According to some authors [1], wind turbines have two main strengths: (i) are simple to construct; and (ii) their recycling process is easy [2]. Nevertheless, there are several weaknesses [1]: (i) noise; (ii) visual disturbance, due to flickering and flashing effects; (iii) storms can imply large accidents; and (iv) due to the variability of wind speed, output power fluctuates.

For ecosystems, the main impacts are the following [1]: (i) birds can get killed by blades; (ii) changes in biodiversity and benthic habitats; (iii) disruption of the communication between marine mammals; (iv) deforestation and soil erosion; and (v) lubricating oil and debris might pollute locally.

One of the most interesting opportunities identified for this technology, to avoid bird death, is to paint one rotor blade in black. This hypothesis was tested in Norway using a Before-After-Control-Impact approach [3]. Nevertheless, it is worth asking if this black ink increased the visual impact for humans…

Summing up, it is possible to argue that despite simplicity of these structures, there are environmental impacts on flora and fauna, whose dimensions are worth measuring. Furthermore, nearby human habitants can also suffer from headaches, sleep disorders and hearing loss, and acknowledge the spoiling of local natural aesthetics.

[1] Rahman, A., Farrok, O. and Haque, Md. (2022). “Environmental impact of renewable energy source based electrical power plants: Solar, wind, hydroelectric, biomass, geothermal, tidal, ocean, and osmotic”. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 161, 112279.

[2] Jensen, J. (2019). “Evaluating the environmental impacts of recycling wind turbines.” Wind Energy, 22, 316-26.

[3] May, R., Nygard, T., Falkdalen, U., Astrom, J., Hamre, O., Stokke, BG. (2020). “Paint it black: efficacy of increased wind turbine rotor blade visibility to reduce avian fatalities”. Ecol. Vol., 10, 8927-35.

Enjoy.

BoxLove, by the Blue Love Bird

L O V E

O       V

V       O

E V O L

Like a box of air.

My lungs release this spasm,

The Feeling of ... in nature’s connection

an harmony of hormones.

I am your blood.

By the wind blown up…

I LOVE YOUR HAIR.

Enjoy.

Clouds

shared long whites
Particles as beautiful as cold
Of neutral feelings cut out
Such as cellos and melodies
Sometimes the strong wind blows them away…
And stretch them, stretch them, stretch them, stretch them… stretch them… prolong them… disperse them……
Until the breath is the horizon
And without a port there, they stay, on another bank...
Who dresses in dreams.

There are people for whom life is a zero game,
Every sunrise, a sunset,
At each birth, one death,
Every hello, goodbye,
With each confession, a misunderstanding,
With every spell, a disenchantment.

But with every hand that is touched, new life.
With each disenchantment, a new corner
Every corner, renewed charm
With each suffering, a teaching
With each circuit broken, a friendly port
With every lie, a defense in crystalline drop
In each silence, a melody

And with every pain, love
For each blank sheet, poem
For each star, heat
With every spell, a pityless departure

Clouds are neutral, don't feel,
And so, they are happier than sad,
Because being neutral is being in the middle.

Enjoy.

The sound of the wind is stronger.

The hart has less space.

Small eyes look at us flooded by water,

With fear to understand the end.

The revolt makes higher the waves of the sea.

The cold of the mountain hinders our bones and chills the tears.

The caress are anchors that makes us harm, but

At the hour of goodbye dreams fade away.

Although at that hour...

Even the smell of the grass has a secret meaning.