Comments on: New Wind Turbines for 11 Minnesota Cities http://www.alternative-energy-news.info/new-wind-turbines-for-11-minnesota-cities/ Alternative Energy News and Information about Renewable Energy Technologies: Articles, Discussions, News and Videos. Mon, 25 Apr 2011 00:53:00 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9 hourly 1 By: Mark http://www.alternative-energy-news.info/new-wind-turbines-for-11-minnesota-cities/#comment-11087 Mark Sat, 24 Jul 2010 18:26:11 +0000 http://www.alternative-energy-news.info/?p=603#comment-11087 I walk by this windmill just about every day. I can't believe the City of Buffalo, actually the Taxpayers, have to foot the bill for this windmill. Factor in the cost and maintenance and this pipe dream will take a long time to even come close to paying for itself. Until Wind and solar can actually be cost effective in MN, we should just hold off before implementing these options. Our electric company sent us a flyer. Cost of power from coal=5 cents/kwh. Wind=11 cents/kwh. I walk by this windmill just about every day. I can’t believe the City of Buffalo, actually the Taxpayers, have to foot the bill for this windmill. Factor in the cost and maintenance and this pipe dream will take a long time to even come close to paying for itself. Until Wind and solar can actually be cost effective in MN, we should just hold off before implementing these options. Our electric company sent us a flyer. Cost of power from coal=5 cents/kwh. Wind=11 cents/kwh.

]]> By: russ http://www.alternative-energy-news.info/new-wind-turbines-for-11-minnesota-cities/#comment-6501 russ Tue, 26 May 2009 11:41:40 +0000 http://www.alternative-energy-news.info/?p=603#comment-6501 The bird thing seems to be a green hangup. They want green energy and then do their best to defeat whatever comes along by coming up with bogus stories. Regarding the large commercial new turbines - If you have seen the blades rotating you would have to realize that any bird getting caught in the slowly moving blades must be real stupid and a cat will get it anyway. Maybe small higher speed rotors or older style turbines are problematic? I suppose many, many thousand percent more birds get killed flying into plate glass windows than into wind turbines. The bird thing seems to be a green hangup. They want green energy and then do their best to defeat whatever comes along by coming up with bogus stories.

Regarding the large commercial new turbines – If you have seen the blades rotating you would have to realize that any bird getting caught in the slowly moving blades must be real stupid and a cat will get it anyway.

Maybe small higher speed rotors or older style turbines are problematic?

I suppose many, many thousand percent more birds get killed flying into plate glass windows than into wind turbines.

]]> By: Miki Goldman http://www.alternative-energy-news.info/new-wind-turbines-for-11-minnesota-cities/#comment-5232 Miki Goldman Fri, 01 May 2009 21:38:21 +0000 http://www.alternative-energy-news.info/?p=603#comment-5232 Sorry correction. They have made devices to fix the problem with the bats, and surface mines are not weapons they are mines for natural resources. Still wind farms are a good idea and need to be pursued. Sorry correction. They have made devices to fix the problem with the bats, and surface mines are not weapons they are mines for natural resources. Still wind farms are a good idea and need to be pursued.

]]> By: Miki Goldman http://www.alternative-energy-news.info/new-wind-turbines-for-11-minnesota-cities/#comment-5134 Miki Goldman Fri, 01 May 2009 16:27:09 +0000 http://www.alternative-energy-news.info/?p=603#comment-5134 Wind farms kill less than 10,000 birds a year. Cats kill more birds than wind farms. Bats use eco location they know where the turbines are. Second coal is the number one fossil fuel used for energy generation and strip mining in West Virginia is destroying the state. Flash floods wipe out entire towns and destroy water supplies. Coal is also the dirtiest and most used fossil fuel so its use creates large amounts of carbon dioxide and sulfur oxide emissions which is causing global warming. Sulfuroxide also creates acid rain that destroys forests. If we don't switch to renewable energies like wind there won't be a planet for us to live in. The benefits outweigh the costs. Block off access to ATVs on the roads and you solved that issue. These wind farms are being made for cities in Minnesota, you can't have them too far away from them because then you lose power. The land is most likely no longer wild. Plus destroyed lands will regenerate after construction and the National Environmental Protection act requires environmental impact statements for all construction projects. You will also be creating jobs for areas that truly need them right now. Lastly its the United States there are no surface mines. There hasn't been a war on American soil for almost 150 years long before they were invented. Wind farms kill less than 10,000 birds a year. Cats kill more birds than wind farms. Bats use eco location they know where the turbines are. Second coal is the number one fossil fuel used for energy generation and strip mining in West Virginia is destroying the state. Flash floods wipe out entire towns and destroy water supplies. Coal is also the dirtiest and most used fossil fuel so its use creates large amounts of carbon dioxide and sulfur oxide emissions which is causing global warming. Sulfuroxide also creates acid rain that destroys forests. If we don’t switch to renewable energies like wind there won’t be a planet for us to live in. The benefits outweigh the costs. Block off access to ATVs on the roads and you solved that issue. These wind farms are being made for cities in Minnesota, you can’t have them too far away from them because then you lose power. The land is most likely no longer wild. Plus destroyed lands will regenerate after construction and the National Environmental Protection act requires environmental impact statements for all construction projects. You will also be creating jobs for areas that truly need them right now. Lastly its the United States there are no surface mines. There hasn’t been a war on American soil for almost 150 years long before they were invented.

