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on March 21, 2010 at 7:53 pm | Reply Willr

You can get additional information from a study at this link.

http://hro001.wordpress.com/2010/03/21/the-answer-hes-shown-is-not-blowin-in-the-wind/

hope it helps.
on April 14, 2010 at 12:13 pm | Reply Mike Maguire

Folks,

I attended your excellent evening session last night and came away terribly impressed with your solid, rational arguments against further wind turbine installations. I’m a candidate for Mayor of Ottawa and I’ll be doing whatever I can to support your efforts.

Regards,

Mike
on July 10, 2010 at 4:11 pm | Reply northgowerwindturbines

Thank you Mike (belatedly). The politics of wind power are incredible and most people have fallen for this, hook, line and sinker. There are excellent links to articles and opinions at http://www.windaction.org, http://windconcernsontario.wordpress.com and http://www.windvigilance.com
on September 17, 2010 at 11:30 am | Reply Gregory Erdmann

Wind farm siting and permitting officials and communities can lower the negative visual impact of wind farms by recommending the deployment of new AVWS technologies on wind turbines.

While large wind farms generate clean energy, their constantly flashing red strobe lights cause great public annoyance and is usually not noticed until after the wind farm is sited and constructed. The wind farm’s legacy can include this “light pollution” and have a tremendous negative impact on the community. For example, a 100-turbine wind farm can have approximately 30-50 turbines with two high-intensity flashing lights on at all times of the night. The effects of these flashing lights on the nearby community should be considered during the wind farm permitting and development process.

Recently approved by Transport Canada and the FAA, the new generation of “on-demand” lighting systems solves this problem by keeping all wind turbine obstruction lights OFF at all times – unless an aircraft is detected flying on an unsafe heading towards the wind farm. Only then does the turbine-based radar system turn the lights on for aircraft safety, and turn the lights off when the aircraft exits the airspace. An Audio Visual Warning System (AVWS) is an on-demand lighting solution. Wind siting and permitting officials can request wind power developers to implement an AVWS into their wind farms to reduce these adverse visual impacts in your communities.

An AVWS will benefit your community by:

• Lowering the overall visual impact of wind farms by reducing “light pollution” (constantly flashing red FAA strobe lights) which cause great public annoyance in nearby communities.

• Increasing public acceptance in wind energy-producing communities.

• Fostering more responsible siting practices and therefore overall positive and growth in the wind industry.
Feel free to contact me if you would like further information. If you are interested in learning more about this new technology, please see: http://ocasinc.com/turbine-avoidance-solutions.cfm

The first OCAS Wind Farm is currently being deployed in a 99 MW wind farm in Talbot, Ontario.
- on September 17, 2010 at 12:11 pm | Reply northgowerwindturbines
  
  The visual pollution of industrial wind turbines is but one factor in the lack of “acceptance”. The noise and vibration produced by these huge machines is another and it is that that is responsible for health effects due to sleep deprivation.
  Thank you for this information, but the larger issue of siting to prevent health effects remains unresolved. It is not even being dealt with!
  We ask, why is it that the problem of noise and vibration or infrasound due to traffic/highway noise and the resulting health effects due to sleep deprivation is studied and accepted, but when disturbing noise and vibration comes from industrial wind turbines, suddenly the problem doesn’t exist?
on November 24, 2010 at 7:42 am | Reply ray

http://www.nationalpost.com/news/canada/politics/McGuinty+pricey+green+dreams/3875462/story.html