Strathbogie Ranges Sees Red

The green hobby farmers seeing red over $1.5b wind farm 18th August, 2023 By Gus McCubbing, AFR More than 80 per cent of residents oppose the construction of a wind farm in Victoria’s Strathbogie Ranges, a survey found, posing a big challenge for developers. Darryl Otzen moved to the scenic Strathbogie Ranges north-east of Melbourne … Continue reading Strathbogie Ranges Sees Red →

Submissions To Help Willatook

20th July 2022 Written Public Submissions to Victorian Planning on the Environment Effects Statement and planning permit applications close 12th August 2022. See: https://engage.vic.gov.au/willatook-wind-farm-inquiry/ Hi All Wind Farm Living, Moyne Shire The Willatook Wind Farm planning application – To help the Moyne Shire defend our rural lands they need to know what you think. Do our Councillors … Continue reading Submissions To Help Willatook →

Wind Turbines Deadly Toll

Wind turbines' deadly toll on migrating birds: Map highlights 'collision hotspots' in Europe and North Africa where owls, swans and eagles are at highest risk of being killed by power generators' blades 11th April, 2022 by Sophie Curtis for MailOnline Source: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-10707911/Wind-turbines-taking-deadly-toll-migrating-birds-Map-highlights-collision-hotspots.html University of East Anglia study identifies collision 'hotspots' for migrating birdsMany lie in … Continue reading Wind Turbines Deadly Toll →

Brown Shreds Wind Turbines-2019

'Of course, wind farms are ugly, and of course they also whimsically produce a totally unreliable electricity - here today, no wind tomorrow - that's turned our power system into an expensive joke. But they've also been killing many more birds than our planners predicted.' - Andrew Bolt

When One Turbine Blade Is Black

"One cannot expect this solution to reduce fatalities of most other bird species because many causal factors contribute to avian collision mortality with wind turbines," Shawn Smallwood, a California ecologist who has studied bird deaths caused by energy infrastructure, tells E&E News,[Aug 2020]. "Many birds, for example, collide with wind turbines at night, when tower colours … Continue reading When One Turbine Blade Is Black →