Official Complaint re: Wind Farm Lease Agreements

1st November, 2021 By Wind Farm Living  From: Wind Farm Living <moyne@windfarmliving.com>Sent: Monday, 1 November 2021 8:11 AMTo: 'Australian Energy Infrastructure Commissioner' <aeic@aeic.gov.au>Subject: RE: Latest Annual Report [SEC=UNOFFICIAL] Dear Andrew, Thank you for providing me with the link to your 2020 report. https://www.aeic.gov.au/publications/2020-annual-report       (scroll down for email trail) Option to Lease / Agreement to Lease I note you have … Continue reading Official Complaint re: Wind Farm Lease Agreements →

Tricky Scene At Woolnorth Wind Farm

Tasmania Fire Service called out to Woolnorth Wind farm 31st October, 2021 By Molly Appleton, The Advocate Source; https://www.theadvocate.com.au/story/7491486/crews-work-to-extinguish-wind-turbine-fire/ Woolnorth Wind Farm. Picture: File Firefighters were called out to extinguish a wind turbine fire at 1.50pm on Sunday. A Tasmania Fire Service spokesperson said a 60 metre wind turbine had caught fire at Woolnorth Wind … Continue reading Tricky Scene At Woolnorth Wind Farm →

Environmental Downside To Solar & Wind Farms

21st October, 2021 By Andrew bolt, Skynews https://www.skynews.com.au/opinion/andrew-bolt/environmental-downside-to-solar-and-wind-farms/video/5771f17d09e8c9cdf4ffe44f2583de64 NSW One Nation leader Mark Latham says there is an “environmental downside” to solar and wind farms. “Both solar and wind farms eat up vast tracts of land, the wind farms have an environmental cost in destroying prime agricultural land, and destroying millions of birds around the … Continue reading Environmental Downside To Solar & Wind Farms →

Wind Farm Unique Sound And Sleep Disruption-Flinders Uni Study

Unique sound from wind farms may cause more sleep disruption than other noise sources Download PDF Copy 13th October, 2021 Reviewed by Danielle Ellis, B.Sc. Source: https://www.news-medical.net/news/20211013/Unique-sound-from-wind-farms-may-cause-more-sleep-disruption-than-other-noise-sources.aspx Residents who live within 10 km of a wind farm report more sleep issues from other sources, such as insomnia, stress and snoring spouses, than the nearby wind farms, a … Continue reading Wind Farm Unique Sound And Sleep Disruption-Flinders Uni Study →

Wind Farm Owners Denied Turbines Were Too Loud

Wind farm owners denied turbines were too loud, yet claimed compensation for them 11th October, 2021 by Michael Fowler, The Age Source: https://www.theage.com.au/politics/victoria/wind-farm-owners-denied-turbines-were-too-loud-yet-claimed-compensation-for-them A Gippsland wind farm was receiving nearly $12 million in compensation payments for loud, faulty turbines despite denying they were causing a noise disturbance to local farmers, who are now suing the … Continue reading Wind Farm Owners Denied Turbines Were Too Loud →

Australia’s Obscene Green Subsidy Machine

6th October, 2021 By Alan Moran, Quadrant Source; https://quadrant.org.au/opinion/doomed-planet/2021/10/australias-obscene-green-subsidy-machine/ When an ALP government introduced a “carbon price” on electricity in 2012 it was sold as a neutral tax. It was, of course, nothing of the sort. The tax was on the carbon content of fossil fuels, but a neutral tax would have had the new … Continue reading Australia’s Obscene Green Subsidy Machine →

Energy Commissioner ‘Blasted’

Thanks, but no thanks, says Bald Hills trial judge 9th September, 2021 by Sentinel-times; https://sgst.com.au/2021/09/thanks-but-no-thanks-says-bald-hill-judge/ The feathers are already flying in the Supreme Court fight between neighbours of the Bald Hills Wind Farm and its operators over allegations of "substantial and unreasonable" noise levels and Justice Melinda Richards had a few blows of her own … Continue reading Energy Commissioner ‘Blasted’ →