” D’Entremont blames the turbines for sending low-frequency [...]
Impact of wind turbines on market value of Texas rural land
Impact of wind turbines on market value of Texas rural land
February 13, 2009 by Derry T. Gardner of Gardner Appraisal Group, Inc.
Summary:
This report was prepared for a presentation given at the South Plains Agriculture Wind & Wildlife Conference in Lubbock, Texas on February 13, 2009. The findings and conclusions contained herein [...]
Health concerns and the need for careful siting of wind turbines
We know, as physicians, that sleep deprivation and chronic stress can result in many consequential negative health effects, some of them serious, over the long term.
These effects arise not only from audible noise frequencies but also from persistent inaudible low frequency noise waves of a cyclical nature which are felt, but not heard. [...]
Wind farm proposal goes back to public hearing
The state’s attorney’s office advised that new information on the application – the company has made a series of concessions since its original proposal – should render a new opportunity for public testimony to be heard by the hearing officer, Planning and Zoning Committee Vice Chairwoman Pat Vary said. Vary said that the state’s attorney’s [...]
