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National WInd Watch @windwatchorg.mstdn.social.ap.brid.gy · 14h

(archive: 2025) Bird and bat mortality at wind farms in South America: Lessons from monitoring and mitigation practices in Chile #CHL: Highlights: Nationwide assessment of bird and bat mortality at 40 wind farms in Chile. Andean condor was the only threatened species detected, with nine […]

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National WInd Watch @windwatchorg.mstdn.social.ap.brid.gy · 17h

(video archive) The Wind Farm at Little Bay: How Close Is Too Close?: Wind Wise Fairhaven (Mass.): Wind turbine issues in Hull wind-watch.org/video-hull.php #windenergy

How Close Is Too Close? The Wind Farm at Little Bay | Wind Energy Videos

Wind Wise Fairhaven (Mass.): Wind turbine issues in Hull

National WInd Watch @windwatchorg.mstdn.social.ap.brid.gy · 22h

«A single 555-megawatt gas-fired power plant in California generates more electricity in a year than do all 13,000 of the state’s wind turbines. The gas-fired plant sits atop a mere 15 acres. The 300-foot-tall windmills impact over a hundred thousand acres to provide expensive, intermittent […]

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National WInd Watch @windwatchorg.mstdn.social.ap.brid.gy · 16/10/2026

Considering hazel dormouse (Muscardinus avellanarius) home ranges to assess the impacts of development projects: Abstract Renewable energy development plays an important role in mitigating climate change, but poses challenges to biodiversity. The hazel dormouse (Muscardinus avellanarius), a […]

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National WInd Watch @windwatchorg.mstdn.social.ap.brid.gy · 16/10/2026

(archive: 2011) Comments on Robert McCunney’s testimony on behalf of Green Mountain Power #ME #ON #VT #WI: Green Mountain Power has applied for a permit to erect 21 wind turbines on Lowell Mountain, Lowell, Vermont. Rebuttal testimony of Robert McCunney on behalf of Green Mountain Power […]

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National WInd Watch @windwatchorg.mstdn.social.ap.brid.gy · 16/10/2026

«Unlike other sources, wind is intermittent. Using it in a power grid requires the addition of other sources.» —Greg Jergeson, Chairman, Montana Public Service Commission www.wind-watch.org/quotes.php?q=62#…

National WInd Watch @windwatchorg.mstdn.social.ap.brid.gy · 15/10/2026

Huntly wind farm plans sees fears voiced over possible water supply disruption #SCT: Fears have been voiced that a proposed Aberdeenshire wind farm could leave local residents with no water supplies. Dunscroft Wind Farm project would, if given the green light by planners, see thirteen 200m high […]

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National WInd Watch @windwatchorg.mstdn.social.ap.brid.gy · 15/10/2026

(archive: 2006) Acoustic noise generated by wind turbines: This slide presentation emphasizes the significant low-frequency component of wind turbine noise and its rhythmic character that prevents it from “blending in” with other sounds. Download original document: “Acoustic noise generated by […]

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National WInd Watch @windwatchorg.mstdn.social.ap.brid.gy · 15/10/2026

(video archive) Shadow Flicker: Shadow flicker in Huron County, Ontario wind-watch.org/video-ontario-shadow… #windenergy

Shadow Flicker | Wind Energy Videos

Shadow flicker in Huron County, Ontario

National WInd Watch @windwatchorg.mstdn.social.ap.brid.gy · 14/10/2026

«They’re just a symbol for politicians who want to be seen to be green.» —Ann West, Country Guardian, U.K. www.wind-watch.org/quotes.php?q=116…

National WInd Watch @windwatchorg.mstdn.social.ap.brid.gy · 14/10/2026

Victoire pour les opposants : le second parc éolien prévu à Chambonchard, en Creuse, retoqué en justice #FRA: C’est une nouvelle victoire juridique, et cette fois définitive, pour l’association Combrailles Attractives, qui lutte depuis presque quatre ans contre le projet d’extension du parc […]

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National WInd Watch @windwatchorg.mstdn.social.ap.brid.gy · 14/10/2026

Henderson County moving forward with proposed wind turbine restrictions #KY: Henderson County officials are moving forward with a proposed ordinance that would place new restrictions on wind turbines. The proposal comes after residents raised concerns regarding turbine height, noise, and […]

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National WInd Watch @windwatchorg.mstdn.social.ap.brid.gy · 14/10/2026

