Wind Energy Collapsing In Germany
Posted: Sun Nov 29, 2020 11:39 am
Wind Energy Collapsing In Germany
“when in 2021 thousands of wind turbines come to the end of the 20-year subsidy period of the Renewable Energy Act, more wind turbines will be demolished on balance than new ones will be added, the wind industry fears.”
The most important cause lies in the legal resistance of wildlife and forest conservationists fighting new wind farms. The BWE President referred to an industry survey of the onshore wind agency.
According to its findings, more than 70 percent of the legal objections are based on species conservation, especially the threat to endangered bird species and bats.
The conservationists have a point.
One of the worst features of both wind and solar energy is that they are terrible for the environment. They use up an enormous amount of land that otherwise would be available for agriculture, development or recreation.
They are eyesores. And they kill huge quantities of wildlife.
Read the full story at: https://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/ ... ermany.php
“when in 2021 thousands of wind turbines come to the end of the 20-year subsidy period of the Renewable Energy Act, more wind turbines will be demolished on balance than new ones will be added, the wind industry fears.”
The most important cause lies in the legal resistance of wildlife and forest conservationists fighting new wind farms. The BWE President referred to an industry survey of the onshore wind agency.
According to its findings, more than 70 percent of the legal objections are based on species conservation, especially the threat to endangered bird species and bats.
The conservationists have a point.
One of the worst features of both wind and solar energy is that they are terrible for the environment. They use up an enormous amount of land that otherwise would be available for agriculture, development or recreation.
They are eyesores. And they kill huge quantities of wildlife.
Read the full story at: https://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/ ... ermany.php