A follow up letter sent to WorkSafe Victoria, including a Blade Throw Risk Assessment undertaken at Hills of Gold Wind Farm in NSW. The supplementary letter includes the following: Alerting WorkSafe to the risk of human life due to blade throw and blade fragment throw,Calling on the requirement of all Wind Farms in the Moyne … Continue reading Alerting WorkSafe Victoria
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German Wind Turbine Blades= 1.35 Million Tonnes of “Hazardous Material”
'Future generations will wonder how dumb their ancestors must have been to opt for a form of energy that blighted the landscape, destroyed ecosystems over vast areas, killed avian wildlife, was an unreliable and expensive energy source, made nearby residents sick and left millions and millions of tonnes of waste behind'.-P Gosselin
Bird Deaths From Wind Turbine’s Drop By 72% When One Blade Is Black
20th August, 2020 By Joe Pinkstone, Mailonline, www.dailymail.co.uk Researchers paints a blade black on four wind turbines on island of SmolaResearchers used sniffer dogs to look for bird carcasses underneath the turbinesAfter they were painted, the amount of bird deaths dropped by 72 per cent Painting one blade of a wind turbine makes it easier for … Continue reading Bird Deaths From Wind Turbine’s Drop By 72% When One Blade Is Black