(archive: 2009) Wind Lobby All Spun Up About Danish Case Study #DNK #USA: Energy is critical for our economy and our future and the real issues deserve to be debated. That is why we appreciated the initial response on the American Wind Energy Association’s website to the recent study, Wind […]

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National WInd Watch @windwatchorg.mstdn.social.ap.brid.gy · 14/10/2026

DOJ revives effort to halt construction of Revolution Wind #RI: The Trump administration has revived a failed effort to halt the construction of a major offshore farm just weeks after signalling it would drop the endeavour. The justice department on Friday filed a motion arguing that Joe Biden’s […]

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National WInd Watch @windwatchorg.mstdn.social.ap.brid.gy · 14/10/2026

Smoke and Mirrors #CA: Did you know that hype can be used as a verb, or a noun? Here are a couple of definitions and examples of appropriate use. (verb) “To publicize or promote especially by extravagant, inflated or misleading claims”; example: Local politicians hype the benefits of offshore […]

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National WInd Watch @windwatchorg.mstdn.social.ap.brid.gy · 13/10/2026

«Don’t get the idea that I’ve turned green. My business is making money, and I think this is going to make a lot of money.» —T. Boone Pickens, The Guardian (U.K.), Apr. 14, 2008 www.wind-watch.org/quotes.php?q=121…

National WInd Watch @windwatchorg.mstdn.social.ap.brid.gy · 13/10/2026

Wind turbine catches fire near FM 2099 and FM 1018 in Willacy County, Texas #TX: Willacy County Sheriff’s Office deputies and the Sebastian Fire Department are responding to a reported wind turbine fire near FM 2099 and FM 1018. According to the Willacy County Sheriff’s Office, emergency […]

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National WInd Watch @windwatchorg.mstdn.social.ap.brid.gy · 13/10/2026

Lord Ian Botham joins protest against Hope Moor wind farm #ENG: Cricket legend Lord Ian Botham joined around 200 protesters on a march across Barningham Moor as campaigners stepped up their fight against plans for a huge wind farm. The former England all-rounder joined residents and supporters […]

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National WInd Watch @windwatchorg.mstdn.social.ap.brid.gy · 13/10/2026

Nooramunga community launches Supreme Curt battle to prevent fast-tracked coastal wind farm #AUS: The Guardians of Nooramunga Coastal Communities have officially commenced legal proceedings in the Supreme Court of Victoria, launching a high stakes battle to stop the construction of a […]

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National WInd Watch @windwatchorg.mstdn.social.ap.brid.gy · 13/10/2026

(archive: 2013) Measuring the Environmental Benefits of Wind-Generated Electricity #TX: Production subsidies for renewable energy, such as solar or wind power, are rationalized by their environmental benefits. Subsidizing these projects allows clean, renewable technologies to produce electricity […]

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National WInd Watch @windwatchorg.mstdn.social.ap.brid.gy · 13/10/2026

(video archive) Throwing Caution to the Wind (Ontario): Impacts of industrial windpower on human health in Canada wind-watch.org/video-health.php #windenergy

Throwing Caution to the Wind | Wind Energy Videos

Impacts of industrial windpower on human health in Canada

National WInd Watch @windwatchorg.mstdn.social.ap.brid.gy · 12/10/2026

«To fulfill the charge of making Maine a leader in wind power development and to simultaneously protect Maine’s quality of place is impossible.» —Chris O’Neil, Maine www.wind-watch.org/quotes.php?q=69#…

National WInd Watch @windwatchorg.mstdn.social.ap.brid.gy · 12/10/2026

(archive: 2011) Evaluating the impact of wind turbine noise on health-related quality of life #NZL: Abstract We report a cross-sectional study comparing the health-related quality of life (HRQOL) of individuals residing in the proximity of a wind farm to those residing in a demographically […]

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National WInd Watch @windwatchorg.mstdn.social.ap.brid.gy · 11/10/2026

Environmental controls on the detectability of hydrodynamic changes induced by offshore wind farm structures #SCT: Abstract: A combination of model simulations and field observations collected in 2023 and 2024 near Seagreen, Scotland’s largest Offshore Wind Farm (OWF), is used to assess when […]

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National WInd Watch @windwatchorg.mstdn.social.ap.brid.gy · 11/10/2026

«Once these units are up and running ... the citizens of Bruce County will be left to look at a wind park of industrial proportions for the rest of their lives.» —Robert Emerson, Bruce County Federation of Agriculture, Ontario www.wind-watch.org/quotes.php?q=223…

