Objections

 Not everyone welcomes the building of wind farms of this sort, particularly on land. Objections typically involve either noise or visual impact, although there have been many successful objections based on the belief that wind turbines kill a disproportionate number of birds. There is, however, other evidence to suggest that bird kills involving wind turbines are no worse than those involving collisions between birds and other man made objects. Turbines that are sited with this particular objection in mind are far less culpable than other engineered structures; for example, conventional high tension electricity transmission pylons and their associated cables.

 One development that substantially removes the noise / visual impact objection, while at the same time providing the kind of wind speeds and available area for a large number of turbines, is the tendency to build these installations offshore.

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