National Wind Watch

Wind is intermittent, highly variable, and not dispatchable. So it can be only an add-on to other, more reliable sources. And its low density means disproportionate materials and land/sea area requirements along with heavy-duty access roads and powerlines. wind-watch.org

(archive: 2015) Industrial wind energy: Discussion on nuisance and negligence actions relating to noise and health #AUS: ABSTRACT. There is a growing body of information, data, opinion, litigation and complaint surrounding the… wind-watch.org/documents/indu… #windpower #windenergy

Turbine troubles keep spinning in county #NY: Six hundred-foot industrial wind turbines across Chautauqua County? No! Residents suffering from “wind turbine sickness” who live with turbines in Arkwright, Cassadaga, and… wind-watch.org/news/2026/05/2… #windpower #windenergy

The big renewable energy lie: The biggest deliberate transfer of wealth ever seen? #AUS: Always be suspicious of an expert report that appears to serve a crude ideological purpose. Always be on the lookout for the big lie dressed… wind-watch.org/news/2026/05/2… #windpower #windenergy

“What industrial wind represents should be obvious to everyone: this is business-as-usual disguised as concern for the Earth. Far from genuine “environmentalism”, it is the same profit- and growth-driven destruction that is at the root of every… wind-watch.org/quotes.php?t=35

(archive: 2013) Infrasound from wind turbines — an overlooked health risk #SWE: Infrasound from wind turbines affects the inner ear and is a potential health risk for people with migraine or other type of central sentitisation.… wind-watch.org/documents/infr… #windpower #windenergy

(video archive) Amaranth Wind Turbines, Noise and Health: Barbara Ashbee Interview: Experience living near wind turbines in Amaranth Township, Ontario wind-watch.org/video-melancth… #windpower #windenergy

Wind turbines shrink alpine diversity #AUT: In 2023, over 40% of European wind farms were installed in alpine habitats, and research shows they can cut alpine meadow species diversity by up to 5% per megawatt. Alpine Plant Dynamics… wind-watch.org/news/2026/05/2… #windpower #windenergy

Erfahrener Förster erklärt, was ein Windpark für einen Wald wirklich bedeutet #DEU: [Bavarian forester Josef Erhard describes what the construction of wind turbines in the forest actually means, from deforestation and soil… wind-watch.org/news/2026/05/2… #windpower #windenergy

We were in Newport RI a few days ago. Went to Second Beach at night after getting ice cream. The horizon of flashing red lights was shocking, offensive and disgusting.

Wind farm permits could be revoked in ‘ghost project’ crackdown #AUS: Renewables companies sitting on decades-old development proposals in NSW could have their planning approvals revoked as part of a “ghost project” crackdown… wind-watch.org/news/2026/05/2… #windpower #windenergy

High winds in October and March blew down a large number of solar panels in a field in Shaftsbury #VT, and now regulators are looking into the potential environmental impact from the damaged panels. vtdigger.org/2026/05/24/sol…

“It’s like taking up smoking because you drink too much. And now you’re a smoker as well as a drinker.” —Frida Payle wind-watch.org/quotes.php?t=1…

Wind farm plan would ‘violate’ a sacred space #IRL: A controversial proposed windfarm “should not be considered” by An Coimisiún Pleanála for Lemanaghan Bog, Offaly councillors have unanimously said. Elected representatives at the… wind-watch.org/news/2026/05/2… #windpower #windenergy

Akita residents grow anxious over collapsing wind turbines #JPN: A small onshore wind turbine collapsed in Oga, Akita Prefecture, in March, raising fresh concerns among local residents following a series of wind turbine-related… wind-watch.org/news/2026/05/2… #windpower #windenergy

Scottish court ruling on wind farm grid connections #SCT: A Scottish court ruling has underlined a practical point for farmers and landowners approached by renewable energy developers: the turbines may be only part of the… wind-watch.org/news/2026/05/2… #windpower #windenergy

‘Insulting offer’: $1000 to view 70 wind turbines from your front door #AUS: On a scorching 38 degree January day with howling winds, a fire broke out in the Bondo State Forest. Air tankers were flown in to tackle the blaze,… wind-watch.org/news/2026/05/2… #windpower #windenergy

Infraschall aus technischen Anlagen – Wissenschaftliche Grundlagen für eine Bewertung gesundheitlicher Risiken: Infrasound from technical installations: Scientific basis for an assessment of health risks Hintergrund: Das pathogene Potenzial von… wind-watch.org/documents/infr…

(archive: 2010) How much efficiency is lost by putting HAWTs near one another in a wind farm? #DNK: The “wake effect” is the reduction of wind speed and increase of turbulence down wind of a turbine. [source:  3D-Simulation of the… wind-watch.org/documents/how-… #windpower #windenergy

“... a very expensive way to generate quite unreliable electricity.” —Tom Adams, Globe and Mail (Canada), December 27, 2007 wind-watch.org/quotes.php?t=1…

Behavioral responses to offshore windfarms during migration of a declining shorebird species revealed by GPS-telemetry: Up to 15.8% of the individuals migrated at elevated risk without showing avoidance reactions. Abstract: EU member countries and the UK… wind-watch.org/documents/beha…