National WInd Watch @windwatchorg.mstdn.social.ap.brid.gy · 11/10/2026

Czech voters reject wind farms and waste plants in local referendums #CZE: Residents largely rejected proposed wind farms, waste incinerators and mining projects in local referendums held alongside Czechia’s municipal elections on Oct. 9–10, according to results reported by ČTK on Saturday […]

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National WInd Watch @windwatchorg.mstdn.social.ap.brid.gy · 11/10/2026

Coastguard warning after wind turbine parts wash up on Earnse Bay #ENG: A coastguard team has issued a safety warning after wind turbine parts washed up on a popular beach. Furness Coastguard responded to reports of fibreglass debris on Earnse Bay, Walney Island, which were later identified as […]

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National WInd Watch @windwatchorg.mstdn.social.ap.brid.gy · 11/10/2026

(archive: 2014) Evaluating the effectiveness of an ultrasonic acoustic deterrent for reducing bat fatalities at wind turbines: Abstract. Large numbers of bats are killed by wind turbines worldwide and minimizing fatalities is critically important to bat conservation and acceptance of wind energy […]

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National WInd Watch @windwatchorg.mstdn.social.ap.brid.gy · 10/10/2026

«I have never encountered a single person who said: “I used to be against wind energy. Now that I have done my homework and learned as much as I can about them, I support wind energy.” Never. Not once. On the contrary, this is a one-way street. Once you learn the facts, you can only be against […]

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National WInd Watch @windwatchorg.mstdn.social.ap.brid.gy · 10/10/2026

(archive: 2006) Wind turbines at night: acoustical practice and sound research: Presented at the Euronoise 2003 conference, Naples. Download original document: “Wind turbines at night: acoustical practice and sound research” […]

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National WInd Watch @windwatchorg.mstdn.social.ap.brid.gy · 09/10/2026

Offshore wind turbine foundations may cool ocean surface by mixing seawater #SCT: New research within the PELAgIO ECOWind project has revealed how offshore wind farms can influence ocean temperatures and mixing, and why their effects depend on local conditions. As offshore wind farms become an […]

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National WInd Watch @windwatchorg.mstdn.social.ap.brid.gy · 09/10/2026

Environmental controls on the detectability of hydrodynamic changes induced by offshore wind farm structures #SCT: Abstract: A combination of model simulations and field observations collected in 2023 and 2024 near Seagreen, Scotland’s largest Offshore Wind Farm (OWF), is used to assess when […]

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National WInd Watch @windwatchorg.mstdn.social.ap.brid.gy · 09/10/2026

«It’s always worth being suspicious when you hear [the term ‘nimby’] used. Often what you are actually hearing is the whining of the thwarted lobby group or the frustration of the man from the ministry, brought up short in his grand designs by the tiresome objections of people who will actually […]

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National WInd Watch @windwatchorg.mstdn.social.ap.brid.gy · 09/10/2026

Kodiak Island wind turbine specs #AK: The Kodiak Electric Association owns, operates, and maintains an isolated grid. The system runs on hydro (85%) and wind (15%, with flywheels and battery storage systems). KEA also maintains diesel generation facilities as back-up. The system entails 6 active […]

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National WInd Watch @windwatchorg.mstdn.social.ap.brid.gy · 09/10/2026

MoD joins Lord Botham in objection to 200-metre-high wind turbines in North Yorkshire countryside because of ‘unacceptable interference’ with RAF base #GBR: The Ministry of Defence has objected to plans to install 200-metre-high wind turbines in a North Yorkshire beauty spot over fears they […]

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National WInd Watch @windwatchorg.mstdn.social.ap.brid.gy · 09/10/2026

Labour’s 100ft wind turbines risk jamming defence radars #GBR: Labour will tear up planning rules to make way for wind turbines that the Government admits could interfere with defence radar systems. Under net zero plans, businesses, schools and farms would be able to install wind turbines close […]

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National WInd Watch @windwatchorg.mstdn.social.ap.brid.gy · 09/10/2026

(archive: 2006) Monopole Wind Turbine Towers Are Not Safer for Birds: The claim is often made that monopole wind turbine towers are safer for birds than lattice tower since they lack perching sites. However two recently published peer reviewed studies have found this wishful thinking to be […]

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National WInd Watch @windwatchorg.mstdn.social.ap.brid.gy · 09/10/2026

(video archive) Shirley Wind Project Health Impacts: At least eight families in Shirley, WI, in the Town of Glenmore just south of Green Bay, are reporting health problems and quality of life issues since the Shirley Wind project went online in December of 2010. Six families have come forward […]

