How far are birds, bats, and terrestrial mammals displaced from onshore wind...
Highlights 63 %, 72 %, and 67 % of bird, bat, and mammal cases respectively reported displacement. Cranes, owls and semi-domestic reindeer were displaced on average up to 5 km. Bats were displaced on...
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Lenalea windpower facility
Lenalea wind farm is located in the rural upland setting of central Donegal, around 8km southwest of Letterkenny. The project secured planning permission in January 2010 but was unable to progress due...
View ArticleEstablishing the acute physiological and sleep disruption characteristics of...
Establishing the acute physiological and sleep disruption characteristics of wind farm versus road traffic noise disturbances in sleep: a randomized controlled trial protocol Introduction Wind farms...
View ArticleAssociation between exposure to wind turbines and sleep disorders: A...
[Abstract] To date, there is scarce evidence on the association between sleep disorders and noise generated by wind turbines. We searched six relevant electronic databases from the inception to May...
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Some Sobering Facts – Viking Energy Wind Farm
I go through phases when I’m obsessed with facts about the Viking Energy Wind Farm in Shetland. Perhaps this compulsion to collect information is fuelled by my disbelief – I cannot comprehend the...
View ArticleForest bat activity declines with increasing wind speed in proximity of...
[Abstract] The increasing use of onshore wind energy is leading to an increased deployment of wind turbines in structurally rich habitats such as forests. Forest-affiliated bats, in turn, are at risk...
View Article8 Steps Used by Windpower Developers to Create Agreements
People who believe that offshore wind turbines can help solve climate change are misinformed. Because the facts are that they will not. Even the companies building them make no such claim. And the...
View ArticleClear away with your useless turbines
Download the MP3 file. Buy the higher-quality track at Bandcamp. This is a song based on our experience of wind farm planning applications in the Glenties/Ardara area of County Donegal, Ireland. The...
View ArticleWebster/Rollo and Shorten/Carty vs Meenacloghspar Wind
Judgment of Ms. Justice Emily Egan delivered on the 8th day of March 2024 Ballyduff, Enniscorthy, Co. Wexford— 582. I find that there are frequent and sustained periods during which AM [amplitude...
View ArticleCost of Wind: The Negative Economic Effects of Global Wind Energy Development
Abstract: This paper provides a structured literature review of the negative economic effects associated with the development of wind energy and synthesized the evidence at an abstract level. We then...
View ArticleSonar Vessel Noise Survey
Reports of recent whale and dolphin deaths on and near the New York and New Jersey shores, and public concerns of marine noise impacts from offshore wind development activities, prompted an...
View ArticlePile Driving Noise Survey
Recent whale and dolphin fatalities on the Eastern seaboard, coupled with concerns about the acoustic impact of offshore wind farm construction, prompted an independent investigation to measure and...
View ArticleImpairment of the Endothelium and Disorder of Microcirculation in Humans and...
Abstract: The microcirculation of mammals is an autoregulated and complex synchronised system according to the current demand for nutrients and oxygen. The undisturbed course of vital functions such as...
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Threat of mining to African great apes
Abstract: The rapid growth of clean energy technologies is driving a rising demand for critical minerals. In 2022 at the 15th Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity...
View ArticleMount Fyans Wind Energy Facility Planning Panel Report
The Mount Fyans Wind Energy Facility (the Project) involves the construction and operation of a 400-megawatt, 81 turbine wind energy facility with associated infrastructure. The Project extends over...
View ArticleSeasonal variability of wake impacts on US mid-Atlantic offshore wind plant...
Abstract. Wind turbines and wind plants create wakes, or regions of reduced wind speed, that may negatively affect downwind turbines and plants. We evaluate wake variability and annual energy...
View ArticleThree Decades of Wind Industry Deception: A Chronology of a Global Conspiracy...
In this timeline, STT sets out a chronology of what the wind industry and its pet acoustic consultants knew (and when they knew it); what the wind industry did in response to that knowledge; and how...
View ArticleImpact of offshore wind farms on a tropical depression through the...
Highlights The evolution of a tropical depression is modified significantly by upstream offshore wind farms. The enhancement of convergence in the western side of the tropical depression is associated...
View ArticleHow offshore wind drives up global carbon emissions
Executive Summary Offshore wind facilities are enormously expensive and environmentally destructive. The primary purported justification for constructing them is to reduce “carbon” (carbon dioxide or...
View ArticleHigh Cost of 100 Percent Carbon-Free Electricity by 2040
Governor Walz’s proposal would cost Minnesota $313 billion through 2050 and lead to blackouts. Executive Summary Minnesota Governor Tim Walz’s proposal for a 100 percent carbon-free electric grid by...
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