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| "Fragmentation of forests via wind turbine erection can impact interior nesting birds in a[n] adverse manner. The size and number of wind power developments in the future are also of concern with respect to habitat loss and fragmentation. This may become the primary ecological consideration in future wind power developments in these habitats."
"A question that remains open is risk to birds that migrate at night at very low altitudes. Virtually no studies have been conducted, in any area, of night migration at altitudes below 200-250 feet. Hence, the potential for risk to nocturnal migrants flying at these altitudes is not known. Most previous studies using radar and ceilometer strongly suggest that only a small percentage of nocturnal migrants fly below 250 feet above ground, but those techniques usually have limited abilities to detect low-flying birds and to discriminate birds at different altitudes. Until technology allows researchers to quantify the low-altitude migration, risk cannot be assessed." —Paul Kerlinger, avian consultant for industrial windpower, 2002, 2000. |
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The PSC Testimony provides comprehensive information contained within a typical PSC regulatory hearing, and includes a 40-page document of direct testimony covering a range of issues, along with supplementary testimony, as well as important documents such as responses to data requests and various rebuttal and summary commentaries. These should be invaluable to those seeking information about how to engage a regulatory hearing—and for those who simply want a logical and thorough acquaintance with the many and varied aspects of this complicated business.
Sample Contracts and Easement Agreements will show how one-sided entering into legal relationship with a wind project is likely to be.
Speeches and Presentations includes The Wayward Wind and A Bill of Goods, as well as letters and op ed features made over the years to prominent individuals and organizations.
Research and Essays includes many links to the most recent scientific analyses about industrial wind technology, including The Aesthetic Dissonance of Industrial Wind Machines; Less for More: The Rube Goldberg Nature of Industrial Wind Development; Rockefeller University’s Jesse Ausubel’s Nuclear and Other Renewable Heresies; the National Research Council’s Environmental Effects of Wind Energy; David White’s Reduction in Carbon Dioxide Emissions: Estimating the Potential Contribution from Wind-Power; Tom Adam’s Review of Wind Power Results in Ontario: May to October 2006; both E.On Netz Wind Reports from 2004 and 2005 in Germany, several articles by Glenn Schleede, and many others.
Video and Multimedia includes links to the documentary, Life Under a Windplant, and a photo gallery. |
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