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National WInd Watch @windwatchorg.mstdn.social.ap.brid.gy · 09/10/2026

Wind farms: More than just a view – Real impacts on health and wildlife #AZ: The proposed wind farms in the Springerville Volcanic Field aren’t just turbines – they’re a constant source of noise, electromagnetic fields, and habitat disruption. Here’s what the science shows about the potential […]

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National WInd Watch @windwatchorg.mstdn.social.ap.brid.gy · 08/10/2026

Regions call for end to ‘free ride’ for solar and wind farms #AUS: A 25-year-old legal loophole which excuses power generation companies from paying council rates must be closed, representatives of one regional council say. Acting mayor of the Coorong district Jonathan Pietzsch has written to […]

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National WInd Watch @windwatchorg.mstdn.social.ap.brid.gy · 08/10/2026

(archive: 2021) Responses of dispersing GPS-tagged Golden Eagles (Aquila chrysaetos) to multiple wind farms across Scotland #SCT: Abstract: Wind farms may have two broad potential adverse effects on birds via antagonistic processes: displacement from the vicinity of turbines (avoidance), or […]

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National WInd Watch @windwatchorg.mstdn.social.ap.brid.gy · 08/10/2026

(video archive) The Battle for Cefn Croes: The Battle for Cefn Croes (Wales) wind-watch.org/video-cefncroes.php #windenergy

The Battle for Cefn Croes | Wind Energy Videos

The Battle for Cefn Croes (Wales)

National WInd Watch @windwatchorg.mstdn.social.ap.brid.gy · 08/10/2026

«People thought they’d get their electric bill reduced, but ours went up and we’re getting nothing. I can’t understand what anybody thought they’d get out of this. This company (FPL) came in, destroyed the top of the mountain, and left us with it.» —Rose Marie Derk, Waymart, Pa […]

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National WInd Watch @windwatchorg.mstdn.social.ap.brid.gy · 07/10/2026

(archive: 2014) Fatal defects in Liverpool Range wind farm environmental assessment #AUS: The proposed Liverpool Range wind farm should be rejected on strategic grounds and because of fatal defects in multiple essential parts of the environmental assessment. Either of these alone is sufficient […]

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National WInd Watch @windwatchorg.mstdn.social.ap.brid.gy · 07/10/2026

(video archive) Wind Turbine Fire in Isselburg, Germany wind-watch.org/video-germanfire2.php #windenergy

Wind Turbine Fires in Germany | Wind Energy Videos

Wind Turbine Fire in Isselburg, Germany

National WInd Watch @windwatchorg.mstdn.social.ap.brid.gy · 07/10/2026

«The wind bloweth where it listeth, and thou hearest the sound thereof, but canst not tell whence it cometh, and whither it goeth.» —John 3:8 www.wind-watch.org/quotes.php?q=63#…

National WInd Watch @windwatchorg.mstdn.social.ap.brid.gy · 06/10/2026

Loughs Agency investigates two incidents at Donegal wind-farm construction site #IRL: The Loughs Agency has investigated two incidents at a wind farm under construction in Donegal, after a rock berm was breached and dirty water was separately discharged into a nearby watercourse. The incidents […]

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National WInd Watch @windwatchorg.mstdn.social.ap.brid.gy · 06/10/2026

Turbine fire at Taiwanese offshore wind farm: Danish wind energy giant Ørsted has confirmed a wind turbine caught fire at its 583-megawatt (MW) Greater Changhua 4 offshore wind farm in Taiwan, though the exact cause of the fire is unknown and currently under investigation. Ørsted confirmed […]

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National WInd Watch @windwatchorg.mstdn.social.ap.brid.gy · 06/10/2026

Offshore wind farm suffers its second turbine blade failure in two months: Danish offshore wind energy giant Ørsted has reported yet another incident involving damage to a turbine blade at the 583-megawatt (MW) Greater Changhua 4 offshore wind farm in Taiwan, the second in under two months […]

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National WInd Watch @windwatchorg.mstdn.social.ap.brid.gy · 06/10/2026

(archive: 2008) Life with Industrial Wind Turbines in Wisconsin: Part 5 #WI: By courtesy of Rock County Tax-Payers for a Better Renewable Energy Plan Interview with Gerry Meyer, Byron, Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin. See transcript below (again, thanks to Better Plan). Click here for the Meyer […]

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