Industrial Wind Energy Quote

“[Wind and solar] are not alternatives to the energy and ecological crisis, but rather a part of it. They do not “replace” natural gas and fossil fuels, not only because the so-called renewable energy are not as potent an energy source as fossil fuel, but also because they rely on fossil fuel for basic operation. They contribute to the abuse, exploitation and plunder of nature.” —Deep Green Resistance


https://www.wind-watch.org/quotes.php?t=13

Flight height patterns of a critically endangered insectivorous bat, impacted by wind turbine collision #AUS

Background: Harnessing wind energy, using wind turbines, is a prominent form of renewable energy production. There are, however, biodiversity impacts, including collisions by birds and bats with rotating blades. High levels of mortalities can cause localised and species-level population declines, which is especially significant for threatened species. The height at which species fly is a key collision risk factor. In this study we investigated the flight height patterns of a critically endangered bat to inform mitigations to reduce impacts. Methods: . . .


https://www.wind-watch.org/documents/flight-height-patterns-of-a-critically-endangered-insectivorous-bat-impacted-by-wind-turbine-collision/

Industrial Wind Energy Quote

“Industrial wind parks might be relatively new, but the international context in which they proliferate is a familiar one of “first” and “third” world hierarchies and persistent inequalities.” —Suzanne Simon


https://www.wind-watch.org/quotes.php?t=198

Industrial Wind Energy Quote

“In a nutshell: Perhaps renewables are not the answer.” —Eduardo Porter, The New York Times, Nov. 7, 2017


https://www.wind-watch.org/quotes.php?t=41

Flight height patterns of a critically endangered insectivorous bat, impacted by wind turbine collision #AUS

Background: Harnessing wind energy, using wind turbines, is a prominent form of renewable energy production. There are, however, biodiversity impacts, including collisions by birds and bats with rotating blades. High levels of mortalities can cause localised and species-level population declines, which is especially significant for threatened species. The height at which species fly is a key collision risk factor. In this study we investigated the flight height patterns of a critically endangered bat to inform mitigations to reduce impacts. Methods: . . .


https://www.wind-watch.org/documents/flight-height-patterns-of-a-critically-endangered-insectivorous-bat-impacted-by-wind-turbine-collision/

Industrial Wind Energy Quote

“What is ‘proper siting’ for something that doesn’t work?” —John Droz, N.Y.


https://www.wind-watch.org/quotes.php?t=181

Underwater noise of operating wind turbines #DNK

As a turbine operates, vibrations inside the nacelle (the housing that contains the generator, gearbox, and other parts) are transmitted down the main shaft of the wind turbine and into its foundation. These vibrations then propagate into the water column and seafloor. Mechanical noise generated by offshore turbines is concentrated at low frequencies below 1kHz, generally below 700 Hz. Bockstigen-Valar, Sweden Underwater recording taken less than 50 m from a 500 kW turbine operating at the Bockstigen-Valar offshore wind farm (Baltic Sea, . . .


https://www.wind-watch.org/documents/underwater-noise-of-operating-wind-turbines/

Industrial Wind Energy Quote

“If I were a swindler, if I were committed to committing fraud, I would be in green energy. If you want to trick someone into giving you a lot of money, you have to give them something they really believe in – you have to promise them the future.” —Jeppe Gjervig Gram, writer of “Follow the Money”, The Guardian, March 17, 2016


https://www.wind-watch.org/quotes.php?t=32

Industrial Wind Energy Quote

“Onshore wind turbines are visually a very considerable intrusion on any landscape.” —Tim Yeo, Chairman, Energy and Climate Change Select Committee, U.K. Parliament


https://www.wind-watch.org/quotes.php?t=144

Industrial Wind Energy Quote

“Polls show most Scots unhappy with this heavily subsidised and only intermittent source of energy that causes huge damage to the environment.” —Tom Gallagher, The Atlantic, April 13, 2012


https://www.wind-watch.org/quotes.php?t=63

Industrial Wind Energy Quote

“... it will be the equivalent of a water company only supplying tap water when it’s raining.” —Saiful Islam, U.K.


https://www.wind-watch.org/quotes.php?t=236

Industrial Wind Energy Quote

“I don’t believe it is in the state’s interest to industrialize our ridge lines.” —Jim Douglas, Governor, Vt.


https://www.wind-watch.org/quotes.php?t=210

Industrial Wind Energy Quote

“We would ask the Governor how he expects the 4th smallest town, in the 49th smallest state, to advocate for ourselves, against a multi-national corporation with more than 40 billion dollars in revenue.” —Mary Boyer, Selectboard Chair, Windham, Vt., July 11, 2012


https://www.wind-watch.org/quotes.php?t=62

Industrial Wind Energy Quote

“By embracing industrial wind, for example, Vermont is replacing corporate-controlled fossil fuels with corporate-controlled renewables. We’re allowing those corporations to exploit ­and profit from our ridgelines, while ignoring the loss of valuable non-monetized benefits that intact mountains provide. In the end, Vermont’s climate change response hasn’t really been about “saving the environment,” no matter how ardently that sentiment is expressed in press releases and annual reports: it’s about maintaining, as long as possible, the unsustainable way of life that created the problem in the first place.” —Steven Gorelick, Vt., “Renegotiating the Future”


https://www.wind-watch.org/quotes.php?t=40

Ultrasonic deterrents provide no additional benefit over curtailment in reducing bat fatalities #OH

