Is Ontario ready for more powerful wind turbines? - Wind Concerns Ontario
Audible sound from wind turbines could be attenuated by distance, but now, more powerful turbines may produce more infrasound: what protection is there?| Wind Concerns Ontario
Was Don Quixote a NIMBY? Miguel de Cervantes’ hero admittedly wasn’t tilting at turbines in 1605, but for some of his contemporary readers in 17th-century Spain, windmills for grinding wheat into flour were viewed as a “dangerous new technology,” author Simon Winchester writes in his forthcoming book, The Breath of the Gods: The History and Future of the Wind. One interpretation of Cervantes’ novel might be that Quixote was “actually doing battle with progress.” Nearly four and ...| Heatmap News
The rising cost of living in Australia is due to Net-Zero “rorts” and now they’re adding another one – the Capacity Investment Scheme (CIS). The Labor government is using taxpayer money to fund solar and wind in a way that lacks transparency and accountability. For example: Energy Minister Chris Bowen awarded substantial taxpayer money to a wind turbine project fund whose chair is former Labor Prime Minister Julia Gillard. Bowen did so just days after the fund purchased the project. W...| Malcolm Roberts
Audible sound from wind turbines could be attenuated by distance, but now, more powerful turbines may produce more infrasound: what protection is there?| Wind Concerns Ontario
Wind power: get past the hype. Citizens are aware that they need their municipal elected officials to be informed, and aware of community wishes as regards industrial power projects.| Wind Concerns Ontario
Have you been wondering how much wind turbine efficiency has improved over time? Read ahead for everything you need to know.| Lumify Energy
“Mike Lockhart, a former U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service biologist, has been using satellite tags to track the eagles since 2014. According to the petition against Rail Tie, Lockhart’s research […]| Raptor Education Foundation
This piece was prompted by someone asking me if I’d read an article recently published on the Nation.Cymru website. I smiled to myself, and responded in the negative. But I went to the site anyway, and read ‘140 hectares of Welsh land purchased to restore woodland and nature habitat‘. Then one thing led to another, … Continue reading Wales Being Bought Up Acre By Acre| Jac o' the North
This is another 'quickie', which I'm putting out partly so people can be aware of what might be in the pipeline, and also to see if anyone out there can add a little meat to the bones. ◊ WHERE WE AT? As is my wont, I'll start by showing you the area in question. It's…| Jac o' the North
This ‘quickie’ is in response to a news item about 200m tall wind turbines planned for Mynydd Fforch-dwm, near the village of Tonmawr, east of Neath. Permission has been granted by the so-called ‘Welsh Government’ on the grounds that it’s a Development of National Significance. The bulk of this post will be taken up with … Continue reading Do They Know Where The Money’s Coming From? Do They Care?| Jac o' the North
It feels like glacial movement, like something that is just unnervingly slow, but, you know, it would fuck you up if it hit you.| The Stopgap
Ontario has 155 municipalities that have officially declared themselves as “Unwilling Hosts” to new industrial wind power sites, says Wind Concerns Ontario| Wind Concerns Ontario
Researchers at Oregon State University are testing the impact of painting wind turbine blades black on reducing bird collisions.| Power Engineering International
This piece has been prompted by information received from Scotland, which may clear up a lingering mystery, while also telling us more about the operations of those involved with Parabola Bute Energy. I use that name because I'm convinced that Bute Energy, which wants to build some 20 wind farms in Wales, plus other installations,…| Jac o' the North
Mechanical wear in large wind turbines is a serious issue with investigations finding gearbox failures within five years of operation, writes Leyla Alieva of NEOL Copper Technologies.| Power Engineering International
This wasn't planned, but it's too big and complicated for a tweet, and so I'm putting it out as a quickie. As the title suggests, it concerns Coleg Soros in Talgarth, otherwise known as Black Mountains College. For those new to this blog, or regulars with short memories, I have written a few times about…| Jac o' the North
With new power proposals coming including wind power, Ontario communities ask whether they want to be industrial power plants for cities. They want change. Now.| Wind Concerns Ontario
"Pulling no punches": citizens oppose use of prime agricultural land for wind turbines, and are concerned about inadequate setbacks for health and safety| Wind Concerns Ontario
A letter sent in 2011 to then environment minister by the mayor of Amaranth requested action on negative impacts of wind turbines and a transformer,| Wind Concerns Ontario
