A French turbine blows apart.
Links to pictures and story.
A Letter to the Vermont Wind Commission,
by Jody Fried, East Burke, VT, November 17, 2004
Avian
Mortality Event at Mountaineer Wind Energy Center, Backbone Mountain, WV,
May, 2003
"The Danish
wind turbine industry charged: Killing rare and protected birds:"
Danish society of Wind Turbine Neighbours
E.ON
Nets Wind Report 2004 (excerpts) points out how wind power requires
construction of conventional power sources for back-up and expansion of the
high-power infrastructure of the grid. Wind is not available when it is
most needed.
R "Frank
Talk" - "The Good and the Bad Regarding Wind Energy," Press
Release by Representative Frank Miller, Kansas, January 20, 2005
Icing
Standards. Jonas Wolff, Article points out that there is no certification scheme
for ice preventing systems nor have public safety issues due to icing been
addressed in technical standards.
"Land of the Wind," Don
Coldsmith
"Lawsuit Seeks Redress
For Massive Illegal Bird Kills At Altamont Pass, CA, Wind Farms," Press
Release, January 12, 2003
Map
of two wind factory projects on the Isle of Skye, Scotland. You can
see the location of the proposed turbines, represented by 3-branch stars, and
you can see the recorded flights of the golden eagles (arrows, with a different
colour for each month. The flights were recorded by the consultant hired
by the developer: the map is part of the Environmental Impact Assessment.
"Moratorium on wind power needed,"
Hugh Kemper
"New Jersey Audubon Society's Position
Paper on Wind Power Energy,"
"Our Fenner Wind Farm Story,"
Pamela Foringer, Fenner, New York, Autumn 2004
R "A Problem With
Wind Power," This article discusses the growing disappointment with
wind as an effective power source. It contains links to articles that
explain in more detail the issues raised by the author, Eric Rosenbloom.
"The
Poor Record of the Searsburg, Vermont Wind Plant," report and expansion
of Eleanor Tillinghast's article on Searsburg's record
"Put
not thy faith in the Princes of Wind," by Howard C. Hayden, Professor
Emeritus, University of Connecticut
"Questioning the faith
of wind power," David Robertson, December 23, 2004
"Sobering
Altamont Bird Report Issued," Paul Gipe, Wind-Works.org
"Summary
of IEA Topical Expert Meeting on Noise Emission," Lisa Johansson, November, 2000
R "West
Danish wind power - lessons for the UK," by Dr. V. C. Mason, November,
2004
WV
Wind Project Bat Kill - 250+ and Counting
"When Blade Meets Bat:
Unexpected Bat Kills Threaten Future Wind Farms," Scientific American,
February 2004
R "Whirlwind
of Trouble -- Wind energy has several financial, environmental
disadvantages," Thomas Tanton, Rocky Mountain News
"Why
energy conservation trumps windmills," (article contains comprehensive
foot notes) Eleanor Tillinghast, Hill Country Observer, February - March 2003,
www.greenberkshires.org
"Wind Energy Will Not Reduce US
Oil Dependence," Glenn R. Schleede, December 1, 2004
R "Wind
farms feel the chill of public rejection," London Telegraph, April 4,
2004
"Wind farms 'make people sick who
live up to a mile away'," Sunday Telegraph, January 25, 2004
R "Wind
Farms: Myths and Facts," by David Bellamy, from the Country Guardian
web site www.CountryGuardian.net
"Wind
farms top poll of architectural eyesores," The Scientific Alliance,
November 13, 2003
R " 'Wind
turbines don't make good neighbors:' Some Problems of Wind Power in the
Berkshires, " Eleanor Tillinghast, Green Berkshires, Inc., May 14,
2004
"Wind
Turbine Noise Issues." Anthony L. Rogers, Ph.D. and James F. Manwell, Ph.D.
A white paper prepared by the Renewable
Energy Research Laboratory, University of Massachusetts at Amherst, June,
2002. "Clearer state standards are needed for the measurement of
background noise and the estimation of wind turbine noise in assessments of wind
turbine projects."
