Category Archives: wind energy

Top UK scientists blast methods used to measure wind farm impacts on seabirds

Posted on January 5, 2017 by rosslynbeeby

One of Britain’s leading conservation scientists has called for more robust and “sound science” to be used in environmental impact assessments of offshore wind farms. Rhys Green, a principal research biologist at the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds … Continue reading →

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Senate inquiry calls for federal tax on wind farms to fund noise and health research

Posted on June 22, 2015 by rosslynbeeby

An Australian government report has called for a federal tax on wind energy companies to fund research into wind farm noise and its possible health impacts. It also wants that tax to fund an “independent scientific committee on industrial sound” … Continue reading →

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