Benefits of Wind Energy
Benefits to the community
- Additional municipal tax revenues
New tax revenue stream for local communities which is important for local initiatives such as:- Community Centres
- Roads
- Parks and park maintenance
Benefits to the land owners
- Land lease revenues
- No interference for farming or raising livestock
- Opportunity to retain and protect traditional uses of rural lands from other forms of development
- Clean energy - clean air
- Compared to coal generation or other large final emitters, wind is an extremely attractive source of energy
- Preservation of water resources
- Other energy generation technologies use large volumes of water in their production of electricity
- Wind energy generation preserves water for:
- Drinking
- Fishing
- Natural beauty
- Tourism opportunities
- A wind farm development could provide tourism opportunities for the community
- Job opportunities
Wind Farm Development can provide a community with:- Short term construction jobs
- Longer term, operations and maintenance positions
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