"Would Wind
Farms Hurt Food Farms?" Willie Soon and Sallie Baliunas, www.techcentralstation.com
November 11, 2004
"An Open Letter on Global Warming,"
by Donald Bly, Ph.D.
"An Update on the Science of Climate
Change," Senator James M. Inhofe, Chairman Senate Committee on
Environmental and Public Works, January 4, 2005
"Artic IceCapades,"
TSAugust www.tsaugust.org
"After a Period of Brightness,
Earth Dims, Researchers Say," by Kenneth Chang, New York Times, May 28,
2004
R "Climate
Alarm," Where Does it Come From," Richard S. Lindzen, Houston
Forum, September 9, 2004 www.iertx.org
"Climate
Alarmism and the Poor," by Dr. Roger Bates, Director, Africa Fighting
Malaria, fellow at the American Enterprise Institute, December 6, 2004
Climate Science Ignored by UK Chief
Scientist, by S. Fred Singer, President, Science and Environmental Policy
Project
"Climate
Change: The Science Isn't Settled," by James Schlesinger, Washington
Post, July 7, 2003
"Dangers
of Global Warming?" by Bjorn Lomborg, The Sunday Telegraph (U.K.)
8/10/03
"Enron and the Kyoto
Protocol: the inside story," January 26, 2002, a series of articles
from several sources reporting on Enron's interest in Kyoto
Frequently Asked Questions About
Climate Change, The Science and Environmental Policy Project
"Fundamental
Climate Science Issues Raised in 6 Major National Academy of Sciences
Studies," by David E. Wojick, Ph.D. January, 2003
"The
Global Stupidstorm," by Patrick J. Michaels (of Jan. 2000) of the book
that formed the basis of the film "The Day After Tomorrow " (release
date May 28, 2004.
"Global
Warming Concerns are False Alarm," Press Release, Institute of Economic
Affairs, September, 2003
"Global
Warming Letter to Senator John McCain," sent by 11 scientists, November
16, 2004
"Global
Warming: The Satellite Saga Continues," by Dr. Roy Spencer, Principal
Research Scientist, University of Alabama, December 3, 2004
"Hollywood's fake take on global
warming," by James M. Taylor, Boston Globe, June 1, 2004
"Is the Earth Really Warming?
Scientists from Universities of Rochester and Virginia publish new findings that
throw doubt on global warming and the validity of climate models," News
Release from the Science & Environmental Policy Project (SEPP), July
2004
"Altitude dependence of atmospheric temperature trends:
Climate models versus
observations." "Disparity of
tropospheric and surface temperature trends: New evidence."
"The Kyoto
Delusion," by Robert J. Samuelson, Washington Post, June 21, 2001
"Lessons
& Limits of Climate History: Was the 20th Century Climate Unusual?"
by Willie Soon and Sallie Baliunas, The Marshall Institute - Science for Better
Public Policy, 2003
"Let's Be
Honest About the Real Consensus," by Dr. Roy Spencer, Principal
Research Scientist, University of Alabama, December 7, 2004
Letter to the Editor re Government Climate
Science Scandal, by Dr. Tim Ball, The Hill Times (Ottawa) March 1, 2004
"Likelihood
of rapidly increasing surface temperatures unaccompanied by strong warming in
the free troposphere," by T.N. Chase, R.A. Pielke Sr , B.Herman, X.
Zeng, , Inter-Research 2004
Neither the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) nor the National
Academy of Sciences (NAS) reports confirmed that human-caused climate change is
a serious problem says MIT professor Richard S.
Lindzen in the Hill Times Ottawa, February 23 - March 1, 2004.
R Myths and Envirotruth
Regarding Climate Change EnviroTruth.org
R The Science & Environmental Policy Project,
a web site that, among other things, challenges the belief that the theory of
global warming is is a proven fact. Several of the articles listed
above are posted on this web site. www.sepp.org
R "Strange
Science: Reflections on Global Warming," by Thomas Sieger Derr,
Professor of Religion and Ethics at Smith College
"The Warmest in
1000 Years? Revisiting the Hockey Stick," by Roy Spencer, Principal
Research Scientist, University of Alabama
"Wind Turbines and Global Warming",
testimony by Donald Bly, Ph.D., March 15, 2004
R "Analysis
of the Cost of Reducing Carbon Dioxide Emissions by 158,000 tons at Gray County
Wind Farm in Kansas" by Tom Hewson, January, 2005
"Are
energy answers blowing in the wind? Weighing the true costs." Eleanor
Tillinghast, www.greenberkshires.org
"Can we afford to
keep the lights on? Real future electricity costs," Press release put
out by the Royal Academy of Engineering in the UK on energy costs, March 10,
2004.
