It is common knowledge that the cost of renewables and specifically wind are responsible for pushing up household energy bills with the knock on effect that the poorest in society are being pushed into fuel poverty. A new site has been launched which provides an online calculator to calculate how Read more
Key Findings Failure to comply with the intent of ETSU by developers facilitated by the lack of detailed guidance in ETSU has occurred in all the wind farm noise assessments we have reviewed. There has been a failure to use suitable microphone wind screens which include secondary wind screens. Measured Read more
Industrial wind turbines are frequently thought of as benign. However, the literature is reporting adverse health effects associated with the implementation of industrial-scale wind developments.This article explores the historical evidence about what was known regarding infra and low-frequency sound from wind turbines and other noise sources during the period from Read more
Teresa Margarida Costa Pereira e Curto Dissertation in Veterinary Medicine ADVISOR Doctor Maria da Conceição da Cunha Vasconcelos Peleteiro CO-ADVISOR Doctor Maria Luisa Mendes Jorge Abstract Since 2008, the high prevalence of acquired flexural limb deformities front was observed in the Lusitano stud farm. This work aims to evaluate this Read more
Variable Pitch is an online website that tracks wind farms throughout the UK, showing the capacity of a specific wind farm from results published by Ofgem, as well as the incomes they have received to date. Currently there is over 700 stations listed with wind farm data from power capacity Read more
We are close to a tipping point, beyond which there will be much more visibility of wind power schemes that are approved but not yet constructed, and there is a big flow of proposals, either at application or being planned. If the present unbridled policy for on-shore wind power development Read more
Wind Turbines, Noise & Health By Dr Amanda Harry M.B.Ch.B. P.G.Dip.E.N.T. The Effect of Wind Turbines On Health I first realised there might be a problem associated with wind turbines when I was introduced to a couple living near a wind farm in Cornwall. The distance from their home to Read more
An Assessment of Infrasound and other Possible Causes of the Adverse Effects of Windfarms Tharpaland International Retreat Centre Parkgate, Dumfries DG1 3LY Introduction In March 2003, following news of a proposal to build a massive wind farm close to Tharpaland International Retreat Centre1 in the Forest of Ae, Tharpaland set Read more