Safe Setbacks
Industrial Wind Turbines
How Close is too Close?
Turbine makers vary in what they consider to be acceptable setbacks. For safety, G.E. warns that a distance of 1,300 feet is the minimum. To minimize annoyance from moving shadows and noise, another turbine maker says at least 1,640 foot setbacks are required. A developer in Kansas just settled a court suit by agreeing to setbacks of 2,000 feet. In Canada, the former dean of medicine at the University of Western Ontario has called for nearly 5,000 foot setbacks as a “moral obligation” to protect health. What does Everpower want? At the most, 914 feet. That’s too close.
please also visit these websites:
www.wind-watch.org
www.windaction.org and www.windcows.com
or call our hotline at 937.653.2884
or e-mail us at unionwind@ctcn.net