"Challenges and
Costs of Integrating Growing Amounts of Wind Power Capacity into the Grid -
Some Experiences Dealing with 12000 MW in Germany," Due to the
fluctuating nature of wind, feed-in of growing amounts of wind generated power
into the grid causes challenges and costs. Currently, in Germany, these costs
are paid by the government, contributing to the very high electric rates in
Germany.
"Creative
Financing Structures Provide Breath of Fresh Air for Wind Power Projects,"
by Nandan Nelivigi, Partner, White & Case LLP, Energy Pulse
"Economics of
Grid-Connected Small Wind Turbines in the Domestic Market," T. Forsyth
and P. Tu, National Renewable Energy Laboratory and J. Gilbert, Princeton
Economic Research, Inc., AWEA WindPower '99 Conference, Burlington, VT, June 20
-23, 1999. States that do not offer financial incentives (subsidies) are
not areas where small wind turbines will be profitable for their owners.
"The
Effect of Wind Development on Local Property Values," George Sterzinger,
Fredric Beck, Damian Kostiur, Renewable Energy Policy Project, May 2003. Review
of "The Effect of Wind Development on Local Property Values" by
Tom Hewson Review
of The Effect of Wind Development on Local Property Values," by Hugh
Kemp
R "Energy
consumption in wind facilities," Eric Rosenbloom, Large wind turbines
require a large amount of energy to operate.
R "Facing
up to the True Costs and Benefits of Wind Energy: A necessary step in any
attempt to understand the outlook for US energy supply and demand," Glenn
R. Schleede, June 24, 2004
"Financing
Wind Projects Through the Voluntary Green Power Market," Kathy Belyeu,
An explanation of the wind developer's strategy of marketing renewable energy
certificates to large energy users as a way of insuring the profitability of new
wind projects.
"Free
But Costly: An Economic Analysis of a Wind Farm in Nantucket Sound," by
Douglas Giuffre, Jonathan Haughton, and David G. Tuerck, The Beacon Hill
Institute at Suffolk University. Review of
two Beacon Hill Reports by Hugh Kemp
"Giant blades are
slicing prices," telegraph.co.uk, October 20, 2004. As an inquiry
opens into the first wind farm in the South East, Ross Clark reports on how
similar turbines have already blighted properties in Cumbria.
"House price
chill in the wind," Ben Kendall, EDP24, (UK) November 4, 2004
"Ice Loads, Case
Study," There may be serious hazard to the turbine's lifetime or power
production due to unbalanced ice build-up.
R "Misplaced
State Government Faith in "Wind Energy, -- This Time by the Kansas
Energy Council," An Analysis and Report by Glenn R. Schleede, March 1, 2005
"Please
don't let Senator Grassley give Warren Buffett another big tax break!"
letter by Glenn R. Schleede, March 15, 2004
“Pseudo Environmentalism in Wealthy
Radnor Township
,
Pennsylvania
” by Glenn R. Schleede, Energy Market and Policy Analysis, Inc., March, 2003.
An analysis of the impact on West Virginia of Radnor Township’s
decision to purchase 62% of its electricity from wind generated electricity.
R "Renewable
Energy is Highly Profitable for Developers," The Campaign to
Protect Nantucket Sound
"Study:
Wind farm doesn't add up," article in the Cape Cod Times, March 16,
2004 about "An Economic Analysis of a Wind Farm
in
Nantucket Sound."
R "'Tilting
at Windmills:' The economics of wind power," by David Simpson, The
David Hume Institute, Hume Occasional Paper No. 65, April 2004.
