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The introduction of the Green Energy Act, 2009 in 2009 to generate growth in clean and renewable energy sources resulted in a significant increase in the number of solar photovoltaic (PV) and wind turbine systems installed across Ontario. It is … Read more...
Ontario introduced smart meters, along with a “time-of-use” electricity price structure, to help consumers manage electricity costs. Over 4.5 million smart meters have been installed in residences and small businesses across Ontario since the start of the program in 2007.… Read more...
Fire Departments should develop SOPs/OGs on emergency incidents involving wind turbines.
Fires involving wind turbines may present a health and safety hazard to firefighters due to the electronics, flammable oils and hydraulic fluids that exist in the turbines. For example, … Read more...
Fire Departments should develop SOPs/OGs on fighting fires involving solar photovoltaic (PV) systems (also known as solar panel systems).
A PV installation typically includes:
January 10, 2013
by Marshall Rosenthal
Dear Editor,
Some time ago, before the start up of the wind turbines of the Hoosac Wind Project, I tried to warn your readers of the potential terrible effects that the spinning blades … Read more...
January 11, 2013
This week, fires raged across eastern Australia.
The media reported some pilots saying aerial water bombing would struggle with turbines.
And the following email was sent by a New South Wales country resident … Read more...
Australian Industrial Wind Turbine Awareness Network
10th December 2012
Media Release
INCREASED FIRE RISK FROM WIND TURBINES
The recent weekend bushfires near proposed wind energy developments, one in Victoria, in the area of the proposed Cherry Tree wind … Read more...
December 4, 2008
http://yankton.net/articles/2008/12/04/community/doc493770b0bb711157800892.txt
BLOOMFIELD, Neb. — Company officials have suspended work at the Elkhorn Ridge wind farm after Tuesday’s turbine fire 260 feet in the air, which hospitalized a worker who suffered burns while atop the turbine.
The incident … Read more...
I am here on behalf of the Grampians-Glenthompson Landscape Guardians Incorporated, to present our objection to the application by Investec Bank (Australia) Limited, to use and develop a 43 turbine wind farm on land south of Glenthompson, from … Read more...
By Miriam Raftery
http://eastcountymagazine.org/node/10673
“This will impede firefighting efforts to a frightening degree…a wind-drive fire is not going to stay in the backcountry. We must not roll the dice…There are other, safer alternatives….I also have serious problems about an … Read more...