Even from the beginning of the project, wind farms on Norway’s Fosen peninsula was met with resistance from the local communities in central Norway. The wind farms are providing more wind power than all of Norway’s wind farms combined, but they are located on the winter pastures of local reindeer.
Responding to local reindeer herding communities who voiced their concerns over losing their winter pastures and the threat this has on the local culture, the Supreme Court of Norway deemed the farms illegal in 2021, five years after the construction began and year after its completion.
Yet, a year after the verdict and with a soaring energy crisis hitting Europe, the wind farms still stand.https://www.arctictoday.com/a-year-after-supreme-court-verdict-fosen-wind-farm-still-stands-amid-soaring-energy-crisis/?fbclid=IwAR2_EPOoTnXzXNgT3XEJ-djC_PCOeDtNDwWiEJsNo-kKVgtyMo-H8GYHkEY
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