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Thursday, December 07, 2006

More Positive to Report on Wind Farms

Tasty Politics reports that an eight-year long study of Denmark's two largest wind farms is good news for Cape Wind. The report concludes that:

Danish experience from the past 15 years shows that offshore wind farms, if placed right, can be engineered and operated without significant damage to the marine environment and vulnerable species.

The comprehensive environmental monitoring programmes of Horns Rev Offshore Wind Farm and Nysted Offshore Wind Farm confi rm that, under the right conditions, even big wind farms pose low risks to birds, mammals and fish, even though there will be changes in the living conditions of some species by an increase in habitat heterogeneity.

The monitoring also shows that appropriate siting of offshore wind farms is an essential precondition for ensuring limited impact on nature and the environment, and that careful spatial planning is necessary to avoid damaging cumulative impacts.

Due consideration to limiting the impacts on nature together with positive attitudes towards offshore wind farms in local communities and challenging energy policy objectives at national and international levels mean that pros-
pects look bright for future offshore expansion.

The report did not address the alleged deleterious effects on multi-million dollar summer homes in Nantucket, Martha's Vineyard and Hyannisport.

No word on whether members of the Alliance for the Preservation of Nantucket Sound are yet being treated for apoplexy.
Posted by: Wave Maker / 9:26 AM/ |


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