Author: DeFrock

Disintegrating Rotor Blades

via Wind power? The glamour is gone. Disintegrating rotor blades Cracks in the rotor blades of eight wind power plants Vestas V136 in the Grohnde-Kirchohsen wind park (Emmenthal municipality in Hameln-Pyrmont county) are visible with the naked eye. Wind power? The glamor is gone. This is but one of the many environmental damages caused by wind … Continue reading Disintegrating Rotor Blades →

Power Play Cape Bridgewater Residents Oppose Pacific Hydro’s Proposed Powerline Route- 2006

By Spectator-Observer Partnership-4th Sep 2006 Originally written by Bill Meldrum Cape Bridgewater residents are gearing up for a campaign against Pacific Hydro's proposed powerline route for the second stage of the Portland Wind Energy Project. It follows the leaking and circulation of terse correspondence made last year by Pacific Hydro project co-ordinator Danny Halstead in … Continue reading Power Play Cape Bridgewater Residents Oppose Pacific Hydro’s Proposed Powerline Route- 2006 →

Victorian Farmer Ploughs Message To Ausnet Over Powerline Project Into Myrniong Paddock

2nd August 2020 by Daniel Miles-ABC South West Vic Source: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-08-02/victorian-farmer-ploughs-message-to-ausnet-powerlines-myrniong/12516126 Farmer Peter Muir normally grows canola, wheat and barley in this western Victorian paddock(Supplied: Moorabool And Central Highlands Power Alliance) A western Victorian farmer has taken a plough to one of his most productive paddocks to send a message to the company behind a … Continue reading Victorian Farmer Ploughs Message To Ausnet Over Powerline Project Into Myrniong Paddock →

Health Effects of Industrial Wind: The Debate Intensifies

Health Effects of Industrial Wind: The Debate Intensifies (update with Steven Cooper) 30th July, 2020 By Sherri Lange - Master Resource Source:  https://www.masterresource.org/wind-turbine-noise-issues/health-effects-update-steven-cooper-june-2020/ “Exposing the fact that the cost-benefit analyses for wind farms are wrong, the power output modelling is wrong, the acoustic modelling is wrong, and the acoustic dose response data is wrong could … Continue reading Health Effects of Industrial Wind: The Debate Intensifies →

Moyne Shire Council Calls To Set Back Hawkesdale Wind Farm Five Kilometres From Town

28th July 2020 Jackson Graham, The Standard- http:www.standard.net.au https://www.standard.net.au/story/6854065/council-calls-to-set-back-wind-farm-five-kilometres-from-town/  (Subscriber)  FURTHER AWAY: A Hawkesdale community group, backed by Moyne Shire, is seeking a five kilometre set back for a proposed 26 turbine wind farm with 180-metre tall structures near the town. A PROPOSED Hawkesdale wind farm could restrain nearby future growth unless set back at … Continue reading Moyne Shire Council Calls To Set Back Hawkesdale Wind Farm Five Kilometres From Town →

Wind Turbine Noise – A Simple Statement of Facts – The Australian Experience

WIND TURBINE NOISE A Simple Statement of Facts – The Australian Experience Waubra Foundation-March 2016 Source:  https://waubrafoundation.org.au/resources/wind-turbine-noise-simple-statement-facts-australian-experience/ Emission of Sound and Vibration Wind turbine blades produce airborne pressure waves (correctly labelled sound pressure waves but often called noise). Noise is that portion of the sound which is audible. The loudness, or power, of the sound … Continue reading Wind Turbine Noise – A Simple Statement of Facts – The Australian Experience →

Moller H, Pedersen, CS. Hearing At Low And Infrasonic Frequencies- 2004

Hearing at Low and Infrasonic Frequencies H. Møller and C. S. Pedersen Department of Acoustics, Aalborg University Full Document: Moller-and-Pedersen-Hearing-at-Low-and-Infrasonic-Frequencies-Noise-and-Health-2004 The human perception of sound at frequencies below 200 Hz is reviewed. Knowledge about our perception of this frequency range is important, since much of the sound we are exposed to in our everyday environment … Continue reading Moller H, Pedersen, CS. Hearing At Low And Infrasonic Frequencies- 2004 →

Amendment VC78 Wind Energy-2011

Source: https://delwp-internet-m5.clients.squiz.net/__data/assets/pdf_file/0028/97561/AN35-Amendment-VC78-Wind-Energy-Facility-Provisions-Clause-52.32.pdf Amendment VC78 - Wind energy facility provisions – Clause 52.32 - March 2011 This Advisory Note provides information about changes to the Victoria Planning Provisions (VPP) and all planning schemes made by Amendment VC78. What does Amendment VC78 do? Amendment VC78 changes: • Clause 19.01-1 of the State Planning Policy Framework (SPPF) to … Continue reading Amendment VC78 Wind Energy-2011 →