Berserk Warriors: it’s the Dane’s Turn to Take Cover as (Yet) Another Turbine Self-Destructs

*** Remember all those stories about wind turbines lasting for 25 years – without so much as the need for an oil-change – and being “safe as houses”? Well, as STT followers well-know those ‘stories’ are unraveling at a rocketing rate – with giant fans collapsing in crumpled heaps; spontaneously combusting; and throwing blades to … Continue reading Berserk Warriors: it’s the Dane’s Turn to Take Cover as (Yet) Another Turbine Self-Destructs

This Town is ‘coming like a Ghost Town: Wind Industry Buys Up & Bulldozes Whole Danish Villages

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RZ2oXzrnti4 **** The Specials there, outlining Vesta’s ultimate plans for a town like yours. If any further evidence was needed to show that the wind industry is the extension of the human-haters - who regard people, in the words of Greenpeace founder, Patrick Moore "as the enemies of the Earth, a cancer on the planet" … Continue reading This Town is ‘coming like a Ghost Town: Wind Industry Buys Up & Bulldozes Whole Danish Villages

Wind Farms: As “Safe as Houses”

**** STT has worked pretty solidly to cover the increasing numbers of turbine blades that routinely unshackle themselves in bids for airborne freedom, troublesome events, which the wind industry euphemistically calls “component liberation” (see our posts here and here and here and here). But lately, STT has been working over-time to keep up with the … Continue reading Wind Farms: As “Safe as Houses”

More Wind Turbine Terror: Blades Thrown to the Four-Winds in Ireland

**** The Irish seem to have had all the “luck” lately. We only just reported on a turbine that tumbled back to earth in County Tyrone, Ulster a week or so back - with a sound like an “exploding bomb” (see our post here). And have been reporting about tumbling turbines and flying blades so … Continue reading More Wind Turbine Terror: Blades Thrown to the Four-Winds in Ireland

Pac Hydro’s Cape Bridgewater Wind Farm Victims to Be Told What They Already Know: Turbine Noise Has Ruined Their Lives

**** Wind farm critics keen to hear expert’s findings on turbine noise The Standard Peter Collins 3 January 2015 WIND farm critics are hoping an expert’s report to be presented in Portland next month will strengthen their case for official recognition of noise and health issues linked to turbines. Among those planning to attend the … Continue reading Pac Hydro’s Cape Bridgewater Wind Farm Victims to Be Told What They Already Know: Turbine Noise Has Ruined Their Lives

“Unscheduled” Wind Farm Shut-Down Shows Low-Frequency Noise Impact at Waterloo, SA

**** One of the major obstacles faced by acoustic experts when trying to do meaningful wind turbine 'noise' testing is the dogged refusal of wind farm operators to provide wind speed and operational data. Moreover, wind power outfits have resisted, with granite-like tenacity, quite reasonable calls by noise experts to shut down their turbines (ie … Continue reading “Unscheduled” Wind Farm Shut-Down Shows Low-Frequency Noise Impact at Waterloo, SA

Danish Experts: Sleep Deprivation the Most Common Adverse Health Effect Caused by Wind Turbine Noise

Dr Jesper Hvass Schmidt MD PhD is a Ear-Nose-Throat Specialist who works with the Institute of Clinical Research at the University of Southern Denmark, as well as at the Odense University Hospital, in Denmark - working with the Department of Audiology and Ear-Nose-Throat Head and Neck Surgery. His specialisation is studying the hearing problems of musicians. Dr Mads Klokker MD is another Ear-Nose-Throat Specialist … Continue reading Danish Experts: Sleep Deprivation the Most Common Adverse Health Effect Caused by Wind Turbine Noise

Gravity Bringing Wind Power to its Knees: Blades Keep Flying, as Farmers & Schoolkids Learn to Run & Duck for Cover

**** A little while back we covered a spate of turbine collapses across the UK – terrorising locals not used to the sky-falling in around them on a regular basis (see our post here). And we’ve dealt with the increasing numbers of turbine blades that routinely unshackle themselves in bids for airborne freedom, troublesome events, … Continue reading Gravity Bringing Wind Power to its Knees: Blades Keep Flying, as Farmers & Schoolkids Learn to Run & Duck for Cover

21 Peer Reviewed Articles On the Adverse Health Effects of Wind Turbine Noise

21 Peer Reviewed Articles on Health and Industrial Wind Turbines nieuwerustnoisewatch.org 20 October 2014 Industrial Wind Turbines and Health: Wind Turbines Can Harm Humans if too Close to Residents. Contrary to what the wind farm developers and the Environmental Impact Assessment noise and health ‘specialists’ of the Vredenburg WEF development (former IDP) would like us … Continue reading 21 Peer Reviewed Articles On the Adverse Health Effects of Wind Turbine Noise

BUSHFIRE RED ALERT: Wind Power Really Is Setting the World on FIRE

As the Australian countryside turns to the golden hues of summer, the attentions of its farming and rural communities also turn: hundreds of eager eyes become fixed on the horizon for tell-tale signs of the smoke that heralds the bushfires that cast fear amongst those that live and work in the bush. Rules are set … Continue reading BUSHFIRE RED ALERT: Wind Power Really Is Setting the World on FIRE