All Consultees, ELECTRICITY ACT 1989 THE ELECTRICITY WORKS (ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT) (SCOTLAND) REGULATIONS 2017 SCOPING OPINION REQUEST FOR PROPOSED SECTION 36 APPLICATION – ARECLEOCH EXTENSION WIND FARM NEAR BARRHILL IN THE LOCAL AUTHORITY AREA OF SOUTH AYRSHIRE COUNCIL AND DUMFRIES AND GALLOWAY COUNCIL. A formal request for a Scoping Opinion has been submitted to the Scottish […]
WHO European noise-guidelines-10-10-2018 WHO Noise Guidelines with significance to wind turbines(Headlines) New WHO noise guidelines for Europe (press release): “Compared to previous WHO guidelines on noise, this version contains five significant developments: stronger evidence of the cardiovascular and metabolic effects of environmental noise; inclusion of new noise sources, namely wind turbine noise and leisure noise, […]
https://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/901016/Wind-farms-subsidies-Renewable-Energy-Foundation-National-Grid http://www.caithnesswindfarms.co.uk/Brief-explanation.pdf Brief explanation why wind generation constraint payments are not the same as other generation payments. When confronted with the scandalous cost of constraint payments to windfarms when their generation is surplus to requirement, the wind industry correctly points out that all generation technologies are constrained off from time to time and are all […]
The Request for Action can be down loaded here and the reasons behind it can be found here: windfarms cause environmental water pollution . It took SEPA two years to provide this questionable response : SEPA Decision letter and Hydrogeological Comments Groundwater redacted and my notes SEPA Water Resourses Unit (WRU) conclusions redacted and my notes SEPA […]
This letter by Ove Björklund, The Association for Swedish Landscape Protection, has been circulated amongst Swedish politicians, the Forest Board, the Swedish Board of Agriculture, the Business Board along with other authorities to get the truth about the wind power and especially the low frequency noise and the worrying effects of the infra-energy pulses over […]
http://www.engineersjournal.ie/2018/01/23/ilfn-infrasound-low-frequency-noise-turbine-health/ Infrasound and low-frequency noise – does it affect human health? – Engineers Journal www.engineersjournal.ie Biomedical engineer Dr Mariana Alves-Pereira and colleagues recently concluded that noise regulations need urgent updating
Presentations Please find the four presentations from the Wind Turbine Noise- Infrasound Seminar Glasgow 22 September 2017 in order below. (Video to follow …..watch this space!) Glasgow Wind Turbine Noise Seminar presentation follow up 17-10-2017 Introduction by Melvin Grosvenor Dr John Yelland Patrick Dugast Prof Mariana Alves-Pereria Glasgow wind turbine noise seminar presentation follow up: […]
The Aarhus Convention is the Convention on Access to Information, Public Participation in Decision-making and Access to Justice in Environmental Matters and is a UN Treaty and part of EU legal order, which sets out our rights, and imposes clear rules for governments and public authorities to help ensure that our environment is protected. Specifically, […]
European Platform Against Windfarms