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A French turbine blows apart. Links to pictures and story.
A Letter to the Vermont Wind Commission, by Jody Fried, East Burke, VT, November 17, 2004
"An Investigation on the Physiological and Psychological Effects of Infrasound on Persons," Chen Yuan Huang Qibal and Hanmin Shi, March, 2004
Avian Mortality Event at Mountaineer Wind Energy Center, Backbone Mountain, WV, May, 2003
"The Danish wind turbine industry charged: Killing rare and protected birds:" Danish society of Wind Turbine Neighbours
E.ON Nets Wind Report 2004 (excerpts) points out how wind power requires construction of conventional power sources for back-up and expansion of the high-power infrastructure of the grid. Wind is not available when it is most needed.
R "Frank Talk" - "The Good and the Bad Regarding Wind Energy," Press Release by Representative Frank Miller, Kansas, January 20, 2005
Icing Standards. Jonas Wolff, Article points out that there is no certification scheme for ice preventing systems nor have public safety issues due to icing been addressed in technical standards.
"Land of the Wind," Don Coldsmith
"Lawsuit Seeks Redress For Massive Illegal Bird Kills At Altamont Pass, CA, Wind Farms," Press Release, January 12, 2003
Map of two wind factory projects on the Isle of Skye, Scotland. You can see the location of the proposed turbines, represented by 3-branch stars, and you can see the recorded flights of the golden eagles (arrows, with a different colour for each month. The flights were recorded by the consultant hired by the developer: the map is part of the Environmental Impact Assessment.
"Moratorium on wind power needed," Hugh Kemper
"New Jersey Audubon Society's Position Paper on Wind Power Energy,"
"Our Fenner Wind Farm Story," Pamela Foringer, Fenner, New York, Autumn 2004
R "A Problem With Wind Power," This article discusses the growing disappointment with wind as an effective power source. It contains links to articles that explain in more detail the issues raised by the author, Eric Rosenbloom."The Poor Record of the Searsburg, Vermont Wind Plant," report and expansion of Eleanor Tillinghast's article on Searsburg's record
"Put not thy faith in the Princes of Wind," by Howard C. Hayden, Professor Emeritus, University of Connecticut
"Questioning the faith of wind power," David Robertson, December 23, 2004
"Sobering Altamont Bird Report Issued," Paul Gipe, Wind-Works.org
"Summary of IEA Topical Expert Meeting on Noise Emission," Lisa Johansson, November, 2000
R "West Danish wind power - lessons for the UK," by Dr. V. C. Mason, November, 2004
WV Wind Project Bat Kill - 250+ and Counting
"When Blade Meets Bat: Unexpected Bat Kills Threaten Future Wind Farms," Scientific American, February 2004
R "Whirlwind of Trouble -- Wind energy has several financial, environmental disadvantages," Thomas Tanton, Rocky Mountain News
"Why energy conservation trumps windmills," (article contains comprehensive foot notes) Eleanor Tillinghast, Hill Country Observer, February - March 2003, www.greenberkshires.org
"Wind Energy Will Not Reduce US Oil Dependence," Glenn R. Schleede, December 1, 2004
R "Wind farms feel the chill of public rejection," London Telegraph, April 4, 2004
"Wind farms 'make people sick who live up to a mile away'," Sunday Telegraph, January 25, 2004
R "Wind Farms: Myths and Facts," by David Bellamy, from the Country Guardian web site http://www.countryguardian.net/
"Wind farms top poll of architectural eyesores," The Scientific Alliance, November 13, 2003
R " 'Wind turbines don't make good neighbors:' Some Problems of Wind Power in the Berkshires, " Eleanor Tillinghast, Green Berkshires, Inc., May 14, 2004
"Wind Turbine Noise Issues." Anthony L. Rogers, Ph.D. and James F. Manwell, Ph.D. A white paper prepared by the Renewable Energy Research Laboratory, University of Massachusetts at Amherst, June, 2002. "Clearer state standards are needed for the measurement of background noise and the estimation of wind turbine noise in assessments of wind turbine projects."
"Would Wind Farms Hurt Food Farms?" Willie Soon and Sallie Baliunas, http://www.techcentralstation.com/ November 11, 2004
Global Warming"An Open Letter on Global Warming," by Donald Bly, Ph.D.
