[1] national research council (nrc). environmental impacts of wind-energy projects, 2007 nrc, washington, dc. How wind energy works, part of the energy 101 series. information on renewable energy, including wind and solar power; nuclear-power safety issues and work of the. National wind watch is a nonprofit coalition for raising awareness of the shortcomings of industrial wind energy and its negative impacts on the environment, economy.
Update: post updated on june 26, 2015 to correct nuclear and wind land use figures and add summary table at end. what kind of energy system has the smallest impact on. The environmental impact of wind power when compared to the environmental impacts of fossil fuels, is relatively minor. compared with other low carbon power sources. 1. introduction. renewable energy is on the rise, largely to reduce dependency on limited reserves of fossil fuels and to mitigate impacts of climate change ([58, 110.
