Impact on natural environment
Information, based on accredited research from around the world, on the short and long-term impact of wind turbines on local environment; on fauna and particularly on flying species including birds, bats and insects; on domestic animals including cattle, goats and sheep; and on local micro-climates.
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Wind Farms in Kythira Incompatible with Environmental Study
Clearly incompatible with the Special Environmental Study (SES) for the NATURA area of Kythira is the planned project of three...
Read More ...The map that tells the real story
In a stunning display of environmental irony, TERNA Energy’s own Environmental Impact Study from March 2025 (page 84) presents a...
Read More ...Press release Dynamo Kythira 12 May 2025
Although protected areas play a very important role in biodiversity conservation, the country does not show comparable respect for their...
Read More ...Photorealistic Visualizations of Kythiras landscape transformed by proposed Wind Parks
A photorealistic depiction from Agia Anastasia, which in recent years has enjoyed particular preference from the investment community. The photograph...
Read More ...The hour of thruth for Kythira!
The company TERNA is now moving to the next stage, that of environmental licensing, by submitting the ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT...
Read More ...Study: wind turbines cause more warming
A study by Harvard and indeed from 2018, has been published in the scientific journal Joule and shows that wind...
Read More ...Kythira Key Biodiversity Area
Greece has become the first European country to recognise Key Biodiversity Areas in its laws and policies. Key Biodiversity Areas...
Read More ...Large wind turbines collapse
Recently there has been a rash of wind turbine malfunctions across the US and Europe, ranging from failures of key...
Read More ...30 Milion birds stop on Greek islands
About 185 million birds migrate over Greece every year at such a time. In fact, of these, about 30 million...
Read More ...The dirty truth about clean technologies
The poor South is being exploited so that the rich North can transition to environmental sustainability. Entire swaths of land...
Read More ...Wind power and Greek nature
“Name your three favourite places in Greece, then look at the map of the Greek Energy Regulator. There is most...
Read More ...Wind turbines blades wind up in landfills
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jzw9OkBat2w&ab_channel=BloombergMarketsandFinance Source: Bloomberg -Wind Turbine Blades Can’t Be Recycled, So They’re Piling Up in Landfills
Read More ...How Greece loses it’s natural heritage
Since 2012, Greek authorities have failed to reach a significant goal as a member of the European Union. They have...
Read More ...How the “Mediterranean Galapagos” almost became a giant wind farm
An energy mega-project consisting of 106 wind turbines on 14 islets of the south Aegean was rejected at the 11th...
Read More ...Bearded vulture killed by wind turbine
A bearded vulture, a very rare bird of prey, only spotted in the Netherlands about once every 3 years was...
Read More ...Wind turbines in Natura 2000 sites
3523 Wind turbines (32%) of 11006 wind turbines in total producing 8.36 GigaWatts (GW) are inside Natura 2000 sites (click...
Read More ...Green stories – roadless areas
A very interesting video about the preservation of roadless areas in Greece and sustainable locations for wind parks.
Read More ...Sustainable locations for wind parks
Wind energy is the leading renewable technology towards achieving climate goals, yet biodiversity trade-offs via land take are emerging. Thus,...
Read More ...Growth without economic growth
Economic growth is closely linked to increases in production, consumption and resource use and has detrimental effects on the natural...
Read More ...Transport rotor blade
The photos below of a transport give an excellent impression of the enormous size of the rotorblades of a wind...
Read More ...FAQ: Why islands and mountains without Wind Parks?
A FAQ list explaining why the Greek islands and mountains should be without wind parks (in Greek):
Read More ...Roadless Areas in Greece
A video about the preservation of the last roadless areas of Greece, as undisturbed landscapes of high natural and ecological...
Read More ...EU Guide on wind energy and nature
A guidance document published 18-11-2020 by the European Commission on wind energy developments and EU nature legislation. This document provides...
Read More ...The downside to wind power
Wind farms will cause more environmental impact than previously thought. Read the full article.
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