"An Update on the Science of Climate Change," Senator James M. Inhofe, Chairman Senate Committee on Environmental and Public Works, January 4, 2005
"Artic IceCapades," TSAugust www.tsaugust.org
"After a Period of Brightness, Earth Dims, Researchers Say," by Kenneth Chang, New York Times, May 28, 2004
R "Climate Alarm," Where Does it Come From," Richard S. Lindzen, Houston Forum, September 9, 2004 http://www.iertx.org/
"Climate Alarmism and the Poor," by Dr. Roger Bates, Director, Africa Fighting Malaria, fellow at the American Enterprise Institute, December 6, 2004
"Climate Issues and Questions," George C. Marshall Institute and the Scientific Alliance, 2004
Climate Science Ignored by UK Chief Scientist, by S. Fred Singer, President, Science and Environmental Policy Project
"Climate Change: The Science Isn't Settled," by James Schlesinger, Washington Post, July 7, 2003
"Dangers of Global Warming?" by Bjorn Lomborg, The Sunday Telegraph (U.K.) 8/10/03
"Enron and the Kyoto Protocol: the inside story," January 26, 2002, a series of articles from several sources reporting on Enron's interest in Kyoto
Frequently Asked Questions About Climate Change, The Science and Environmental Policy Project
"Fundamental Climate Science Issues Raised in 6 Major National Academy of Sciences Studies," by David E. Wojick, Ph.D. January, 2003
"The Global Stupidstorm," by Patrick J. Michaels (of Jan. 2000) of the book that formed the basis of the film "The Day After Tomorrow " (release date May 28, 2004.
"Global Warming Concerns are False Alarm," Press Release, Institute of Economic Affairs, September, 2003
"Global Warming Letter to Senator John McCain," sent by 11 scientists, November 16, 2004
"Global Warming: The Satellite Saga Continues," by Dr. Roy Spencer, Principal Research Scientist, University of Alabama, December 3, 2004
"Hollywood's fake take on global warming," by James M. Taylor, Boston Globe, June 1, 2004
"Is the Earth Really Warming? Scientists from Universities of Rochester and Virginia publish new findings that throw doubt on global warming and the validity of climate models," News Release from the Science & Environmental Policy Project (SEPP), July 2004 "Altitude dependence of atmospheric temperature trends: Climate models versus observations." "Disparity of tropospheric and surface temperature trends: New evidence."
"The Kyoto Delusion," by Robert J. Samuelson, Washington Post, June 21, 2001
"Lessons & Limits of Climate History: Was the 20th Century Climate Unusual?" by Willie Soon and Sallie Baliunas, The Marshall Institute - Science for Better Public Policy, 2003
"Let's Be Honest About the Real Consensus," by Dr. Roy Spencer, Principal Research Scientist, University of Alabama, December 7, 2004
Letter to the Editor re Government Climate Science Scandal, by Dr. Tim Ball, The Hill Times (Ottawa) March 1, 2004
"Likelihood of rapidly increasing surface temperatures unaccompanied by strong warming in the free troposphere," by T.N. Chase, R.A. Pielke Sr , B.Herman, X. Zeng, , Inter-Research 2004
"Lobbying & Law - Cold Cash and Global Warming Research and Related Activities," The National Journal, April 2, 2005
Neither the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) nor the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) reports confirmed that human-caused climate change is a serious problem says MIT professor Richard S. Lindzen in the Hill Times Ottawa, February 23 - March 1, 2004.
R Myths and Envirotruth Regarding Climate Change EnviroTruth.org
"The Oracle at EL: Climate change computer models aren't much better than ancient oracles," Paul K. Driessen, April 2005
R The Science & Environmental Policy Project, a web site that, among other things, challenges the belief that the theory of global warming is is a proven fact. Several of the articles listed above are posted on this web site. http://www.sepp.org/
R "Strange Science: Reflections on Global Warming," by Thomas Sieger Derr, Professor of Religion and Ethics at Smith College
"The Warmest in 1000 Years? Revisiting the Hockey Stick," by Roy Spencer, Principal Research Scientist, University of Alabama
"Wind Turbines and Global Warming", testimony by Donald Bly, Ph.D., March 15, 2004
The Economics of Wind PowerR "Analysis of the Cost of Reducing Carbon Dioxide Emissions by 158,000 tons at Gray County Wind Farm in Kansas" by Tom Hewson, January, 2005
"Are energy answers blowing in the wind? Weighing the true costs." Eleanor Tillinghast, http://www.greenberkshires.org/
R "Big Money" Discovers the Huge Tax Breaks and Subsidies for "Wind Energy" While Taxpayers and Electric Customers Pick up the Tab" Glenn Schleede, April 14, 2005
"Can we afford to keep the lights on? Real future electricity costs," Press release put out by the Royal Academy of Engineering in the UK on energy costs, March 10, 2004.
