Topics Not Discussed

Below you will find a list of topics that we researched, but chose not to include in our website.  We hope these resources will serve a purpose for continued research.



St. Lawrence Wind Power Project Final Environmental Impact Statement Documents


http://www.stlawrencewind.com/feis.html

Cape Vincent Wind Power Project Draft Environmental Impact Statement Documents


http://www.erm.com/Public-Information-Sites1/New-York-Wind-Projects/Cape-Vincent-Wind-Power-Project/

Energy Output


Department of Environmental Conservation.  Existing and Proposed Wind Projects.

http://www.dec.ny.gov/energy/48089.html

The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation lists wind farm projects that are in development or already existing.

National Renewable Energy Laboratory.  Wind Energy Basics.

http://www.nrel.gov/learning/re_wind.html

is an extension of the U.S. Department of Energy's office of Energy Efficiency & Renewable Energy and is called the National Renewable Energy Laboratory. The site gives a brief description of wind turbines and how they work. 

Bats and Birds

Bats and Wind Energy Cooperative, and the Pennsylvania Game Commission.   Effectiveness of Changing Wind Turbines Cut-in Speed to Reduce Bat Fatalities at Wind Facilities.

http://www.batsandwind.org/pdf/Curtailment_2008_Final_Report.pdf


How reducing cut-in speeds can minimize impacts on bats.  

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.  Interim Guidance on Avoiding and Minimizing Wildlife Impacts from Wind Turbines.

http://www.fws.gov/habitatconservation/wind.pdf


FWS suggestions on how to avoid impacts on wildlife.  

Department of Environmental Conservation.  Publicly Available Radar Results for Proposed Wind Sites in New York.

http://www.dec.ny.gov/docs/wildlife_pdf/radarwind.pdf


Graphs of radar results from wind sites around New York State.