What are the down sides to wind energy?

Are there any significant downsides to wind turbines, apart from the hazard they pose to birds? This question was originally answered on Quora by Michael Barnard. read more

The disadvantages of wind energy are high initial cost, thread to wildlife, noise disturbances, visual impact, suited to particular region and many more. Wind energy provides clean an effective way of producing power for home or business. read more

If you go way, way down the list you get to wind turbines. In 2014 they killed about 232,000 of those 20,000,000,000 birds. Thats one in 86,000. There are some very minor and easily managed negative aspects of wind energy. Noise - They make a small amount of noise. It’s about equivalent to a normal living room at the base. read more

Advantages of Wind Energy. Wind energy has numerous benefits in helping to provide a source of clean and renewable electricity for countries all over the world. This section takes a look at the many different advantages of wind energy. 1. Renewable & Sustainable. Wind energy itself is both renewable and sustainable. read more

Wind turbines are one of the two major wedges in the fight against global warming, climate change and air pollution. Along with solar energy, wind energy is going to be built in massive quantities globally. And that’s good because its negative externalities are so much lower than the current energy sources that they are close to non-existent. read more

So, we’ve seen the advantages, now it’s time to take a look at the main disadvantages of wind energy. Wind energy has a number of drawbacks, with the NIMBY (not in my back yard) factor playing a large role. 1. The Wind Fluctuates. Wind energy has a similar drawback to solar energy in that it is not a constant energy source. Although wind energy is sustainable and will never run out, the wind isn’t always blowing. read more