"Challenges and Costs of Integrating Growing Amounts of Wind Power Capacity into the Grid - Some Experiences Dealing with 12000 MW in Germany," Due to the fluctuating nature of wind, feed-in of growing amounts of wind generated power into the grid causes challenges and costs. Currently, in Germany, these costs are paid by the government, contributing to the very high electric rates in Germany.
"Creative Financing Structures Provide Breath of Fresh Air for Wind Power Projects," by Nandan Nelivigi, Partner, White & Case LLP, Energy Pulse
"Economics of Grid-Connected Small Wind Turbines in the Domestic Market," T. Forsyth and P. Tu, National Renewable Energy Laboratory and J. Gilbert, Princeton Economic Research, Inc., AWEA WindPower '99 Conference, Burlington, VT, June 20 -23, 1999. States that do not offer financial incentives (subsidies) are not areas where small wind turbines will be profitable for their owners.
"The Effect of Wind Development on Local Property Values," George Sterzinger, Fredric Beck, Damian Kostiur, Renewable Energy Policy Project, May 2003. Review of "The Effect of Wind Development on Local Property Values" by Tom Hewson Review of The Effect of Wind Development on Local Property Values," by Hugh Kemp
R "Energy consumption in wind facilities," Eric Rosenbloom, Large wind turbines require a large amount of energy to operate.
R "Facing up to the True Costs and Benefits of Wind Energy: A necessary step in any attempt to understand the outlook for US energy supply and demand," Glenn R. Schleede, June 24, 2004
"Financing Wind Projects Through the Voluntary Green Power Market," Kathy Belyeu, An explanation of the wind developer's strategy of marketing renewable energy certificates to large energy users as a way of insuring the profitability of new wind projects.
"Free But Costly: An Economic Analysis of a Wind Farm in Nantucket Sound," by Douglas Giuffre, Jonathan Haughton, and David G. Tuerck, The Beacon Hill Institute at Suffolk University. Review of two Beacon Hill Reports by Hugh Kemp
"Giant blades are slicing prices," telegraph.co.uk, October 20, 2004. As an inquiry opens into the first wind farm in the South East, Ross Clark reports on how similar turbines have already blighted properties in Cumbria.
"House price chill in the wind," Ben Kendall, EDP24, (UK) November 4, 2004
"Ice Loads, Case Study," There may be serious hazard to the turbine's lifetime or power production due to unbalanced ice build-up.
R "Misplaced State Government Faith in "Wind Energy, -- This Time by the Kansas Energy Council," An Analysis and Report by Glenn R. Schleede, March 1, 2005
"Please don't let Senator Grassley give Warren Buffett another big tax break!" letter by Glenn R. Schleede, March 15, 2004
“Pseudo
Environmentalism in Wealthy
R "Renewable Energy is Highly Profitable for Developers," The Campaign to Protect Nantucket Sound
"Study: Wind farm doesn't add up," article in the Cape Cod Times, March 16, 2004 about "An Economic Analysis of a Wind Farm in Nantucket Sound."
R "'Tilting at Windmills:' The economics of wind power," by David Simpson, The David Hume Institute, Hume Occasional Paper No. 65, April 2004.
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Problems of Wind Power - Unfavorable Economics - A Dying - or Resurrected - United States Industry? |
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Problems of Wind Power - Unfavorable Economics - High Costs as a Virtue: The Jobs Rationale |
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Problems of Wind Power - Forced Subsidies from Ratepayers and Taxpayers |
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Problems of Wind Power - Killing Birds: the "Avian Mortality" Problem |
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"Wind Energy Economics," Iowa Energy Center shows how to determine the costs for both residential and commercial wind projects. "Making a Decision," also from the Wind Energy Manual of the Iowa Energy Center, continues the discussion of the economic realities of investing in wind energy.
“Wind Energy Economics in West Virginia: A description of the environmental, scenic and property value implications and an analysis of the economic benefits and costs associated with existing and proposed “wind farms” in West Virginia” by Glenn R. Schleede, January 20, 2003
"Wind Energy in the Northeastern U.S.: Leverage Points for Growth," Prepared For: Connecticut Clean Energy Fund, Prepared By: Energy & Environmental Ventures LLC, Weston, CT 06883
Wind Financing: web links to brochures from conferences that taught wind developers how gain back 65% - 75% of their investment by taking advantage of government subsidies.
"Wind Power Finance & Investment," On February 8-10, 2005, wind power deal-makers will gather in San Diego for Wind Power Finance & Investment, the senior networking event for this dynamic community.
