Links

For those who are interested, here are just a few of many available links to get you started on further reading:

The company that proposes a wind farm in Pugwash
http://www.awpc.com/

The turbines they wish to use
http://www.vestas.com/vestas/global/en/Products/Wind_turbines/V82_1_65.htm

The company who is running the three turbines on Higgins Mountain and two at Rodney.
http://www.vectorwindenergy.com
Higgins Mountain is in behind Westchester Station and Rodney is between Springhill and Collingwood. Both are remote locations.

The turbines they are using
http://www.windfair.net/anlagen/vensys_62.html (Germany)

NS Dept Environment and Labour, Higgins Mountain
http://www.gov.ns.ca/enla/ea/higginswind.asp

The effects of noise and shaddow flicker
http://www.lewiswind.com/attachment.php?file=envstmt/volume3/ES_Chapter_19_Noise_and_Shadow_Flicker.pdf&type=1

The effects on wildlife
USA: http://www.defenders.org/habitat/renew/wind.html (a lot of referenced material)
In Spain: http://www.gurelur.org/wind%20power.htm

Light beacons (for Higgins Mountain)
Red (night time use) http://www.orga.nl/datasheet.php?product=21
White (for daylight) http://www.orga.nl/datasheet.php?product=22

The effects on property value
http://www.saveupstateny.com/pv/
http://www.rics.org/NR/rdonlyres/66225A93-840F-49F2-8820-0EBCCC29E8A4/0/Windfarmsfinalreport.pdf

Tourism
You won't find one turbine in any of this tourism information for NS: http://www.novascotialife.com/AbsPage.aspx?siteid=1&lang=1&id=5&title=Nova+Scotia+Travel

http://www.escarpment.org/cgi-bin/Other_PDF_reports/WindPower_Oct.20.2004%20.pdf
http://www.viewsofscotland.org/library/tourism.php
http://www.viewsofscotland.org/library/docs/WITB_survey.pdf

Turbines can burn
http://images.google.ca/imgres?imgurl=http://www.burnham-on-sea.com/news/2006/wind-shock-2.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.burnham-on-sea.com/news/2006/wind-farm-27-02-06.shtml&h=326&w=402&sz=15&hl=en&start=6&tbnid=hmmYNxB_mKSVhM:&tbnh=101&tbnw=124&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dwind%2Bturbine%2Bfarm%26svnum%3D10%26hl%3Den%26lr%3D%26sa%3DG

Micro wind turbines for personal use
http://news.com.com/Micro+wind+turbines+are+coming+to+town/2100-11398_3-6037539.html

General wind power sites - anti
From Ontario: http://www.aandc.org/research/wind_pec_present.html (TONS of references)
From UK: http://www.countryguardian.net/Index2.htm
from USA: http://www.windaction.org/articles/c45/?startnum=21

General wind power sites - pro
From the UK: http://www.yes2wind.com/faq.html
ANY wind power company

There are THOUSANDS more sites, this is just a sampler.

The first draft for County zoning by-laws will be ready soon. I will report more soon.