Fairytale: Windmills destroy valuable forest areas
Strict regulations on environmental issues such as this prevent this to happen. Windmill assemblies and groups are most of the time installed on existing terrain and in most cases, are installed on private land or land unfit for farming.
Fairytale: Windmills are not economical
Modern technology has driven down the cost of wind turbines and is becoming less expensive while production volumes increase. This can be compared and is similar to the latest gaming consoles. As production volume increases, the costs to purchase a single unit becomes less as more units had been produced by the manufacturer.
Fairytale: Wind farms depress the value of your property
Most of the time, wind farms are situated in areas for development where they are actually adding to property values.
Drawback: Power generation is occasionally intermittent.
True, but this is usually not causing any problem when the windmills are connected to the local power grid which is more than often the case.
Benefits:
Windmills are creating cost-efficient and well-paying “green” jobs where they are required the most – in underdeveloped parts of the country. The largest benefit is that dependence on higher polluting sources of power is reduced. Such sources are in particular coal or nuclear energy.