"Wind Power Must Have Back Up," letter by Leon Mir to Rutland Herald
Other Socially Useful Ways to Spend the Money Taxpayers Pay to Subsidize WindPeople, Progress and Planet - Earth Day 2005, This year, let's remember that billions still face real, life-threatening dangers," Paul Driessen
"Washington doublespeak on Amtrak," San Francisco Chronicle, April 15, 2005
Coalitions and Organizations that Make the Case Against Wind Power Development"Artists Urge People to Paint Landscape Before It Changes."
R"A Search for Consistency," Lawrence G. Slason, the lawyer who is representing the Glebe Mountain Group
"Baptists, Bootleggers and Wind Power," Neil Hrab. Tech Central Station
R"Fast Facts: Answers to 'Most Asked Questions,' for Proposed Glebe Mountain Wind Turbine Project," by the Glebe Mountain Group
“The Case Against Wind Farms” Country Guardian, the British national campaign to oppose electricity generation by wind in unsuitable locations and to promote energy conservation, gives a detailed explanation of reasons why wind development is not beneficial in many parts of Great Britain. This article is on their web site http://www.countryguardian.net/
"Don't Let Wind Power Companies Fool You" from the Wind Power Cons website
The Dash for Wind: West Denmark's Experience and UK's Energy Aspirations - a critical look at the Danish wind power aspirations.
"Excerpts from the Final Report of the Township of Lincoln Wind Turbine Moratorium Committee," July 2, 2001
"How can anyone be against wind power?" Sardinia Preservation Group http://www.savesardinia.com/
"Quixotic battle against a wind farm fiasco," Gerald Warner, Scotland, 2004
"What skyline would you like to see for the next 35 years?" , Adam Richardson, Hoosac Range Scenic Preservation Association, January, 2003
"Why 27 Huge Wind Turbines Don't Belong on Glebe Mountain Ridgeline," Statement by Jim and Sandy Wilbur and the Glebe Mountain Group
Windfarms comments from the Kittitas Audubon Society Board of Directors, Kittitas, WA Audubon Society, September 13, 2004
"Wind Farms wind up conservationist," Popular UK conservationist David Bellamy comes out fighting against proposed turbine farms in New Zealand, August, 2004
"Wishes and horses for Africa: The lethal chasm between wind energy hype and reality," Paul Driessen
BooksForce 10 - Political Will vs Landscape Protection, by Elizabeth Mann "The Wind Industry, young and ambitious, appears determined to be the leading renewable renewable energy source in the UK. In its haste to achieve this end it seems to be taking short cuts, many of which appear to raise serious issues of governance. Some examples of these are to be found in the book." The home page of http://www.wind-farm.org/ has a free download of Force 10.
The Skeptical Environmentalist:
Measuring the Real State of the World, by Bjorn Lomborg,
See Upcoming Events Page for news about the development of a Vermont Renewable Portfolio Standard
Catamount Energy Corporation – information
taken from their website about Kavelstorf
Windfarm in
Catamount's Glebe Mountain Project
East Haven Wind Project 248 Application for four 1.5 MW turbines on a mountain previously used as an army base. Summary
"Final Public Involvement Report," Agency for Natural Resources, April, 2004
"Guidebook for New England Inland Wind Power Siting," Prepared for the Massachusetts Technology Collaborative by the Conservation Law Foundation, June 2003
R H. 186 AN ACT RELATING TO PROVIDING THAT ORIGINAL AESTHETICS, WATER PURITY, AND WILDLIFE HABITAT REVIEW FOR REGULATED ELECTRICITY PROJECTS LOCATED ABOVE 2500 FEET IN ELEVATION SHALL TAKE PLACE BEFORE A DISTRICT ENVIRONMENTAL COMMISSION INSTEAD OF THE PUBLIC SERVICE BOARD, Introduced by Representative Obuchowski of Rockingham
Report of the Vermont Wind Commission, Vermont Commission on Wind Energy Regulatory Policy, December 15, 2004
Statement of Concerns of 10 Environmental Organizations on Possible Impacts on Wildlife in Nantucket Sound if Cape Wind Associates’ Proposed Windmill Farm is implemented (taken from saveoursound.org website)
R "Wind Energy and Other Renewable Energy Development on ANR Lands," December, 2004
Adams, Ann, "Industrial wind power? Decide now," Recorder Publishing of Va., Inc, June 4, 2004
Adams, Ann, "From balloon tests to lightning strikes: What Highland needs to learn about wind energy projects," Recorder Publishing of Va., Inc, June 4, 2004
Adams, Ann, "Planners urge wind awareness," Recorder Publishing of Va., Inc, June 4, 2004
Baines, David and Andrew, Mark, "Marking of deer fences to reduce frequency of collisions by woodland grouse,"
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Barker, Richard, "In Search of a National Energy Strategy - Why Cold, Hard Scientific Realities Will Always Trump Warm, Puzzy Political Ideals," Energy Pulse, 6/30/04
How the Electricity Grid Works
"Green Pricing and Net Metering Programs 2003," Energy Information Administration
Hendershot, Dan, "Is wind the future for Western North Carolina? Myriad of issues surrounds proposed placement of wind farms in the region."
