Research suggests wind energy may have serious consequences for the environment

Re:Research suggests wind energy may have serious consequenc... by blunte on Friday October 05, 2018 @02:47AM (#18146192)

We have huge turbines in farmlands in the south of the Netherlands. I assume the farmers get some subsidy, but it seems like a good overlap of land use.

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Re:Research suggests wind energy may have serious consequenc... by sidhuko on Friday October 05, 2018 @03:39AM (#18146396)

I posted another comment but john Deere did this and had to remove sites in the US because of ecological harm onto farmers. We have a lot of them around my area too, my uncle installed most of them, the 1-2MW are really a dent when you see the size of US wind turbines

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Re:Research suggests wind energy may have serious consequenc... by Siemer on Friday October 05, 2018 @03:05AM (#18146262)

Up to 36.000 euro per mill per year actually. Not a bad time to be owning farmland in the Netherlands.

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Re:Research suggests wind energy may have serious consequenc... by blunte on Friday October 05, 2018 @05:25AM (#18146786)

Plus it appears that you get to put a logo of your farm up on the pole. :)

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Re:Research suggests wind energy may have serious consequenc... by peteretep on Friday October 05, 2018 @05:26AM (#18146788)

Doubly so if you can stick a cell antennae there too

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