Annual Review Planning and Environmental Appeals Division 2015-16
Planning and Environmental Appeals Division’s annual review of performance for the period 2015-16. Download PDF: planning-and-environmental-appeals-division-annual-review-15-16
Resilience of Electricity Infrastructure – Scientific Alliance
Sir Donald Miller FREng , FRSE – Chairman Scottish Power 1982-92 Colin Gibson FIEE – Formerly Power Network Director, National Grid Professor Michael Laughton FREng – Emeritus Professor of Electrical Engineering, University of London. The severity of the problems facing electricity supply in the coming years cannot be examined without Read more
Responses of the ear to low frequency sounds, infrasound and wind turbines
Alec N. Salt and T.E. Hullar, Department of Otolaryngology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, 63110, USA, Hearing Research 2010 Sep 1; 268(1-2):12-21. Epub 2010 Jun 16 Abstract Infrasonic sounds are generated internally in the body (by respiration, heartbeat, coughing, etc) and by external sources, such as air Read more
Infrasound From Wind Turbines Could Affect Humans
Alec N. Salt and James A.Kaltenbach Infrasound , Bulletin of Science Technology & Society 2011 31: 296, DOI: 10.1177/0270467611412555 Bio Alec N. Salt received his PhD from the University of Birmingham, UK, in 1977 and has been actively involved in research into the physiology of the ear for over 35 Read more
Evaluating the impact of wind turbine noise on health related quality of life
by Daniel Shepherd, David McBride, David Welch, Kim N. Dirks, Erin M. Hill, Noise & Health, September-October 2011, 13:54,333-9, DOI: 10.4103/1463-1741.85502, www.noiseandhealth.org 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 Read more
The Problems With ‘Noise Numbers’ for Wind Farm Noise Assessment
Bob Thorne, Bulletin of Science Technology & Society 2011 31: 262, DOI: 10.1177/0270467611412557 Bio Bob Thorne, MSc, PhD, is the principal consultant of Noise Measurement Services Pty Ltd, Brisbane, Australia. He holds a PhD from Massey University, New Zealand, in health science and is an environmental health research associate in Read more
East Fife Turbines – Map & Details
The campaign group EFTAG (East Fife Turbine Awareness Group) have recently updated their map of all approved, constructed, and pending applications in their local area of Fife and have shared their data with us, which highlights how this area is under continued threat from wind farm development, an issue that Read more
Offshore Turbine – Scale Chart
The above image was shared with us by Malcolm Kirk which was created for the No Tiree Array campaigners; http://www.no-tiree-array.org.uk/?page_id=5175. The area is currently under threat from a development of between 215-300 turbines, at a total height of 204 metres, to be built only 5km from the shoreline. You can Read more