I find several rumours or myths on wind power on Internet, can I draw conclusions from those rumours to form an opinion on wind projects elsewhere?
It is important to keep things in perspective, when you see isolated negative stories on wind power or pictures showing accidents on the internet. Stories around wind project at any location are governed by how old is the project, what is the turbine technology used, what are rules and policies governing the project, how did the neighbours view the project, who owns the project, how the project was built, does anyone has vested interest to spread or fabricate rumours regarding the project etc. Only when all this information is at hand, can a true comparison be made – else it would be like comparing oranges to apples and unfortunately Internet has been a good resource for the spread of rumours. For example when people mention past bird death due to wind turbines at Altamont pass in California (most often cited), they fail to mention that the turbines were installed in 80’s on lattice towers, rotated very fast, at comparatively lower height; a very different technology to today’s modern
