Sandra Kanck (then South Australian Democrat MLC) said that the stand of trees is only 20m from one
of the proposed turbines.
What are the models
of the proposed turbines, how long have they been tested, and by what independent lab.
In Champaign County the developers of that project recently filed an amendment to their permit slashing the number
of proposed turbines from about 100 to 50.
It was the unacceptably high impacts
of the proposed turbines, that mobilised the community to support and educate themselves.
Preliminary investigations have indicated that about 20 dwellings are located in the vicinity
of the proposed turbine locations.
Not exact matches
The share prices
of the world's two biggest wind
turbine manufacturers have fallen after the U.S. House
of Representatives
proposed whipping away tax credits for renewable energy in order to pay for tax cuts elsewhere.
On the heels
of having received Deepwater Wind's environmental and permitting assessments
of its
proposed 15 -
turbine offshore wind farm and transmission cable, the East Hampton Town Trustees agreed to ask the town board for an environmental review...
The next meeting
of the East Hampton Town Trustees» harbor management committee will be dedicated to the
proposed South Fork Wind Farm, a 15 -
turbine installation that would be constructed approximately 30 miles from Montauk.
Also at 11:30 a.m., the Sheridan Hollow Alliance for Renewable Energy, ally organizations and local residents will gather at the site
of two new
proposed fracked gas
turbines to call on Cuomo to halt the proposal and reissue a request for proposals for renewable energy solutions, 79 Sheridan Ave., Albany.
SOMERSET, N.Y. (WBEN)- Detractors
of the
proposed wind
turbines along Lake Ontario in the towns
of Somerset and Yates argue that the
turbines have a negative effect in the community.
With a wind project
proposed by BP, the town
of Cape Vincent recently passed strict new regulations for commercial wind
turbines.
The issue with the
proposed turbines is that they pose a threat
of interference with military radar and flight operations.
The Long Island Power Authority's board
of directors is expected to approve the
proposed 90 - megawatt, 15 -
turbine wind farm east
of Montauk at a meeting next Wednesday, the utility's chief executive officer, Thomas Falcone, told The Associated Press.
Recording the unique calls
of birds on nighttime legs
of the spring migration will let researchers know where
proposed wind power
turbines should be placed.
Engineers
proposed dotting the island with 15
turbines, each capable
of generating 750 kilowatts an hour, to meet all the native electricity needs.
Many
proposed ocean energy projects rely on
turbines that require sustained strong currents, but Bernitsas's device can run efficiently on water flows
of just a few miles per hour.
That's especially true since the future
of Cape Wind, a
proposed 100 -
turbine project off the coast
of Cape Cod in Massachusetts, had been a contender for the nation's first offshore wind farm.
The
proposed technique, previously used for detecting damaged surface areas on underwater marine structures such as bridge piers, off - shore wind
turbine platforms and pipe - lines was applied to histopathology images
of breast cells.
Twenty - seven - year - old Maeve Brennan is based in London and Beirut, and uses her
proposed work emphasizes the «whirring presence»
of wind
turbines, examining their ripple effects on the ecosystem.
Mayor Michael Bloomberg, who has made green programs a centerpiece
of his administration, last August
proposed crowning the city's bridges, skyscrapers and shorelines with
turbines, but critics said they would be impractical and possibly hazardous.
That didn't happen here, although one
proposed farm was abandoned because the vibration from the wind
turbines would have increased the «seismic noise» at the Laser Interferometry Gravitational Observatory», half
of which is located on the Hanford Site, looking for gravitational waves.
One can look at pictures
of buildings in isolation but context is everything; TreeHugger happily shows every solar powered revolving building with
turbines on top
proposed for Dubai, (or anywhere else for that matter) but never that context, that frame around the picture.
Offshore wind
turbines keep getting bigger and bigger, and the size
of new and
proposed offshore wind energy projects is increasing, so it stands to reason that a corresponding increase will be seen in the number
of wind
turbine technicians needed to maintain and repair them.
The
proposed project is a high - voltage, direct - current subsea transmission system that would collect power generated by wind
turbine facilities off the Atlantic coasts
of New York, New Jersey, Delaware, Maryland and Virginia.
That project would include the closure
of DEP's existing 379 MW Asheville 1 and 2 coal units and construction
of about 752 MW
of natural gas - fired generation (two 280 MW combined cycle units
proposed to commence operations in 2019 and an optional 192 MW combustion
turbine unit
proposed to commence operations in 2023).