"Why Renewable Energy
is Not Cheap and Not Green," by Robert Bradley, Jr., National Center for
Policy Analysis
"Wind
Energy Economics," Iowa Energy Center shows how to determine the
costs for both residential and commercial wind projects. "Making
a Decision," also from the Wind Energy Manual of the Iowa
Energy Center, continues the discussion of the economic realities of
investing in wind energy.
“Wind Energy Economics in West Virginia: A description of the environmental,
scenic and property value implications and an analysis of the economic benefits
and costs associated with existing and proposed “wind farms” in West
Virginia” by Glenn R. Schleede, January 20, 2003
"Wind
Energy in the Northeastern U.S.: Leverage Points for Growth," Prepared
For: Connecticut Clean Energy Fund, Prepared By: Energy & Environmental
Ventures LLC, Weston, CT 06883
Wind Financing:
web links to brochures from conferences that taught wind developers how gain
back 65% - 75% of their investment by taking advantage of government subsidies.
"Wind Power
Finance & Investment," On February 8-10, 2005, wind power
deal-makers will gather in San Diego for Wind Power Finance & Investment,
the senior networking event for this dynamic community.
"Wind Power Must Have
Back Up," letter by Leon Mir to Rutland Herald
"Artists Urge
People to Paint Landscape Before It Changes."
R"A
Search for Consistency," Lawrence G. Slason, the lawyer who is
representing the Glebe Mountain Group
"Baptists,
Bootleggers and Wind Power," Neil Hrab. Tech Central Station
R"Fast
Facts: Answers to 'Most Asked Questions,' for Proposed Glebe Mountain Wind
Turbine Project," by the Glebe Mountain Group
“The Case Against Wind Farms”
Country
Guardian, the British national campaign to oppose electricity generation by wind
in unsuitable locations and to promote energy conservation, gives a detailed
explanation of reasons why wind development is not beneficial in many parts of
Great Britain. This article is on their web site www.countryguardian.net
"Don't Let Wind
Power Companies Fool You" from the Wind Power Cons website
The
Dash for Wind: West Denmark's Experience and UK's Energy Aspirations - a
critical look at the Danish wind power aspirations.
"Excerpts from
the Final Report of the Township of Lincoln Wind Turbine Moratorium Committee,"
July 2, 2001
"How can anyone be against wind
power?" Sardinia
Preservation Group www.savesardinia.com
"Quixotic battle against a wind farm fiasco,"
Gerald Warner, Scotland, 2004
"What
skyline would you like to see for the next 35 years?" , Adam
Richardson, Hoosac Range Scenic Preservation Association, January, 2003
R“When the Wind Blows,” Faculty of Building Journal, October, 2000 - A
summary of the reasons for opposing wind power development in unsuitable areas
in
Great Britain
"Why 27 Huge
Wind Turbines Don't Belong on Glebe Mountain Ridgeline," Statement by
Jim and Sandy Wilbur and the Glebe Mountain Group
“Wind Energy companies are counting on naïve residents” from the
Wind Power Cons website.
Windfarms comments
from the Kittitas Audubon Society Board of Directors, Kittitas, WA Audubon
Society, September 13, 2004
"Wind Farms
wind up conservationist," Popular UK conservationist David Bellamy
comes out fighting against proposed turbine farms in New Zealand, August, 2004
Wind Power Cons – more information from their website
Force 10 - Political Will vs Landscape Protection, by Elizabeth
Mann "The Wind Industry, young and ambitious, appears
determined to be the leading renewable renewable energy source in the UK.
In its haste to achieve this end it seems to be taking short cuts, many of which
appear to raise serious issues of governance. Some examples of these are
to be found in the book." The home page of www.wind-farm.org
has a free download of Force
10.
The Skeptical Environmentalist:
Measuring the Real State of the World, by Bjorn Lomborg,
New York
:
Cambridge
University
Press, 2001. Lomborg is a
statistics and political science professor in
Denmark
(and former a Green Peace member) who happened upon an essay about the
environmental progress the world is making.
Lomborg and a group of students used their statistical tools to confront
the claims in the article. He says
that while there were a few claims that could be disproved, he came to believe
that most of the positive claims were accurate.
A main value of his book is that Lomborg gives an overview of
environmental problems and progress so that the public can decide how best to
use available resources to confront environmental issues.
