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Wind farms do not impact Welsh tourism, report finds
2014-04-13 10:49:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Blue and Green: Opponents of wind farms in Wales have suffered a setback, after a new report concluded that tourism levels have not been affected in regions where turbines have been erected. An inquiry was set up after concerns were raised, and backed by some Conservative Assembly Members (AM), that the tourism industry would begin to suffer if the government pressed ahead with the development of wind farms across the country. But a new report has found that although the Welsh tourism economy could see some...
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Wind farms impact on house prices disputed in contradictory studies
2014-04-13 07:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Blue and Green: Two separate studies looking at how wind farms affect house prices have drawn contrasting conclusions. The impact of wind farms on communities has been debated, with government proposing giving locals more say on developments. One of the pieces of research from the London School of Economics (LSE) suggests that wind farms can reduce house prices by as much as 12% when they are within 2km of the development. The report states, Wind farm developments reduce prices in locations where the turbines...
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Offshore wind farms could tame hurricanes before they reach land
2014-02-26 19:31:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
ScienceDaily: Computer simulations by Professor Mark Z. Jacobson have shown that offshore wind farms with thousands of wind turbines could have sapped the power of three real-life hurricanes, significantly decreasing their winds and accompanying storm surge, and possibly preventing billions of dollars in damages. For the past 24 years, Mark Z. Jacobson, a professor of civil and environmental engineering at Stanford, has been developing a complex computer model to study air pollution, energy, weather and climate....
Australia: No reliable evidence wind farms harm health
2014-02-24 10:16:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Australias peak health research body has again found there is no reliable evidence that windfarms harm human health, but the Abbott government is promising to commission further comprehensive research into possible links. Prof Warwick Anderson, the chief executive of the National Health and Medical Research Council, said a draft information paper had found there was no reliable or consistent evidence that windfarms directly cause adverse health effects in humans. The information paper had...
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Claims that aging wind farms are a bad investment blown away by new research
2014-02-19 07:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
ScienceDaily: Wind turbines can remain productive for up to 25 years, making wind farms an attractive long-term choice for energy investors, according to new research. The UK has a target of generating 15 per cent of the nation's energy from renewable resources such as wind farms by 2020. There are currently 4,246 individual wind turbines in the UK across 531 wind farms, generating 7.5 per cent of the nation's electricity. There has been some debate about whether wind turbines have a more limited shelf-life...