Important Research

Community Wind

Community Wind Financing Equity Capital Community Wind Interview with Claud Matney Ron Bailey Proposal to Planning Board

Conflict of Interest

Competitive Bidding—NY General Municipal Law Article 5A Conflict of Interest—NY General Municipal Law Article 18

Energy Policy

50 Wind Turbines light one shopping mall GAO Glenn Schleede on Why Wind Turbines will not reduce oil import Glenn Schleede on Wind Energy Economics in NYS Glenn Schleede on Wind Turbine Capacity Value (5-17-05) Jack Sullivan’s Revised Wind Statistics (1-11-06) Jon Boone, Top Ten False and Misleading Claims about Wind (2-23-05) Low Wind Benefit Malone Councilman Jack Sullivan, speaking about Wind (7-22-06) NYSERDA Report 3-4-05 NYSERDA Report 3-04-05 GE and wind Efficiency On true costs of Wind Farms Report on Coal Efficiency and Greenhouse Times of London, Invasion of Wind Farms Variability Wind Energy Will Not Reduce US Oil Dependence Wind Subsidiary to cost $1 million per job ..Australia (3-1-06) Wind Integration Report

European Government Agency Studies

CEER Renewable Study 2004 DEWI prediction of ON vs. OFF Shore Installation EU Council of Energy Ministers Copenhagen Strategy offshore German Government Study Questions Value of Wind Power Irish Grid Study on Difficulty with Wind Reduction of CO2 UK Dept of Trade and Industry ---Renewable Energy

Noise — Academic Noise Studies

French St. Crepin windfarm noise survey, 2005 DEFRA Low Frequency Noise Casella Stanger What is a decibel, Science University of New So. Wales The strange case of Leventhall, supporting docs. Peter Styles et al., Microseismic and infrasound monitor Miskelly, A, 2005, Why the Taralga Windfarm Environment Oguz A, Soysal, Acoustic noise generated by Wind Turbines Van Den Berg, FGP, 2003, Effects of Wind profile Van Den Berg, FGP, 2003, Wind Turbines at night Van Den Berg, FGP, 2004, Do Wind Turbines Produce Significant low frequency sound Van Den Berg, FGP, 2005, The beat is getting stronger Clinical Abstracts Balaban, CD and Thayer, JF 2001 Neurological bases for balance- anxiety Furman, JM, and RG Jacob, 2001, A clinical taxonomy of dizziness and anxiety Moller, H, and CS Pederson, 2004, Hearing at low and infrasonic frequencies K.P. Waye, Effect of low frequency noise on sleep Waye, Bengtsson, Agge & Bjorkman, A descriptive cross sectional study of annoyance Waye, Bengtsson, Kjellbert & Benton, Low Frequency noise 040604-Leventhall Report- Low Frequency New Zealand Addressing Wind Turbine Noise — Lawrence University 2005 Lawrence University- Noise Impact Handout Low Frequency Noise and Turbines- Scotland Terry Matilsky — Noise U. Mass — Wind Turbine Acoustic Noise Rev. 2006 WT-Perception and Annoyance — Pederson, Dec 2004 Pederson a peer review article Frey and Hadden

Neighbors’ Noise Complaints

Karen Ervin, Letter to Calvin Martin 2-2-05 Katherine Bush quoting Gordon Yancey, Flatrock Inn, Tug Hill Letter from Prof. Robert Larivee regarding Wind Turbine Noise Lincoln Township Survey, Noise Misty Edgecomb, Many say...Turbines are noisy Seth Robson, Noisy Turbine annoys neighbours 8-11-03 Nick Churchouse, Neighbors warn of din from wind turbines Flurry of complaints after wind change, New Zealand Lincoln Township Survey, strobe lights Catharine Lawton on Windplants and noise illness Kathy Webb, and the beat goes on, Hawke’s Bay Today Lincoln Township survey, health Lincoln Township survey, sleeplessness Wind turbines make people sick, Newsquest Media Group Lincoln Township survey, shadow flicker Rev. Kathleen Danley alluding to her husbands health Eleanor Tillinghast, The dark side of wind power Dairy Farmers report noise problems---Notes on conversation Gwen Burkhardt, Wind Farm Illness, UK Ian McCausland, Factual information about wind turbines Linda Cooper, West Virginia Pamela Foringer, Our Fenner Wind Farm Story Noisy House This Map Shows how the location of Kelly Alexander Tom Venesky, Waymart facility troubles residents

Public Health and Government Guidelines
World Health Organization, Guidelines for Community Noise, 2000

WHO Community Noise 1, 2000 WHO Community Noise 2, 2000 WHO Community Noise 3, 2000 WHO Community Noise 4, 2000 WHO Community Noise 5, 2000 WHO Community Noise 6, 2000 WHO Community Noise APP, 2000 NY DEC, 2001, Assessing & Mitigating Noise Impacts French Academy of Medicine Document IEA Summary-34-Noise Swedish EPA Noise Study 2003 French Noise Report

Ordinances

Wisconsin town of Barton Ordinance Model 05-11 Clinton NY Wind Ordinance Arkwright NY Draft Ordinance Cherry Valley Proposed Wind Ordinance Ellenburgh NY Wind Ordinance— From Noble Energy Malone NY Ordinance 2006 Meredith’s Vision-Presentation to the Planning Board

Property Values

Bob Bittner, Illinois 12-6-05 Danny Buttler, Blot on the Landscape Gareth Scourfield, Report on a sample of properties Lincoln Survey, general comments Lincoln Township Survey, property values Lywen Evans, Prices falling, Cambridge News Natasha Robinson, Clouds gathering over wind farm Suzan Askins, Canisteo, NY letter to CLM Lewis Smith, Wind Farms ruin peace, says judge Barbara Kramer visits Tug Hill Russell Bounds Testimony Bard Study of Fenner Coopers Town Crier Court finds property values falls Jonathon Boone, Letter to the editor, Caledonian Kansas Article

Property Values Continued…

Meridian Energy pays family to move Michigan appraiser report property values Michigan property values drop 9-9-04 Property Prices Renewable Energy policy project report Royal inst chartered surveyors Wind Farms Final Report Russell, Bounds, Realtor, letter to the Maryland PSC Scottish couple leaving home of their ancestors Tug Hill, Notes on Conversation TVA Document and danish land value appendix UK Couple loses property value UK Offer for property withdrawn due to turbines UK Survey Article Windfarms affect house Prices-UK Wisconsin Energy Development

Safety Blade Failure

Academic talk on risk Tower Collapse

Ice Throws

Basic physics of ice throws Characteristics of Ice Storms in the US GE on Ice Shedding and Ice Throw Icing Safety Icing Safety Matlisky Icing Wisconsin Review of Public Safety & Ice Throws US Gov National Renewable Energy Lab Accidents

Tourism

Scotland Report Views of Scotland

Wildlife

Birds— Systematic Review Chautauqua Bird Report GAO report Lake Erie Hawk watch opposes Turbine Researchers alarmed by bird death US Fish and Wildlife Guidelines WIPSC Direct Testimony, birds

Barbara Hein

Barbara Hein News Stories