Sentences with phrase «effects of wind farms»

This week the national Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) released a report that looked at the health effects of wind farms.

Independent Senator for Victoria John Madigan has welcomed the announcement of a study into the effects of wind farms on human health, while calling for a moratorium on all future windfarm developments pending its outcome.

AAAC members should continue to primarily rely on the view of government bodies in relation to the health effects of wind farms and should conduct assessments in accordance with the relevant guidelines in each state.

Uncritical public acceptance of wind industry spin began to change after the 2011 senate inquiry into the impacts of wind farms, chaired by Greens senator Rachel Siewert made the unequivocal recommendation that «the Commonwealth Government initiate as a matter of priority thorough, adequately resourced epidemiological and laboratory studies of possible effects of wind farms on human health.»

URGENT research should be undertaken into the potentially damaging health effects of wind farms on nearby residents, says a landmark Senate report released yesterday.

Six Chinese scientists used remotely - sensed imaging data, including leaf area index (LAI), normalized difference vegetation index (NDVI), an enhanced vegetation index (EVI), gross primary production (GPP) and net primary production (NPP), coupled with other data (temperature, soil moisture, evapotranspiration, albedo and wind) over the period 2003 to 2014 to analyze the effects of a wind farm on summer vegetative growth in a region of northern China.

Unbiased studies into bird and bat impact, the effect of wind farms on property values, noise, sunlight - chopping, etc. should also be made easily and freely available.

Not exact matches

«The fact that studies have uncovered a lot of negative effects associated with wind farms, and that several New York counties, including Niagara, have also opposed wind farms in the lakes, has led me to sponsor this resolution opposing the creation of wind farms,» Legislator Dixon said.

As for the possibility of larger effects as more and more wind farms are built, Roy, at least, remains skeptical.

These effects could be minimised by placing wind farms in areas where there's already a lot of turbulence.

Many people living in the vicinity of such wind farms do indeed experience sleep disturbances, a decline in performance, and other negative effects.

While the researchers stress that no current or planned wind farm approaches the size or concentration that would cause the slowdown effect, their results suggest the phenomenon tied to large wind farms needs to be accounted for in future planning of wind energy.

Atmospheric science professors Nate Brunsell and David Mechem in KU's Department of Geography are co-authors of a new study just published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences by an international research group that evaluated the effects of large wind farms on atmospheric flow and its implications for how much renewable energy the turbines can generate.

If the price of both carbon - burning extraction businesses and non-carbon emitting solar farms and wind farms were both fair before a carbon tax was introduced in any given jurisdiction, what would happen to the profitability of each as that tax came into effect (and was ramped up over time)?

Because turbines take up only 1 percent of the land covered by a wind farm, ranchers and farmers can, in effect, double - crop their land, simultaneously harvesting electricity while producing cattle, wheat or corn.

Senator Xenophon seems to have no concerns about the health effects of not having wind farms.

It has also commissioned studies to determine what effect wind farm construction and electromagnetic fields in the vicinity of the turbines may have on fish populations.

Scientists have found that wind farms can have a positive effect on wildlife, with some species of birds even using the towering pylons as new feeding grounds as small creatures make their homes there.

As discussed later in this paper, the construction of CO2 snow deposition plants that are supported by wind farms, offer the opportunity for unique international expertise to join forces to develop the CO2 sequestration facilities that can substantially curtail the effects of anthropogenic GHG warming.

«For a given wind farm, the inhibiting effect should be quantified by fully considering local background environmental factors (e.g., temperature and soil moisture) and the recovery of vegetation with different vegetation conditions.

By utilising evolutionary algorithms, it is hoped that it will be possible to optimise wind turbine placement to take into account so - called «wake effects», wind factors and minimising the footprint of the wind farm, saving land.

Conservatively it looks like his Climate Act of 2008, with its targets for carbon emission cuts, will cost us # 300 billion by 2030 in subsidies to renewable energy, in the cost of connecting wind farms to the grid, in VAT, in costs of insulation and new domestic appliances, and in the effect of all this on prices of goods in the shops.