The
proposed location
of the
turbines also could interfere with military radar used to track the F - 15E practice runs, according to a letter Col. Jeannie Leavitt, commander
of the 4th Fighter Wing at Seymour Johnson, wrote to Gov. Bev Perdue in July.
Here is a list
of local government officials you can contact to voice your comments or concerns regarding the
proposed industrial wind
turbine facility.
Days after several Freeborn County wind
turbines had to be shut down after a chunk
of ice fell off a blade and landed on a passing semi truck, a family whose home lies within feet
of the
proposed Freeborn Wind Farm project said they're concerned about something similar happening at their home.
This
proposed wind farm project near to the planned Trump golf resort has also drawn criticism from the Royal Society for the Protection
of Birds (RSPB) in Britain, who raised concerns that the wind
turbines could harm rare birds in the area like the red - throated diver and common scoters.
During many flights over california, not one standard large wind
turbine has been seen in any city, and whilst most californians would object to a square mile
of pristine desert land being devoted to nuclear power plants and used fuel storage areas, many square miles are being
proposed for solar mirrors.
The report comes at a time when a new, 66 -
turbine wind farm in Seneca and Sandusky counties has been
proposed by Apex Clean Energy
of Virginia.
At that time, NYPA
proposed installing up to 194 wind
turbines, each generating 3.6 megawatts (MW) for a total potential yield
of nearly 700 MW
of wind energy generation for the Long Island and New York City region.»
He
proposes to replace the conventional
turbines of previous planned schemes with a much older technology.
It is
proposing to build huge quantities
of wind
turbines and install huge quantities
of solar panels at public expense by taxing electricity.
A
proposed law is currently before the Polish parliament aiming at facilitating easy construction
of wind
turbines.
My question is, How close is the nearest
proposed wind
turbine site to the homes
of each
of these public officials?
A legal battle over a
proposed wind farm
of 63
turbines is brewing in a small community in the Thumb area
of Michigan.
In order to address the intermittency associated with the heavy
proposed use
of wind power, the report
proposes to deploy offshore
turbines dispersed in locations all around the country (when there is little windspeed in one location, there is likely to be high windspeed in other locations), and implement backup generation consisting
of biogas, biomass, hydro, and imports to manage the remaining variability.
In 2004 and 2005, Kempton and Firestone had conducted two surveys
of residents
of Cape Cod about the controversial Cape Wind project, in which Energy Management Inc., a Massachusetts - based company,
proposes to establish a wind farm
of 130 423 - foot - tall wind
turbines in Nantucket Sound.
This explains why the government in the southwestern state
of Baden - Württemberg has no qualms about building
turbines in the Black Forest, while neighboring Rhineland - Palatinate is even
proposing the construction
of wind farms on ridges in the scenic Hunsrück and Eifel regions.
For example, Michael Bloomberg, self - made billionaire and mayor
of New York City,
proposed putting wind
turbines on the tops
of skyscrapers and bridges.
The Coppabella Hills precinct, 10 km SW
of Binalong and the area on the upper left
of the map, was
proposed to have 82
turbines on 15 properties.
The size
of the
proposed development has been greatly reduced over several years, at one point about 46
turbines were
proposed.
From the EPYC net page 2018/01/10, the
proposed number
of turbines has been reduced from 100 to 88 and then to 54; the area concerned has gone from 12,000 ha down to 5000 and then to 4135ha.
The
proposed site is carefully evaluated by a variety
of experts to make certain that it is a good place to harvest wind before the
turbines are placed.
To reflect the ministry's conservative approach to dealing with noise emissions from wind
turbines and to support the adoption
of the 2013 CSA standard, three amendments are being
proposed to the definition
of «sound power level» in the REA Regulation to provide clarity:
Having criticised the
proposed Guidelines, STEI wishes to
propose some positive measures that would help reduce the ill - siting
of wind
turbines in areas where they will kill eagles and other threatened species.
Support is based on the estimated annual output
of the behind - the - meter
turbine, at the
proposed site, as determined by computer modeling.
Proposed wind farm would place 194
turbines off the Jurassic Coast Letter warns
turbines will obscure view
of the Isle
of Wight UNESCO review found project would have a «significant impact» on the site UNESCO has warned that plans for a wind farm
of Dorset's Jurassic Coast could compromise its status as a World Heritage -LSB-...]
Concerns have also been raised that the additional power generated by the massive
turbines could supply almost the entire capacity
of a
proposed new interconnector cable that would transport power to the mainland, meaning no more community schemes could link up to it.