WPG - Giant windmill eyed for Forks

[Svenn]

yeah just wait...some other city will do it in a few years and everyone will think it's revolutionary.

[Hawker]

Originally Posted by Svenn

yeah just wait...some other city will do it in a few years and everyone will think it's revolutionary.

Toronto actually did it a few years ago, and yes it was considered fairly revolutionary then.

[1ajs]

least they are looking at fesibility of it and not just putting it up for the sake of puting one up...

[Tess]

Wind turbines are amazing and its nice to have other environmental energy sources available, however (and you knew there would be one), they are responsible for bird and bat deaths. The number of deaths per annum per turbine is dependent upon its location. On bat migration routes or near roost caves, high bat deaths. On ridges, high bird deaths, particularly among predator species which is a problem because they have lower population numbers in comparison with say, songbirds or waterfowl so losses are significant for the population as a whole.

As for a turbine at the Forks, the test site was about 1km from a nesting endangered species and along a major flyway for songbirds, waterfowl, shorebirds and raptors. Don't think the Riverwalk hikers, tourists, museum visitors, shoppers or guests at the Inn at the Forks would like to be dodging bird bodies.

All in all, a great idea, but a lousy location ...

[1ajs]

Originally Posted by Tess

Wind turbines are amazing and its nice to have other environmental energy sources available, however (and you knew there would be one), they are responsible for bird and bat deaths. The number of deaths per annum per turbine is dependent upon its location. On bat migration routes or near roost caves, high bat deaths. On ridges, high bird deaths, particularly among predator species which is a problem because they have lower population numbers in comparison with say, songbirds or waterfowl so losses are significant for the population as a whole.

As for a turbine at the Forks, the test site was about 1km from a nesting endangered species and along a major flyway for songbirds, waterfowl, shorebirds and raptors. Don't think the Riverwalk hikers, tourists, museum visitors, shoppers or guests at the Inn at the Forks would like to be dodging bird bodies.

All in all, a great idea, but a lousy location ...

from my understanding theres another type of wind mill that genraly has a lower number of animal deaths.... but i could be rong

[Biff]

This project, was announced late last year that they we not proceeding with it.

It is dead.

[trueviking]

i heard that the wind velocities were not adequate.

[isaidso]

When it says 'giant' windmill are they inferring that it will be giant for a wind turbine, or regular sized for a wind turbine, but large relative to everything else?

One that's normal size for a wind turbine wouldn't be much of a symbol for the city. If you want to make a statement, this thing needs to be 200-300 metres tall. The bigger the better.

[1ajs]

if the wind had been adiquit to build one it would of been rufly the height of the richardson building from what i understand