Sheila Pratt — National Post — November 19, 2014 EDMONTON — Thousands of bats die on southern Alberta wind farms each year, but it's unclear what effect that is having on the overall population, says Canada's foremost bat expert, Robert Barclay.

Ms Laurie became interested in the health effects of wind turbines when Origen proposed to build the Crystal Brook Wind Farm near her house in 2wind turbines when Origen proposed to build the Crystal Brook Wind Farm near her house in 2Wind Farm near her house in 2010.

In effect, it appears that New Mexico has decided to export about $ 10 million of its citizenís wealth annually to an out - of - state «wind farm» owner.

In last night's post, we covered the call by a growing band of Australian Senators for an immediate moratorium on the construction of any more of these things — unless and until they've been exonerated, beyond all reasonable doubt, as the cause of a raft of noise related health effects suffered by wind farm neighbours; -LSB-...]

Of course that «evidence» should at least meet the same criteria as demanded by the NHMRC in respect to a «causal link» in respect of ill - health effects and «wind farms»Of course that «evidence» should at least meet the same criteria as demanded by the NHMRC in respect to a «causal link» in respect of ill - health effects and «wind farms»of ill - health effects and «wind farms»!

... According to a review by Lovich and Ennen (2013), the construction and operation of wind farms have both potential and known impacts on terrestrial vertebrates, such as: (i) increase in direct mortality due to traffic collisions; (ii) destruction and modification of the habitat, including road development, habitat fragmentation and barriers to gene flow; (iii) noise effects, visual impacts, vibration and shadow flicker effects from turbines; (iv) electromagnetic field generation; (v) macro and microclimate change; (vi) predator attraction; and (vii) increase in fire risks.

New research from the Centre for Economics and Business Research (Cebr) and RenewableUK has found what many had already deciphered, that the presence of wind farms has «no significant effect» on the price of houses within 5 kilometeres of wind turbines.

Many of the wind farm areas occur in the migratory corridor for this endangered species, and this agreement should help minimize the effects of development on the continued recovery of right whales,» said Dr. Scott Kraus of the New England Aquarium, one of the leading authorities on the North

In addition wind farms are now recognised as mostly having a negative effect on local resilience other than financially benefiting a very small group of people.

However, the construction of wind farms is not universally welcomed because of their visual impact and other effects on the environment.

While the NEM is shielded from this effect somewhat by its hydro capacity, system control in the SWIS has predicted an almost doubling of the LFAS requirement to accommodate new wind farms — particularly Colgar.

Would the observed size and orientation of lakes necessary to produce or arrange lake - effect snow give a clue to what effects a wind farm or solar power plant would have (factoring in that wind farms are mechanical, not thermal, forcing, etc.)?

«There is growing resistance in Germany to wind farms, not least because of the disastrous effect on our landscape.»

The effects of wind / wave / tide / solar farms, whatever those effects might be, are going to be on the order of their power generation, like the direct heating effects of burning fuel.

There is no consistent evidence of human health effects from exposure to extremely low - frequency electromagnetic radiation at much higher levels than is present near wind farms.

«After careful consideration and deliberation of the body of evidence, NHMRC concludes that there is currently no consistent evidence that wind farms cause adverse health effects in humans.»

Many traditional sources of energy are more likely to experience price volatility, so the long - term cost - certainty and stabilizing effect of electricity rates from wind farms provide important protection for consumers.

The Kenneys appealed, arguing that their assessment failed to take into account the negative effect of the Wolf Island Wind Project, then the second largest wind farm in CanWind Project, then the second largest wind farm in Canwind farm in Canada.

The Court agreed that the Tribunal had acted lawfully in rejecting the testimony of some wind farm neighbours, who testified that the wind farms are causing them adverse health effects, because of the lack of scientific support for these witnesses» subjective belief in the cause of their symptoms.