Tag: Wind turbine noise nuisance

Irish High Court Slams Wind Turbine Operator For Noise “Like Aeroplanes that Never Land”

Freedom from wind turbine noise nuisance isn’t a “concern”; it’s a hard-won legal “right” based on the lawful entitlement to sleep comfortably in your own home – a right (not a privilege) that’s been upheld against the mighty, rich and powerful for close to 200 hundred years. The grinding, thumping cacophony generated by giant industrial … Continue reading Irish High Court Slams Wind Turbine Operator For Noise “Like Aeroplanes that Never Land”

Holding Wind Power Outfits to Account Means Getting Your Own Noise Data

If you’re being driven nuts by thumping, grinding wind turbine noise don’t expect government authorities to help. Local governments, municipalities and so-called Environment Protection Authorities were co-opted by the wind industry, long ago. Although, sometimes, it’s more bungling incompetence than blatant corruption that does the damage. Everyone is entitled to sleep comfortably in their own … Continue reading Holding Wind Power Outfits to Account Means Getting Your Own Noise Data

RE-Volt: Greeks Sue Wind Developers for Nightly Wind Turbine Noise Torture

If you’re looking for litigious trouble, spear a few giant industrial wind turbines in someone’s backyard and you’ll soon find it. Americans have made suing wind developers for noise nuisance a national pastime. Now the Greeks are getting in on the act. Hélène Colliopoulou details the fury that’s led to locals lawyering up and suing … Continue reading RE-Volt: Greeks Sue Wind Developers for Nightly Wind Turbine Noise Torture

French Resistance: Couple Collect €100,000 In Damages For Wind Turbine Noise Nuisance

The grinding, thumping cacophony generated by giant industrial wind turbines delivers wholly unnecessary misery worldwide. Sleep deprivation is first among the list of adverse health effects caused by these things and the pulsing low-frequency noise they generate. The wind industry has fought tooth and nail to avoid the consequences of the harm it dishes out, … Continue reading French Resistance: Couple Collect €100,000 In Damages For Wind Turbine Noise Nuisance

Nobody’s Fools: Angry Locals Reject Wind Power Outfit’s Massive Cash-For-Silence Deal

No one in their right mind sells their souls, but that’s what wind developers attempt to purchase on a daily basis. Leases with farmers who ‘host’ the turbines and so-called “good neighbour” agreements with their neighbours who would otherwise suffer the torment from incessant turbine generated low-frequency noise and infrasound without any compensation for their … Continue reading Nobody’s Fools: Angry Locals Reject Wind Power Outfit’s Massive Cash-For-Silence Deal

Rotten Culture Club: Court Case Shows Wind Industry Fuelled By Subsidies, Lies & Deceit

A Supreme Court wind turbine noise nuisance case has revealed a whole lot more than the wind industry would have liked. The case being pursued by farmers in the Victorian Supreme Court against the operator of the Bald Hills wind farm (see our post here) has already uncovered the fact that the wind farm operator’s … Continue reading Rotten Culture Club: Court Case Shows Wind Industry Fuelled By Subsidies, Lies & Deceit

Wind Farm Noise Nuisance Case Uncovers Wind Industry’s Culture of Lies & Deceit

The wind industry’s entrenched culture of lying and deceit is well-known around the globe. Uncovering precisely what these characters get up to is more of a challenge. A noise nuisance case being pursued by farmers in the Victorian Supreme Court against the operator of the Bald Hills wind farm (see our post here) is revealing … Continue reading Wind Farm Noise Nuisance Case Uncovers Wind Industry’s Culture of Lies & Deceit

Daily Torment: Plaintiffs in Wind Turbine Noise Nuisance Case Give Damning Evidence

Anyone telling you that wind turbine noise isn’t soul-destroying, has never lived with it. The plaintiffs who are pursuing $millions in damages from a Victorian wind farm operator at Bald Hills (see our post here) have been telling a Supreme Court Judge, Justice Richards all about it over the last couple of weeks. Here are … Continue reading Daily Torment: Plaintiffs in Wind Turbine Noise Nuisance Case Give Damning Evidence

So Corrupt: Outrageous Attempt by Wind Industry to Influence Supreme Court Judge

A Supreme Court Judge started hearing the trial of a noise nuisance claim brought by farmers against a wind farm operator last week. The plaintiffs are seeking substantial damages, including aggravated and exemplary damages for over six years of nightly noise punishment. As we pointed out in an earlier post, the action was being pursued … Continue reading So Corrupt: Outrageous Attempt by Wind Industry to Influence Supreme Court Judge

America’s Rural Communities Go On The Offensive Against Big Wind’s Turbine Onslaught

Nothing invokes rage and fury in rural communities like a wind farm comprising dozens and sometimes hundreds of 300 tonne, 200m high monsters. In Germany, locals expressed their opposition in no uncertain terms - voting 25 to 1 against a giant wind project proposed for their patch of paradise: Renewables ‘Transition’ Hits Roadblock: Germans Vote … Continue reading America’s Rural Communities Go On The Offensive Against Big Wind’s Turbine Onslaught