Other organisations in Cornwall fighting contentious planning applications
SAVE mullion cove A property investment company wants to build 30 permanent large holiday homes right at the entrance to Mullion Cove
 
General Information
National Trust
RSPB
Natural England Natural England is an independent public body whose purpose is to protect and improve England’s natural environment
 
CPRE Cornwall The Campaign to Protect Rural England exists to promote the beauty, tranquillity and diversity of rural England by encouraging the sustainable use of land and other natural resources in town and country
 
Cornwall Council
 
Westminster
Economic Affairs Committee
House of Lords Economic Affairs Committee Report, The Economics of Renewable Energy.
 
Davidstow Parish Website The local parish website
 
Renewable Energy Foundation
Windpower data
Many interesting articles on the effectiveness and actual output of all sorts of renewables, including wind
 
BWEA UK Wind Energy Database Details of all wind farms in the UK (Operational,Consented,Planning)
 
REOC Renewable Energy Office for Cornwall

Local, National & International Opposition Groups
LinkLocationDescription
European Platform Against Windfarms Europe Supported by protest groups from many EU countries
Industrial Wind Action Group US &International Facts, analysis, exposure of wind energy's real impacts
National Wind Watch US & International Presenting the facts about industrial wind power
Country Guardian
List of UK Windfarm Action Groups
UK National UK conservation group which, since 1991, has campaigned against the construction of wind turbines in environmentally sensitive areas.
 
Industrial Wind Energy Opposition US & International Lots of resources stating the facts about wind power.
Moorland Without Turbines Isle of Lewis Campign to stop a 'Forty-mile wind farm'.
Moorsyde Action Group Norhumberland Campaigning against a number of proposals, lots of useful info and pictures.
Stop Benington Wind Farm East Herts Campign to stop a windfarm at Benington.
 
Case Studies
the Braes of Doune project The Scottish Wind Assessment Project
Derrybrien The Scottish Wind Assessment Project
Cefn Croes The most powerful on-shore wind farm in Wales
 
Other Resources
A Problem With Wind Power, By Eric Rosenbloom Featured in At Issue: What Energy Sources Should Be Pursued, Greenhaven Press, 2005 and Opposing Viewpoints: Global Resources, Gale, 2007
Energy Consumption in Wind Facilities Large wind turbines require a large amount of energy to operate.
The Wayward Wind, by Jon Boone Incisive critique
Articles by Mark Duchamp Special attention to birds
Report by John Mollica Setback, icing, structural failure, noise
The aesthetic dissonance of industrial wind machines by Jon Boone Incisive critique of wind power's aesthetic chic
Articles by Nina Pierpont Vibroacoustic disease caused by industrial wind turbines
An Ill Wind, by Nigel Barnes Extensive compilation of arguments
Overstated claims for Davidstow windfarm National Wind Watch article
Plan to build Cornwall's biggest wind farm revealed National Wind Watch article
title National Wind Watch article