Frequency characteristics of oppressive and vibratory feeling to...
ABSTRACT— Although experimental results on oppressive and vibratory feelings due to low-frequency sound are widely known, those studies were conducted about 40 years ago in Japan and some questions...
View ArticleInvestigation of the unpleasantness of infrasound combined with audio sound...
ABSTRACT— At many immission sites, human exposure to infrasound (f < 20 Hz) is usually accompanied by sound in the audio-frequency range (audio sound, 20 Hz ≤ f < 20 kHz). This gives rise to the...
View ArticleSouth Australia Wind Farm Guidelines Consultation #AUS
The issue of an updated noise guideline for wind farms in South Australia represents the third (public) attempt at the Environment Protection Authority (EPA) to address wind turbine noise and...
View ArticleCouple statements about reliability and cost #IN
Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission: Cause 45159 [link] — Verified Direct Testimony of Andrew S. Campbell, Director of Regulatory Support & Planning, Northern Indiana Public Service Company...
View ArticleThree estimates of decommissioning cost #MI #MN
Brian R. Zelenak, Manager, Regulatory Administration, Xcel Energy, February 8, 2011 – re: Nobles Wind Energy Project, Minnesota, 1.5-MW turbines. [download] A conservative estimate for a...
View ArticleCase studies that have convinced me that industrial wind turbines make people...
Cape Bridgewater Study in Australia Falmouth, Massachusetts The sound from a wind turbine can make other objects vibrate (such as the body) if the sound frequency matches a resonant frequency of an...
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Large eddy simulation study of the humidity variation in the shadow of a...
Abstract— Numerous studies have shown that wind turbine wakes within a large wind farm bring about changes to both the dynamics and thermodynamics of the atmospheric boundary layers (ABL). Previously,...
View ArticleWind Energy Conversion Systems Zoning Ordinance #MI
Section 3.48 [excerpts] This Ordinance is intended to protect the health, safety and welfare of the residents of the Township and to encourage the safe, effective, efficient and orderly development and...
View ArticleWind Farms and Public Use Airports – Why the FAA Fails to Ensure Air Safety #USA
The explosion of wind turbine developments across the United States does not bode well for the continued viability of many public use airports. OVERVIEW OF THE PROBLEM Increasingly, wind farms with...
View ArticleLetter from City of Rio Dell to County of Humboldt Planning Commission in...
The City of Rio Dell is writing in response to the Humboldt Wind Energy Conditional Use Permit (CUP) and Final Environmental Impact Report (FEIR) for the proposed project. As you know the project is...
View ArticleWind leasing: an all or none proposition #OH #USA
[Editor’s note: The doctrine of correlative rights limits use of a common groundwater source to a share in proportion to the landowner’s property above it. Many states apply the doctrine to oil and gas...
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Decade of Constraint Payments #SCT
2019 was the tenth year in which British wind farms have received constraint payments to reduce their output because of electricity grid congestion. There has been a total of £649 million paid out over...
View ArticleRenewables, land use, and local opposition in the United States #USA
Decreasing greenhouse gas emissions in the electricity sector is crucial to avoiding the worst impacts of climate change. The American public overwhelmingly favors renewable power, and the costs of...
View ArticleSanté des hommes et des animaux face aux infrasons produits par les éoliennes
Actes du Colloque du 16 Novembre 2018— SOMMAIRE Introduction John Yelland, physicien et ingénieur Jean-Paul Borsotti, neurologue Marie-Stella Duchiron, Docteur en sciences forestières, ingénieur du...
View ArticleMore than 13.9 million trees felled in Scotland for wind development,...
Thank you for your request dated 26 November and received on the 5 December and the clarification dated 19 December 2019 under the Environmental Information (Scotland) Regulations 2004 (EIRs). You...
View ArticleWind energy lease and wind easement agreement – Prevailing Winds, S. Dak. #SD
This WIND ENERGY LEASE AND WIND EASEMENT AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”) is made, dated and effective as of the Effective Date (defined below), by and between Landowner (defined below) and PREVAILING...
View ArticleWind farm lease and easement agreement – Crowned Ridge Wind Energy Center, S....
1. Parties. This Wind Farm Lease and Easement Agreement (“Agreement”) is -made and entered as of the ____ day of ____________, 2013 (“Effective Date”), by and between ____________________,...
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Why “Ground Factor” Matters #MN
Minn. R. 7030.0400 is the MPCA’s noise rule, setting standards for industrial noise. It was developed to limit industrial noise, from a noise source on the ground to a “receptor” on the ground. ISO...
View ArticlePrevalence of wind farm amplitude modulation at long-range residential...
ABSTRACT – The presence of amplitude modulation (AM) in wind farm noise has been shown to result in increased annoyance. Therefore, it is important to determine how often this characteristic is present...
View ArticleWind Lease and Easement Agreement #SD
Deuel County, State of South Dakota Download original document: “Invenergy Wind Lease and Easement Agreement”
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