 | | | Darrington Against Turbine Energy Deployment (D.A.T.E.D) was formed on 1st April 2007, (previously known as the West Park Hamlet Action Group) to work with and for the residents of both rural and urban districts of the area to raise awareness of the impact and likely detrimental effects of the siting of wind turbines in our community. |
| | | Pontefract Wind Farm Action Group (PWAG) has been formed to work with and for the residents of both rural and urban districts of the area to raise awareness of the impact and likely detrimental effects of the siting of wind turbines in our community. |
| | | StopCWF - 'Stop Cambridge Wind Farm' (StopCWF) is an action group of local residents, formed in May 2004, who oppose 'Your Energy's' plans to build a wind farm, consisting of 16 (100 metre high) wind turbines, on the ridge between Boxworth and Conington next to the A14 and in close proximity to many villages. |
| | | Country Guardian is a UK conservation group which, since 1991, has campaigned against the construction of wind turbines in environmentally sensitive areas. We object because wind turbines convert rural landscape into industrial landscape, and because they are a poor source of renewable energy. |
| | | Fenland Landscape Against Turbines - a campaign to stop wind turbines being erected at Marshland St James, Norfolk.
FLAT are not against wind turbines in principle as an alternative method of generating electricity, but feel that they should not be situated close to residential homes.
This site was built to provide facts and information about the impact of wind turbines, and what they will mean to Marshland St James. It will be regularly updated with campaign news and information about wind farms. |
| | | Using PublicAccess, you may view details of property along with Planning applications submitted to Leeds City Council. |
| | | How is a wind farm developed?
The Planning Process
The planning process for a wind farm is long and thorough. We work closely with local authorities and other stakeholders to ensure that everyone benefits from a carefully planned wind farm.
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| | | Banks Developments is the development arm of The Banks Group and is one of the largest and most successful development teams in the UK, working out of four regional offices.
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| | | The DART Committee met and resolved to continue monitoring local developments and to remain vigilant of any potential threats to the rural community from wind turbine installations. The DART web site will remain active not only to keep the membership informed but also to contribute to the national network of opposition groups throughout the UK. |
| | | REF encourages the development of renewable energy and energy conservation whilst safeguarding the landscapes of the United Kingdom from unsustainable industrialisation.
In pursuit of this goal, REF highlights the need for an overall energy policy that is balanced, ecologically sensitive and effective. |
| | | A wind farm is a collection of wind turbines in the same location. They generate wind-powered electricity. Production varies with the wind. Individual turbines are interconnected with a medium voltage (usually 34.5kV) collection system and fiber optic communications network. This medium-voltage electricity is then stepped up with a transformer to a high voltage transmission system and the electric grid. A proposed solution for wind energy and other intermittent power sources is to create a supergrid of interconnected wind farms[1] across western Europe. This large-scale array of dispersed wind farms[2] would be located in different wind regimes. |
| | | Wind power in the United Kingdom passed the milestone of 2 GW installed capacity on 9 February 2007, equivalent to two coal fired power stations, with the opening of the Braes O'Doune wind farm, near Stirling.[1] The UK became the 7th country in the world to reach this capacity. The world leader in wind power is Germany with 20.6 GW installed.[2]
Through the mechanism of Renewables Obligation Certificates, British electricity suppliers are now required by law to provide a proportion of their sales from renewable sources such as wind power or pay a penalty fee. Currently, the proportion is 6.7% in England and Wales. Although this is expected to rise significantly in coming years.
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| | | A wind turbine is a machine for converting the kinetic energy in wind into mechanical energy. If the mechanical energy is used directly by machinery, such as a pump or grinding stones, the machine is usually called a windmill. If the mechanical energy is then converted to electricity, the machine is called a wind generator.
This article discusses the energy-conversion machinery. See the broader article on wind power for more on turbine placement, economics, public concerns, and controversy: in particular, see the wind energy section of that article for an understanding of the temporal distribution of wind energy and how that affects wind-turbine design. See environmental concerns with electricity generation for discussion of environmental problems with wind-energy production.
For a machine that generates wind, see wind machine. For an unusual way to induce a voltage using an aerosol of ionised water, see vaneless ion wind generator.
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| | | The decibel (dB) is used to measure sound level, but it is also widely used in electronics, signals and communication. The dB is a logarithmic unit used to describe a ratio. The ratio may be power, sound pressure, voltage or intensity or several other things. Later on we relate dB to the phon and the sone (units related to loudness). |
| | | Documents presented here are not the product of nor are they necessarily endorsed by National Wind Watch. This resource library is provided to assist anyone wishing to research the issue of industrial wind power and the impacts of its development. The information should be evaluated by each reader to come to their own conclusions about the many facets of the debate. |
| | | This gives links to information about a comprehensive study by Salford University that concluded that the noise phenomenon known as aerodynamic modulation is not an issue for the UK's wind farm fleet |
| | | The information available on this site examines the health impact on families when developers build wind turbines too close to their homes. There are several items available to download.
The papers consider the effects of wind turbine acoustics on health, e.g., sleep deprivation and related adverse effects. Evidence from research papers confirms that noise radiation delivered with specific character and dosage can trigger serious health problems.
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