Hirst, Eric and Jeffrey Hild, "Integrating Large Amounts of Wind Energy with a Small Electric Power System," April, 2004
R Hove, Anders, "A Brief Guide to U.S. Energy Policy," July, 2002
Hube, Richard, Letter to constituents re proposed wind farm, August 13, 2004
Kaiper, Gina V., "U.S.Energy Flow - 2000, February 2002," U.S. Department of Energy, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Ottinger, Richard L. & Mindy Jayne, "Global Climate Change - Kyoto Protocol Implementation: Legal Frameworks for Implementing Clean Energy Solutions," Pace University School of Law, January 2000.
“Quick Facts about Wind Energy” U.S.Department of Energy, Wind Energy Program
“Responding to Issues Raised during a Conversation about Wind Energy with a Senior State Legislator” An explanation of the technical terms that a used in discussions about wind development.
R Responses to Questions for Peter Bradford, Peru homeowner, former Chairman of the Public Service Board in both Maine and New York, and Board Member of Concerned Scientists. The Select Board, the Planning Commission, and the Conservation Commission were invited to submit questions. Peter Bradford attended a meeting in Londonderry, June 5, 2003 and brought this handout with his answers.
"Review of The Impact of a Renewable Energy Portfolio Standard on Retail Rates in Colorado" by Tom Hewson.
"Straight from the mountaintop," Green Power Switch News, Vol. 2, No. 2 - Spring 2002
RTop of Iowa Wind Farm Case Study, compiled by the State of Iowa Division of Natural Resources
"U.S. Energy Flow Trends - 2001 New Primary Resource Consumption ~97 Quads," Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, August, 2003
Vermont Electric Plan 2004, Public Comment Draft, August 6, 2004. For a paper copy of the Vermont Electric Plan call 802 828 2811
Vermont Department of Public Service, 2004 Vermont Comprehensive Energy and Electric Plan - Final Draft, December 4, 2003.
“Wind Power Faces a Backlash” Green Power Insight, Vol 1, Issue 1, Jan.2003, go to page 7.
"Wind Energy and Ridgetop Development," taken from the Vermont Natural Resources Council web site, http://www.vnrc.org/
R"Wind Energy Projects," American
Wind Energy Association, January 24, 2005
R"CO2 Emissions Reduction: Time for a Reality Check?" by Malcolm Keay, Oxford Energy Comment, February 2005
Energy Lab Reduces Impact on Environment, National Renewable Energy Laboratory
"The False Promise of Renewable Energy," A reality check on renewable's displacing fossil fuels, TSAugust, September, 2004
"Green Energy Resources, Inc. (OTC Pink Sheets: NYIL) is an emerging "green energy" powerhouse in the making, with rapidly expanding operations in the delivery and distribution of wood fiber biomass fuel for energy generation facilities in Europe and North America." TechFund Special Daily Report, August, 2004
"Hydrogen and Nuclear Power: Engines of a Clean Energy Future" Remarks by John Ritch, Director General, World Nuclear Association
"Hydropower: Partnership with the Environment," United States Department of Energy
R "2004 Index of Leading Environmental Indicators, Ninth Edition," by Steven F. Heyward, April 2004, Pacific Research Institute for Public Policy, San Francisco, CA & American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research, Washington, DC
An Introduction to Biomass Energy, A Renewable Resource, Biomass Energy Research Association
R"People, Progress and Planet - Earth Day 2005" Paul Driessen, Senior Policy Advisor for the Congress of Racial Equality and Center for the Defense of Free Enterprise
"Renewable energy," Timothy McQuiston, Editor: Vermont Business Magazine speaking on Vermont Public Radio
Royal Academy of Engineering's report (UK) to the House of Lord's Science and Technology Committee's inquiry into "The Practicalities of Developing Renewable Energy," October, 2003 Press Release for RAE Report
Solar Energy Technology Program, U.S. Department of Energy, Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Web Site
USDA September 2004 Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Improvement Grants
"Wind alone is not enough," by Richard Andrews, Field Representative for Forest Watch, Rutland Herald, March 31, 2004
Wind & Hydropower Technologies Program, U.S. Department of Energy, Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy
