Wind farm wars: the debate on wind energy as wicked problem
The construction of inland and off shore wind turbine parks has given rise to heated debates worldwide. The technology at first sight is not the major concern, since it has been evolved during the last decades, improving the performance of windmills in term of efficiency and making the construction of large off windmill park with large turbines proven technology. Nevertheless issues regarding cost effectiveness of investments in wind energy, their profitability, the externalities they produce of residents and the mortality they cause to birds and baths, and whether they present health risk to locals due to noise nuisance? Underneath these issues value and interest conflicts hide.