The Sales Pitch: Wind projects use existing logging roads. Â The Truth: Wind industry would love for us to believe that. Unfortunately it is not true. Logging roads are not adequate for wind turbines. The truth is that logging roads and skidder trails are nothing like the roads that are being built to haul each … Continue reading The Sales Pitch: Wind projects use existing logging roads. – FALSE
40 to 50 or 132? Industrial Turbines 500 Feet Tall are Proposed for The Huron Mountains
40 to 50 Industrial Turbines 500 feet tall are proposed to be sited along the ridges of the Huron Mountains in Upper Michigan. The Original FAA application in 2016 included 120 turbine sites, along with another 12 FAA Applications submitted in 2017. The ridgelines include Mount Arvon the highest point in the State of Michigan, … Continue reading 40 to 50 or 132? Industrial Turbines 500 Feet Tall are Proposed for The Huron Mountains
Met Towers
Wind data collection station installed on top of scenic Mt. Arvon, which is the highest natural landmark in the State of Michigan.
Retiring worn-out wind turbines could cost billions that nobody has
Retiring worn-out wind turbines could cost billions that nobody has | Energy Central | Source: Valley Morning Star HARLINGEN - This is a story about death and resurrection, and as with all such stories, faith plays its part. And here, as we confront the end days of a wind turbine, our story begins. Deregulating the field … Continue reading Retiring worn-out wind turbines could cost billions that nobody has
The Best Places to Put Wind Turbines to Produce Electricity
The Best Places to Put Wind Turbines to Produce Electricity April 23, 2018 | Laurie Brenner | Sciencing Wind farms don’t work in crowded residential areas where the noise pollution bothers humans. They also don't work where birds frequent because the turbines can kill these flying animals when they unknowingly fly into them. Wind … Continue reading The Best Places to Put Wind Turbines to Produce Electricity
Algoma Region offers a “backdrop of breathtaking landscapes.” That was before wind turbines were built.
Across the big lake on landscapes similar to the Huron Mountains: The Ontario government boasts that the Algoma Region offers a "backdrop of breathtaking landscapes." That was before the wind power projects were built. Here, a photo from Bow Lake in the Algoma, this summer. Breathtaking alright. (Photo courtesy Gord Benner)
Trespass Zoning and why setbacks need to be to property lines.
Setbacks should always be to property lines, not to homes. The uncompensated taking of land as safety easements for the wind company constitutes the taking of non-participants’ property and rights. The setback and unsafe zone is further out the larger turbines are.
PLIGHT OF MOUNTAINTOP HABITAT
PLIGHT OF MOUNTAINTOP HABITAT Wildlife Biologists and Natural Resource Managers are expressing their growing concerns regarding large scale wind development and its impacts to sensitive mountain habitats. High elevation habitats are a scarce resource in the Northeast. My name is Will Staats and I live in the Northeast Kingdom town of Victory, Vermont. make my … Continue reading PLIGHT OF MOUNTAINTOP HABITAT
RES Destroys roads with Wind Turbine Installation – finally agrees to pay for repairs.
Wind Industry makes promises they do not keep. Learn from the mistakes of other communities. Do not rely on the company when they say roads will be better nor rely on any of their studies that say the roads will handle the loads. RES project where they had to fight to get damaged roads fixed. … Continue reading RES Destroys roads with Wind Turbine Installation – finally agrees to pay for repairs.
Manufacturers of the turbines provide only a two-year warranty
The wind industry sales pitch is that the useful life of wind turbines is supposed to be 20 years. However, the turbines have been plagued by numerous problems and this 20-year life is rather a utopia than anything else. Gearboxes and bearings in wind turbines, more than those in any other application, tend to fail … Continue reading Manufacturers of the turbines provide only a two-year warranty
Save The Huron Mountains 