French renewable energy developer Voltalia plans to install 81 wind turbines in Brazil’s Bahia state, in an area that’s also the main refuge of the endangered Lear’s macaw (Anodorhynchus leari). Conservationists warn that the birds may collide with the turbines, especially because they fly at dawn and dusk, when visibility Read more…
Wind turbines: How UK wants to become ‘Saudi Arabia of wind’ Prime Minister Boris Johnson has said he wants the UK to become “the Saudi Arabia of wind” and – off the coast of Yorkshire – the North Sea is now home to the world’s largest offshore wind farm. Danish Read more…
by Hamish Penman An Aberdeenshire woman has spoken of the “considerable discomfort” she and her family endured due to the sound generated by nearby onshore wind turbines. Rosemary Milne, who has three “industrially sized” turbines situated in “extreme proximity” to her home, said the noise nuisance has placed “extreme” stress Read more…