Wind energy is one of the modern energy source.
It does not harmful to the environment and has a great potential. But having in mind all positive features there are still a lot of negative arguments against wind farms. Let us dispel the most common of them.

Myth number 1. Windmills are extremely dangerous for birds.

Birds relatively often collide with turbines, but is does not make significant threat comparing with other technical structures. According to the statistics from 2 to 8 birds die per turbine annually. For comparison, 60 millions birds die every year colliding with vehicles, about 98 millions in collisions with buildings. But, not doubt, special attention must be given to the placement of wind turbines. They should not be located along the birds migration paths.

Myth number 2. Wind turbines are very noisy.

Average noise level generated by largest wind turbines today is about 45 dB(decibels). While the background sound in your home is usually about 50 dB. Impressive, isn’t it? According to the last researches of the AWEA ( American Wind Energy Association ), at a distance about 1000 feet from modern wind farm noise is comparable with a noise from kitchen refrigerator.

Myth number 3. Wind turbines can destroy environment.

As it was mentioned above, placement of the wind turbines needs much attention. It must be located far away from National Parks and Forest lands, State Parks etc. The preferable place to locate wind turbines are existing communication towers and transmission lines etc.

Myth number 4. Large wind turbines are unattractive.

A recent study of the public attitudes towards wind energy has found that about 77% of participants think that wind turbines are elegant structures. And wind farm can make the landscape more interesting.

Myth number 5. Tourism is negatively affected by Wind turbines.

It is not true. And more often tourists note a positive influence of the large turbines to the view of the place where they are located. According to the BWEA ( British Wind Energy Association ) 9 from 10 tourists are interested to visit wind farms if they are located on the way. Thousands of people visit wind farms annually. That makes them popular attractions along with historical and scenic points of interest.