Read a review of The
Skeptical Environmentalist at Amazon
See Upcoming Events Page for news about the
development of a Vermont Renewable Portfolio Standard
Catamount Energy Corporation – information taken from their website about Kavelstorf Windfarm in Germany
Catamount's Glebe Mountain Project
East Haven Wind Project 248 Application for four 1.5 MW turbines on a mountain
previously used as an army base. Summary
"Final Public
Involvement Report," Agency for Natural Resources, April, 2004
"Guidebook
for New England Inland Wind Power Siting," Prepared for the
Massachusetts Technology Collaborative by the Conservation Law Foundation, June
2003
R H.
186 AN ACT RELATING TO PROVIDING THAT ORIGINAL AESTHETICS, WATER PURITY,
AND WILDLIFE HABITAT REVIEW FOR REGULATED ELECTRICITY PROJECTS LOCATED ABOVE
2500 FEET IN ELEVATION SHALL TAKE PLACE BEFORE A DISTRICT ENVIRONMENTAL
COMMISSION INSTEAD OF THE PUBLIC SERVICE BOARD, Introduced by Representative
Obuchowski of Rockingham
Report
of the Vermont Wind Commission, Vermont Commission on Wind Energy
Regulatory Policy, December 15, 2004
Statement of Concerns of 10 Environmental Organizations on
Possible Impacts on Wildlife in Nantucket Sound if Cape Wind Associates’
Proposed Windmill Farm is implemented (taken
from saveoursound.org website)
“Status of Current and Future Wind Energy Development in New England,” J.F.
Manwell, Ph.D., Director, Renewable Energy Research Laboratory, Department of
Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, University of Massachusetts, October 24,
2001
R "Wind
Energy and Other Renewable Energy Development on ANR Lands," December,
2004
“Wind Energy Planning Resources for Utility-Scale Systems in Vermont: a Product of the Wind Siting
Consensus
Building
Project”,
Vermont
Department of Public Service, October, 2002.
“Wind Turbine Siting Issues in Vermont: Building Consensus Through Stakeholder
Workshops” This is a summary of
the outcomes reached for the four workshops sponsored by the Vermont Department
of Public Service, Renewable Energy Vermont, and Vermont Environmental Research
Associates, 2002.
Adams, Ann, "Industrial
wind power? Decide now," Recorder Publishing of Va., Inc, June 4, 2004
Adams, Ann, "From
balloon tests to lightning strikes: What Highland needs to learn about wind
energy projects," Recorder Publishing of Va., Inc, June 4, 2004
Adams, Ann, "Planners
urge wind awareness," Recorder Publishing of Va., Inc, June 4, 2004
Baines, David and Andrew, Mark, "Marking
of deer fences to reduce frequency of collisions by woodland grouse,"
R Clean Energy Funds Network Case Study #1:
Madison Windpower
Project,
January 22, 2001
Barker, Richard, "In
Search of a National Energy Strategy - Why Cold, Hard Scientific Realities Will
Always Trump Warm, Puzzy Political Ideals," Energy Pulse, 6/30/04
Distributed Energy Resources, Some basic
information about the electricity grid.
How the Electricity Grid
Works
Controlling the Power
Grid
Grid Architecture and
Function
"Groups
Call for Review of Wind Power Wildlife Impacts: Urge Wildlife Agencies to
Minimize Dangers to Migratory Birds"
"Green
Pricing and Net Metering Programs 2003," Energy Information
Administration
Hendershot, Dan, "Is
wind the future for Western North Carolina? Myriad of issues surrounds
proposed placement of wind farms in the region."
Hirst, Eric and Jeffrey Hild, "Integrating
Large Amounts of Wind Energy with a Small Electric Power System,"
April, 2004
R Hove, Anders, "A Brief Guide to U.S. Energy
Policy," July, 2002
Hube, Richard, Letter to
constituents re proposed wind farm, August 13, 2004
Kaiper, Gina V., "U.S.Energy
Flow - 2000, February 2002," U.S. Department of Energy, Lawrence
Livermore National Laboratory
Ottinger, Richard L. & Mindy Jayne, "Global
Climate Change - Kyoto Protocol Implementation: Legal Frameworks for
Implementing Clean Energy Solutions," Pace University School of Law,
January 2000.
