Bald Hills Wind Farm

-52 Wind turbines

- Each with electricity generating capacity of 2.05 megawatts (MW), total capacity =
106.6MW
- Expected to produce up to 380,000 MWh of electricity per year meeting electricity
requirements of over 62,000 homes.
Convert 40% kinetic energy in wind into electrical energy.
Positive effect on tourism
Environmental benefit
- Consumes no fuel, emit no air pollion
- Should avoid up to 335,000 tonnes of CO2 emission per annum.
- Amount of electricity equivalent of taking over 77,000 cars off the road each
year.
- Represents planting over half a million trees each year
- Not noisy, possible to have a conversation at base of wind turbine without raising
voice.
- Low risk of electricity-related fire as high-voltage connections for turbines will be
run underground

Objections from communities

Effects on wildlife and rural communities
protect threatened species.
Flying animals death due to collision with wind turbines. However, the number of deaths is
relatively small compared with the deaths caused by power lines for coal plants.
- Extinct animals
Social impact
Visual blight on the landscape
Noisy
Requires gas back-up indirectly consuming natural resources and releasing carbon
emission

Dependence on prevailing wind conditions , therefore does not guarantee continual cover
of electricity consumption.
Bad for local residents, as their property will be devalued.
Social cost ? Environmental Cost ?
Highest average wind speeds might not match with highest demand in the year.
Wind turbines within two kilometers of a home

Hot spot for wind farms Area with high wind speeds , close to electricity grid.