From The Slovak Spectator, January 19, 2024
While Alberta has not setbacks in place to protect residents from the documented harms of industrial wind turbines, Slovakia is now requiring a setback of 3km from inhabitated areas…
Slovakia seems less likely to get new wind power plants any time soon after investors were presented with a new bureaucratic hurdle.
The Public Health Office has issued new guidelines for the assessment of noise and vibration at wind power plants. Plants with 150-metre high towers must now be located at least 3 kilometres from inhabited areas. The guidelines apply to all the projects that are currently in the permitting phase; these are collectively worth €1.4 billion.
The Economy Ministry says it wants to negotiate with the office to remove the condition, saying it represents a barrier to the development of wind energy.
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Wind Concerns is a collaboration of citizens of the Lakeland Alberta region against proposed wind turbine projects.