]]> By: Thomas Dick http://www.alternative-energy-news.info/new-wind-turbines-for-11-minnesota-cities/#comment-4552 Thomas Dick Mon, 20 Apr 2009 20:57:42 +0000 http://www.alternative-energy-news.info/?p=603#comment-4552 Wind Turbines probably have their place somewhere, but in the East their deforestation, permanent wide roads, non-point source runoff, impact on wetlands, does not justify their existence. I'm in the middle of wind country and I see the destruction of habitat, bats, saw-whet owls and nocturnal migrating birds. They should be built on the millions of acres of surface mines (and occasionally they are) but most often they fragment large areas of intact forest allowing ATV's to run rampant, and therefore ruining some of the remaining wild areas. Wind Turbines probably have their place somewhere, but in the East their deforestation, permanent wide roads, non-point source runoff, impact on wetlands, does not justify their existence. I’m in the middle of wind country and I see the destruction of habitat, bats, saw-whet owls and nocturnal migrating birds. They should be built on the millions of acres of surface mines (and occasionally they are) but most often they fragment large areas of intact forest allowing ATV’s to run rampant, and therefore ruining some of the remaining wild areas.

]]> By: Bill Colley http://www.alternative-energy-news.info/new-wind-turbines-for-11-minnesota-cities/#comment-4370 Bill Colley Tue, 31 Mar 2009 13:11:53 +0000 http://www.alternative-energy-news.info/?p=603#comment-4370 I would love to talk to someone from the maintenance department of all of the windmill projects that are currently on going. If you could help I would greatly appreciate it. Thank you Bill Colley I would love to talk to someone from the maintenance department of all of the windmill projects that are currently on going. If you could help I would greatly appreciate it.

Thank you
Bill Colley

]]> By: MingMing Du http://www.alternative-energy-news.info/new-wind-turbines-for-11-minnesota-cities/#comment-5145 MingMing Du Mon, 30 Mar 2009 18:07:08 +0000 http://www.alternative-energy-news.info/?p=603#comment-5145 The last company I work for made blades for wind turbines. One blade is 5 meters wide 48 meters long. That is huge. My hometown and neighbor cities also will install 1000s of wind turbines. They also settle up new power grid to contains wind turbines. One concern is their effect on migrant birds. The last company I work for made blades for wind turbines. One blade is 5 meters wide 48 meters long. That is huge. My hometown and neighbor cities also will install 1000s of wind turbines. They also settle up new power grid to contains wind turbines. One concern is their effect on migrant birds.

]]> By: Daisy Langenegger http://www.alternative-energy-news.info/new-wind-turbines-for-11-minnesota-cities/#comment-5144 Daisy Langenegger Mon, 30 Mar 2009 18:06:01 +0000 http://www.alternative-energy-news.info/?p=603#comment-5144 Let's have this here too! Did I see this in Ilocos? Let’s have this here too! Did I see this in Ilocos?

]]> By: sol http://www.alternative-energy-news.info/new-wind-turbines-for-11-minnesota-cities/#comment-4361 sol Mon, 30 Mar 2009 16:49:27 +0000 http://www.alternative-energy-news.info/?p=603#comment-4361 Recycled wind turbines... that's the first i have heard of that! Recycled wind turbines… that’s the first i have heard of that!

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