Australia’s top science agency, the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) has just published a timely report on the Acceptance of rural wind farms in Australia.
Its publication is a powerful boost to morale for the renewable energy industry, which has been battling a well-organised and very vocal anti-wind lobby in Australia, and hostile regulation in key states such as Victoria.
The report establishes that wind farms have broad social acceptance in rural communities, and that the media has played a distorting role in the debate, by amplifying the voice of wind energy opponents. The CSIRO also finds there is no scientific evidence linking wind farms to adverse health effects.
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No scientific evidence linking wind farms to adverse health effects
2 February 2012ACCIONA and wind energy
12 November 2010Wind power is today the most mature and efficient of all renewable energies. It does not pollute, it is inexhaustible and it reduces the use of fossil fuels, helping to curb global warming. According to the Impact of Wind Energy Sector in Spain Macroeconomic Study (by Deloitte for the Spanish Wind Energy Association and presented last Wednesday), the wind industry in Spain is “a highly competitive industry with companies that are a reference worldwide, with a relevant position to major markets and highly qualified professionals”.
At ACCIONA we are leaders in the development and construction of wind farms, and we are present across the value chain, from design to sales of wind energy.
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