Abstract. Wind energy is important for achieving net-zero greenhouse gas emissions but also contributes to global bat mortality. Current strategies to minimize bat mortality due to collision with wind-turbine blades fall broadly into two categories: curtailment (limiting turbine operation during high-risk periods) and deterrence (discouraging bat activity near turbines). Recently, there has been interest in combining these strategies to achieve greater reductions in bat fatalities than either strategy might achieve in isolation. To investigate the effectiveness of combining curtailment with . . .


https://www.wind-watch.org/documents/ultrasonic-deterrents-provide-no-additional-benefit-over-curtailment-in-reducing-bat-fatalities/

(pic) Too tall, too loud, too close

Too tall, too loud, too close - from a flyer for an education session by Concerned Citizens of the Ozarks


https://www.wind-watch.org/pix/displayimage.php?pid=1042

Industrial Wind Energy Quote

“Far from being a miracle cure-all for the shortcomings of conventional power generation, wind and solar power exaggerate the symptoms they pretend to address.” —Pierre Desrochers and Andrew Reed, Calgary Sun, Oct. 9, 2019


https://www.wind-watch.org/quotes.php?t=169

Ultrasonic deterrents provide no additional benefit over curtailment in reducing bat fatalities #OH

Abstract. Wind energy is important for achieving net-zero greenhouse gas emissions but also contributes to global bat mortality. Current strategies to minimize bat mortality due to collision with wind-turbine blades fall broadly into two categories: curtailment (limiting turbine operation during high-risk periods) and deterrence (discouraging bat activity near turbines). Recently, there has been interest in combining these strategies to achieve greater reductions in bat fatalities than either strategy might achieve in isolation. To investigate the effectiveness of combining curtailment with . . .


https://www.wind-watch.org/documents/ultrasonic-deterrents-provide-no-additional-benefit-over-curtailment-in-reducing-bat-fatalities/

Industrial Wind Energy Quote

“When I first saw the so-out-of-place wind turbines and their Vegas-style strobe lights on the once quiet and majestic ridges of my eastern Oregon childhood home, I cried.” —Lynne Stone, Oregon


https://www.wind-watch.org/quotes.php?t=107

Industrial Wind Energy Quote

“Unreliable intermittent uncontrollable inefficient technology such as wind turbines and solar panels are fundamentally ill-suited to grid electricity supply, as well as not really being green, renewable or environmentally friendly. Nothing that uses so much resources and habitat for such a meagre and unreliable supply of power can be beneficial to the grid, economy or the environment.” —Joshua Dyson (via Facebook)


https://www.wind-watch.org/quotes.php?t=2

11th International Conference on Wind Turbine Noise: Programme #DNK

DAY 1 Tuesday 10 June Session 1 – Blade and airfoil noise I (Chair: Michaela Herr) On the detection of vortex generator noise influence using beamforming in a large aeroacoustic wind tunnel – Gelot, Matthieu Aeroacoustic investigation of leading edge erosion in a wind tunnel – Lylloff, Oliver Multi-Scale Turbulence Structures in Grid-Generated Turbulence for Leading Edge Noise Prediction – Sharma, Sparsh Investigation of acoustics inside wind turbine blades and how it effects the outside – Schneider, Lukas Modifications to BPM model to incorporate . . .


https://www.wind-watch.org/alerts/2025/05/12/11th-international-conference-on-wind-turbine-noise-programme/

Industrial Wind Energy Quote

“Unlike other sources, wind is intermittent. Using it in a power grid requires the addition of other sources.” —Greg Jergeson, Chairman, Montana Public Service Commission


https://www.wind-watch.org/quotes.php?t=65

Underwater noise of operating wind turbines #DNK

As a turbine operates, vibrations inside the nacelle (the housing that contains the generator, gearbox, and other parts) are transmitted down the main shaft of the wind turbine and into its foundation. These vibrations then propagate into the water column and seafloor. Mechanical noise generated by offshore turbines is concentrated at low frequencies below 1kHz, generally below 700 Hz. Bockstigen-Valar, Sweden Underwater recording taken less than 50 m from a 500 kW turbine operating at the Bockstigen-Valar offshore wind farm (Baltic Sea, . . .


https://www.wind-watch.org/documents/underwater-noise-of-operating-wind-turbines/

