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Wind V. Coal
Quote of the Decade
"The trouble with wind farms is that they have a very large spatial footprint for a piddling little bit of electricity. You would need 8oo turbines to produce the output of a coal-fired power station."
Sir Martin Holgate, Chief Scientist at the Department of the Environment of the British Government - October 2004
Death by a Thousand Turbines
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- Alan Sloman's Big Walk
- Altt Duine Wind Farm
- AWED
- Big Pond
- Caithness Windfarms Information Forum
- Cartoons by Josh
- Chris Townsend Outdoors
- Climate Lessons
- Communities against Turbines – Scotland
- Concerned about Wind Turbines
- Donna Laframboise – NOconsensus.org
- Donna Quixote – Dougal's country cousin
- Fenbeagle
- Germany's Bio-Energy Villages
- Go-Petition on Windfarmaction
- Hiome made renewable
- Ideas on Wind-a personal view
- Illwind on Facebook
- It's in the Wind
- John Droz Energy Presentation
- John Muir Trust
- Little Raith Wind Farm
- Marine and Offshore Renewables Newsletter
- McAlisterium on Scottish Elections
- Non illigitamus Carborundum
- Protect Wild Scotland
- PV Solar Information
- Scotland against Spin
- Scottish Climate and Energy Forum
- Scottish Wild Land Group
- South West Wind Action Group
- Stop Smart Meters
- Stuart Crawford-Money or Energy?
- Stuart Young Visualisations
- The War of the Whirls
- UK Energy App for iPhone
- Vertical Axis Wind Turbines
- West Virginia Highlands Voice
- Wind Energy's Absurd
- Windbyte
- Windmills Everywhere – an OTT viewpoint
- Winter in Strathglass by Gavin Macrae
Stats
Turbine Tales
Turbine Truths
- Alliance for Wise Energy Decisions
- Amplitude Modulation
- Bird Deaths under reported
- Blimps
- Braes of Doune Eco Vandalism
- Bruce Macphearson Infrasound and Low Frequency Noise Study
- Counter Rotation-Are modern wind collectors efficient?
- David Bellamy on Climate Change
- Dick and Jane Talk Wind Power
- Energy Ghosts
- European Platform Against Wind Farms
- Fighting Wind Farms
- Global Wind Energy – The Human Impact
- Graham Martin's Raptor Collisions
- Gridwatch
- Health Concerns – US report
- Infrasound and Low frequency noise
- Interactive Offshore Map to 2050
- John Droz Energy Presentation
- John Muir Trust Report
- Living with Turbines
- Low Frequency Noise
- Marine Impact of Turbines
- Materials Required for the Land-Based Wind Turbine Industry From 2010 Through 2030 Scientific Investigations
- Noise – Dick Bowdler Accoustician
- Noise – National Physics Laboratory
- Non illigitamus Carborundum
- Perceptions of Wind Farms
- Property Prices, The Truth
- Rare Earth Elements – World Resources
- Report to the House of Lords
- Rupert Soames speech to Scottish Government
- Safety of Wind Systems
- Save the Eagles International
- Scotland's Geothermal Potential
- SNH Map of Scottish Wind Farms 2013
- Spain's Green Energy Disaster
- Sustainable Energy-without Hot Air by David MacKay
- The Selby Booklet
- The Skeptic's Handbook
- The Society of Wind Vigilance
- The Truth of Climate Data
- The Visual Issue
- Tourism – Blue Seas Green Energy
- VisitScotlandWindFarms
- Wind Farm Action Group
- Wind Farm data (Variable Pitch)
- Wind Farm Noise effect on Health – Revision
- Wind Farm Victims
- Wind inceases CO2
- Wind Turbine Property Losses
- Wind Turbines, The Facts by The Scientific Alliance
- Wind Watch World News
- Windfarm traffic
- Winds of Justice
- Worth the Candle – Exec Summary
Monthly Archives: October 2011
SNP Conference Report
A representative cross section from all parts of Scotland lobbied the SNP delegates on saturday in Inverness. Much support and sometime robust exchanges of views was part of the experience of those present. A quiet dignifying protest with leaflets handed … Continue reading
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Wind Farm Approvals collapse
Renewables Uk has expressed great disappointment in the collapse of the amount of wind farms approved in the UK. From a high point of 58% in 2008/9, through 57% in 2009/10 and now down to 39% in 2010/11, with a … Continue reading
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Australia’s cure for Climate Change
On July 12th 2011 the Australian Government passed the “Carbon Farming Initiative”, part of the Clean Energy Future Plan. A serious financial opportunity exists for culling camels. Australia has some one million feral camels and it may be possible in … Continue reading
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Petrol 70mph – Electric 80mph – Electricity Bills – Shale Gas
© Fenbeagle Unbelievable as it may seem, the arch villian Chris Huhne has come up with another crazy idea. He supports the 80mph speed limit but only for electric cars (Politics Show – BBC on Sunday). That seems like the … Continue reading
Posted in Political, Renewable Energy, The Future of Transport
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£9,453,249
£9,453,249 was paid to wind farms in Scotland to stand idle up between January 1st up to September 28th this year (53 days) contributing to the already staggering profits of the WF Developers! In September alone the National Grid paid out Constraint payments to Scottish … Continue reading
Posted in Political, Renewable Energy, Wind farms
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Future Pylon design
RIBA, The DECC and National Grid have a competition to design the Pylon of the future. Actually only one seems to be a pylon and the rest are what the grid would correctly term towers but we will gloss over … Continue reading
Posted in planning, Technical
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Energy Consents Unit
At the Elgin meeting both John Swinney and the First Minister were insistent that the Energy consents Unit, situated at Atlantic Quay in Glasgow and as alien to Scotland’s Wild Lands as Hog Weed to our ecology, refuses unsuitable applications. We challenged them … Continue reading
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We will ROC you!
FENBEAGLE ROCs – Click the pig!
Posted in Fun and Humour, Political, Wind farms
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Renewable Energy – Loch Ness/Highland Area
We often speak of the Loch Ness Ring of Steel but I thought it would be advantageous to quantify the level to which the area already contributes to renewable energy. Including the Great Glen, Affric/Beauly, Conon and Loch Ness schemes … Continue reading
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Solar Future or Con?
I look at solar and the idea appeals. However, my sister went to Italy this year and was horrified at how many fields had been taken over for Solar energy. Now in Italy, the sun does shine a lot. I … Continue reading
Posted in Renewable Energy
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Safety – The Truth
Myth: Blades don’t fall off turbines and lightning is not a problem as the turbines are designed to withstand it. This has been pushed hard to excuse the building of wind turbines in School playgrounds. Fact: I was drawn to … Continue reading
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A Synopsis of Wind – Oct 2011
1. People are becoming aware that wind energy is already costly and this cost will grow as more and more turbines are constructed. This affects every single person in the land whether they can afford it or not. The cost … Continue reading
Posted in Political, Wind farms
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Energy Minister Charles Hendry’s vow on wind turbines
From the Western Morning News: The Conservative Party has promised to halt the proliferation of onshore wind farms that critics claim are spoiling the Westcountry landscape. In his speech to delegates, Energy Minister Charles Hendry said the Government has changed … Continue reading
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Renewables Fiasco
While the figures showed the total amount of electricity generated by wind and hydro power schemes in Scotland fell last year, Scottish ministers and the renewables industry body said the DECC report strengthened their position. from The Herald This despite … Continue reading
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