Dispelling the myths – let's tell the truth about wind farms

Rarely a week goes by without another falsehood being peddled about the wind industry, with the UK media a particular source of misinformation and scare stories. In the run-up to Global Wind Day, Christopher Hopson compiles his top ten least-favourite fallacies.

1 Wind energy makes global warming worse

Myth: A study led by a team from the University of New York has shown for the first time that wind farms can worsen climate change by pushing up temperatures. The US right-wing television network Fox News ran a report on its website titled “New Research Shows Wind Farms Cause Global Warming”.

The US team studied satellite data from west-central Texas, which is home to four of the world’s largest wind farms. The study found that over a decade, the local temperature at these projects…

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