Comments on: Wind Farm Neighbours http://www.windenergyplanning.com/wind-farm-neighbours/ Renewable energy is essential to modern society - reducing harmful emissions from fossil fuels and making us more self sufficient. This site will explore what people are doing to help get us closer to a greener, renewable energy sourced world Wed, 08 Feb 2012 13:15:11 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9 hourly 1 By: Joe Fordham http://www.windenergyplanning.com/wind-farm-neighbours/comment-page-1/#comment-10014 Joe Fordham Tue, 19 Jul 2011 20:38:14 +0000 http://www.windenergyplanning.com/?p=3145#comment-10014 Graham, Are you some sort of nut having a joke about flying through the rotars? Will this be one small step for man one big laugh for mankind.With regard to the birds and bats being killed and the figure being very low. May I suggest to the person who is attending these sites to go before the foxes have had their breakfast. You don.t think wildlife is going to leave food lying about, surely. Graham, please make sure you get good video cover when you decide to try your stunt if you survive it you will become even richer than you seem to be now. Goodluck. Graham,
Are you some sort of nut having a joke about flying through the rotars? Will this be one small step for man one big laugh for mankind.With regard to the birds and bats being killed and the figure being very low. May I suggest to the person who is attending these sites to go before the foxes have had their breakfast. You don.t think wildlife is going to leave food lying about, surely.
Graham, please make sure you get good video cover when you decide to try your stunt if you survive it you will become even richer than you seem to be now. Goodluck.

]]> By: wind http://www.windenergyplanning.com/wind-farm-neighbours/comment-page-1/#comment-9987 wind Thu, 14 Jul 2011 12:18:54 +0000 http://www.windenergyplanning.com/?p=3145#comment-9987 I'm not sure I've ever seen a plane fly through wind turbine rotors (apart from in Mission Impossible). I think there is little information about the effects of turbulence from wind turbine blades on light aircraft but I know that some modelling work has shown there to be effects up to 10 -20 rotor diameters away (i.e.distance from blade tip to blade tip) I’m not sure I’ve ever seen a plane fly through wind turbine rotors (apart from in Mission Impossible). I think there is little information about the effects of turbulence from wind turbine blades on light aircraft but I know that some modelling work has shown there to be effects up to 10 -20 rotor diameters away (i.e.distance from blade tip to blade tip)

]]> By: Graham Barral http://www.windenergyplanning.com/wind-farm-neighbours/comment-page-1/#comment-9975 Graham Barral Mon, 11 Jul 2011 11:15:24 +0000 http://www.windenergyplanning.com/?p=3145#comment-9975 I am intrigued about your comment about flying a plane through the rotors. I would like to know more about this as I am planning to install a turbine close to my private airstrip and there is no data on wind turbine effects on aircraft I am intrigued about your comment about flying a plane through the rotors. I would like to know more about this as I am planning to install a turbine close to my private airstrip and there is no data on wind turbine effects on aircraft

]]> By: wind http://www.windenergyplanning.com/wind-farm-neighbours/comment-page-1/#comment-9473 wind Thu, 03 Mar 2011 18:39:00 +0000 http://www.windenergyplanning.com/?p=3145#comment-9473 see the post http://www.windenergyplanning.com/are-bats-killed-by-wind-turbines/. I'm not sure if the results have been published. Bird protection bodies such as rspb are generally much more concerned by the impacts of climate change than the very small numbers of birds killed by wind turbines - see number 9 from http://www.windenergyplanning.com/top-ten-wind-energy-myths/ see the post http://www.windenergyplanning.com/are-bats-killed-by-wind-turbines/. I’m not sure if the results have been published. Bird protection bodies such as rspb are generally much more concerned by the impacts of climate change than the very small numbers of birds killed by wind turbines – see number 9 from http://www.windenergyplanning.com/top-ten-wind-energy-myths/

]]> By: Jay Warner http://www.windenergyplanning.com/wind-farm-neighbours/comment-page-1/#comment-9446 Jay Warner Sun, 13 Feb 2011 06:19:53 +0000 http://www.windenergyplanning.com/?p=3145#comment-9446 Also, the video was posted in 2009. What information have you gained since then on bird and bat mortality? Also, the video was posted in 2009. What information have you gained since then on bird and bat mortality?

]]> By: Jay Warner http://www.windenergyplanning.com/wind-farm-neighbours/comment-page-1/#comment-9445 Jay Warner Sun, 13 Feb 2011 06:18:41 +0000 http://www.windenergyplanning.com/?p=3145#comment-9445 I visited a wind turbine site in Wisconsin, USA once and heard a distinct whump whump whump sound as they turned. You apparently didn't, at least from the recording. Perhaps you needed a wind sock over the microphone. Have you had _any_ exposure to 'shadow flicker'? I visited a wind turbine site in Wisconsin, USA once and heard a distinct whump whump whump sound as they turned. You apparently didn’t, at least from the recording. Perhaps you needed a wind sock over the microphone.

Have you had _any_ exposure to ’shadow flicker’?

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