Sales Pitch: The roads will be as good or better.

Several Issues have been reported on from wind industrial construction. The sales pitch from RES or other wind industry is that they leave the roads as good or better. What is Better? When or who determines as good. This is a good example of issues with roads: Roads are impassable by many cars, can not … Continue reading Sales Pitch: The roads will be as good or better.

Main impact wind farm development has on local a economy relates to tourism.

2002 TOURISM The main adverse impact that wind farm development is likely to have on the economy of an area relates to tourism. If wind farms threaten to destroy jobs in the tourist industry, they create few if any compensating jobs elsewhere. A typical turbine requires less than one day's maintenance per year - A … Continue reading Main impact wind farm development has on local a economy relates to tourism.

Wind power is an attack on rural America

Wind power is an attack on rural America By ROBERT BRYCE FEB 27, 2017 | 4:00 AM Urban voters may like the idea of using more wind and solar energy, but the push for large-scale renewables is creating land-use conflicts in rural regions from Maryland to California and Ontario to Loch Ness. Since 2015, more … Continue reading Wind power is an attack on rural America

Windfarms kill 10-20 times more than previously thought

Save the Eagles International Wind turbines are actually slaughtering millions of birds and bats annually By chance (if you believe in coincidences), a timely government study claims wind farms will kill “only” 1.4 million birds yearly by 2030. This new report is just one of many, financed with taxpayers’ money, aimed at convincing the public … Continue reading Windfarms kill 10-20 times more than previously thought

Windmills changing the NH Landscape – Girard At Large

Windmills changing the NH Landscape Jan 21, 2014 | Dave Martinez | Radio, Show Archives Larry Goodman of NH Wind Watch is not a fan of windmills being built in NH.  Tune in to find out why he and his organization strongly oppose the push by out of state forces to build windmills here that … Continue reading Windmills changing the NH Landscape – Girard At Large

UP road commission loses appeal over wetlands dispute.

UP road commission loses appeal over wetlands dispute MAR 21, 2018 | ASSOCIATED PRESS  MARQUETTE, MI (AP)--   An appeals court is offering sympathy to the Marquette County Road Commission, but not a favorable decision in a dispute over a new road and wetlands. The Commission lost an appeal on County Road 595 Tuesday. Local officials … Continue reading UP road commission loses appeal over wetlands dispute.

RES considering 50-turbine wind park in Michigan – report

Wind turbines in Michigan. Jan 4 2018 | Veselina Petrova | Renewables Now UK-based developer Renewable Energy Systems (RES) is considering the installation of up to 50 wind turbines in the US state of Michigan, local news provider WLUC reports. The company has proposed building a wind farm powered by between 30 and 50 turbines … Continue reading RES considering 50-turbine wind park in Michigan – report

Small old wind towers make for big new problems.

Wind turbine blades have to be light and strong, which makes them very difficult to recycle 2/23/18, | Kalina Oroschakoff | POLITICO [EXCERPT] Read Full Article One source of clean energy is turning into a dirty problem for Europe. The Continent's first wind farms, built three decades ago, now host many towers that are too old, too small … Continue reading Small old wind towers make for big new problems.