Industrial Wind Energy Quote

“With the exploitation of wind energy, a technology is being promoted that is completely insignificant for the power supply, the preservation of natural resources, and the protection of the climate.” —Lothar Hoischen, Germany


https://www.wind-watch.org/quotes.php?t=247

Underwater noise of operating wind turbines #DNK

As a turbine operates, vibrations inside the nacelle (the housing that contains the generator, gearbox, and other parts) are transmitted down the main shaft of the wind turbine and into its foundation. These vibrations then propagate into the water column and seafloor. Mechanical noise generated by offshore turbines is concentrated at low frequencies below 1kHz, generally below 700 Hz. Bockstigen-Valar, Sweden Underwater recording taken less than 50 m from a 500 kW turbine operating at the Bockstigen-Valar offshore wind farm (Baltic Sea, . . .


https://www.wind-watch.org/documents/underwater-noise-of-operating-wind-turbines/

Industrial Wind Energy Quote

“In short, wind represents yet another extraction industry seeking to exploit people and natural resources while delivering no meaningful product or service, relying upon unsubstantiated claims, an uninformed public and press, and the gullibility of those seeking easy solutions to complex problems. Many resent the pillage of our mountains, the destruction of wildlife, and the devaluation of property that will follow in the wake of this project.” —Jon Boone, testimony to Md. Public Service Commission


https://www.wind-watch.org/quotes.php?t=42

Industrial Wind Energy Quote

“These hills which I once loved to walk in, have in the intervening years been prodded all over with wind turbines. I find the once-familiar skyline quite shocking. Everywhere you look these huge things loom and bristle.” —Rima Staines, regarding South Lanarkshire, Scotland


https://www.wind-watch.org/quotes.php?t=106

Industrial Wind Energy Quote

“Noise pollution is the most significant negative aspect of wind farms and is often cited in opposition to proposed new farms.” —Rey Chin, University of Adelaide, Smart Cities Tech, September 5, 2024


https://www.wind-watch.org/quotes.php?t=74

Industrial Wind Energy Quote

“What the wind giveth, line loss taketh away.” —Carol A. Overland, Minn.


https://www.wind-watch.org/quotes.php?t=171

Enron Wind 1.5 SL

The nacelle of an Enron model 1.5 SL wind turbine


https://www.wind-watch.org/pix/displayimage.php?pid=1041

Industrial Wind Energy Quote

“We refuse to accept that our coasts and uplands should be sacrificed in this way, either as a penance for past failure to safeguard the environment or as a token contribution towards reducing atmospheric pollution or addressing possible shortages of fossil fuels. We believe that the costs of such a policy to a civilised society far exceed the perceived benefits.” —Campaign for the Protection of Rural Wales


https://www.wind-watch.org/quotes.php?t=245

On the prediction of underwater aerodynamic noise of offshore wind turbines #ESP

Abstract. The growing demand for offshore wind energy has led to a significant increase in wind turbine size and to the development of large-scale wind farms, often comprising 100 to 150 turbines. However, the environmental impact of underwater noise emissions remains largely unaddressed. This paper quantifies, for the first time, the underwater aerodynamic noise footprint of three large offshore turbines (5 MW, 10 MW, and 22 MW) and wind farms composed of these turbines. We propose a novel methodology that integrates validated wind . . .


https://www.wind-watch.org/documents/on-the-prediction-of-underwater-aerodynamic-noise-of-offshore-wind-turbines/

7 (of many) studies showing wind turbines’ adverse impacts on wildlife

Scientists (Krekel and Zerrahn, 2017) report that the installation of wind turbines near human populations “exerts significant negative external effects on residential well-being” and a “significant negative and sizable effect on life satisfaction” due to “unpleasant noise emissions” and “negative impacts on landscape aesthetics”. “We show that the construction of wind turbines close to households exerts significant negative external effects on residential well-being … In fact, beyond unpleasant noise emissions and impacts on wildlife, most importantly, wind turbines have been . . .


https://www.wind-watch.org/documents/7-of-many-studies-showing-wind-turbines-adverse-impacts-on-wildlife/

Estimated golden eagle mortality from wind turbines in the western United States #USA

Abstract: Wind power is increasingly meeting global renewable energy demands; however, more turbines leads to increased bird-turbine collisions, particularly raptors, which can negatively impact populations. We estimated annual turbine mortalities of the federally-protected golden eagle (Aquila chrysaetos) in the western United States (2013–2024) with a Bayesian collision risk model (CRM). We used eBird relative abundance data to predict areas where golden eagles are at lower or higher risk of turbine collisions and turbine data from the U.S. Geological Survey U.S. . . .


https://www.wind-watch.org/documents/estimated-golden-eagle-mortality-from-wind-turbines-in-the-western-united-states/

Industrial Wind Energy Quote

“The landscape is being raped with governmental collusion and fraudulent claims.” —John Etherington, U.K.


https://www.wind-watch.org/quotes.php?t=192

Industrial Wind Energy Quote

“Now, despite the overwhelming odds against them, communities everywhere are not only fighting these projects but winning. They win by uniting liberals, conservatives and independents into one common struggle, all of us who’ve been kept apart by the politico-corporate strategy of divide and conquer.” —Mike Bond, Washington Times Communities, Apr. 19, 2013


https://www.wind-watch.org/quotes.php?t=51