“Quick Facts about Wind Energy”
U.S.
Department of Energy, Wind Energy Program
“Responding to Issues Raised during a Conversation about Wind Energy with a
Senior State Legislator” An explanation of the technical terms that a used in
discussions about wind development.
R Responses to
Questions for Peter Bradford, Peru homeowner, former Chairman of the Public
Service Board in both Maine and New York, and Board Member of Concerned
Scientists. The Select Board, the Planning Commission, and the
Conservation Commission were invited to submit questions. Peter Bradford
attended a meeting in Londonderry, June 5, 2003 and brought this handout with
his answers.
"Review of The
Impact of a Renewable Energy Portfolio Standard on Retail Rates in
Colorado" by Tom Hewson.
"Straight
from the mountaintop," Green Power Switch News, Vol. 2, No. 2 - Spring
2002
RTop
of Iowa Wind Farm Case Study, compiled by the State of Iowa Division of
Natural Resources
"U.S.
Energy Flow Trends - 2001 New Primary Resource Consumption ~97 Quads,"
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, August, 2003
Vermont
Electric Plan 2004, Public Comment Draft, August 6, 2004. For a paper
copy of the Vermont Electric Plan call 802 828 2811
Vermont Department of Public Service, 2004
Vermont Comprehensive Energy and Electric Plan - Final Draft, December 4,
2003.
“Wind Power Faces a Backlash” Green Power Insight, Vol 1, Issue 1, Jan.2003,
go to page 7.
Winters, Jeffrey, Associate Editor, “Feature Focus: Alternative Power Systems
Winding Up,” Mechanical Engineering Magazine, January, 2003 – An
overview of wind power development in the
United States
"Wind
Energy and Ridgetop Development," taken from the Vermont Natural
Resources Council web site, www.vnrc.org
R"Wind
Energy Projects," American Wind Energy Association, January 24, 2005
Renewable
Energy, the
Environment and Energy Conservation:
the
challenge is to find the energy sources that provide the most economic,
environmental and aesthetic benefit in any given area. Glebe
Mountain Group welcomes suggestions of articles that show progress in
renewable energy generation or improved utilization of traditional power
sources.
R"CO2 Emissions Reduction: Time for a Reality
Check?" by Malcolm Keay, Oxford Energy Comment, February 2005
Energy
Lab Reduces Impact on Environment, National Renewable Energy Laboratory
"The
False Promise of Renewable Energy," A reality check on renewable's
displacing fossil fuels, TSAugust, September, 2004
"Green
Energy Resources, Inc. (OTC Pink Sheets: NYIL) is an emerging "green
energy" powerhouse in the making, with rapidly expanding operations in the
delivery and distribution of wood fiber biomass fuel for energy generation
facilities in Europe and North America." TechFund Special Daily Report,
August, 2004
"Hydrogen
and Nuclear Power: Engines of a Clean Energy Future" Remarks by John
Ritch, Director General, World Nuclear Association
"Hydropower:
Partnership with the Environment," United States Department of Energy
R "2004
Index of Leading Environmental Indicators, Ninth Edition," by Steven F.
Heyward, April 2004, Pacific Research Institute for Public Policy, San
Francisco, CA & American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research,
Washington, DC
An Introduction
to Biomass Energy, A Renewable Resource, Biomass Energy Research Association
"Renewable
energy," Timothy McQuiston, Editor: Vermont Business Magazine speaking
on Vermont Public Radio
Royal Academy of
Engineering's report (UK) to the House of Lord's Science and Technology
Committee's inquiry into "The Practicalities of Developing Renewable
Energy," October, 2003 Press
Release for RAE Report
Solar
Energy Technology Program, U.S.
Department of Energy, Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Web Site
USDA September 2004
Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Improvement Grants
"Wind alone is not
enough," by Richard Andrews, Field Representative for Forest Watch,
Rutland Herald, March 31, 2004
Wind &
Hydropower Technologies Program, U.S. Department of Energy, Energy
Efficiency and Renewable Energy
Click pictures to see landscapes with
wind factories.
