Wind turbines have no meaningful impact on property values: DOE-funded study
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, with funding from the U.S. Department of Energy, has released the results of a comprehensive analysis on the impact of wind turbines on property values. The conclusion: no widespread impact. See Toronto Star story here, and see full study here.
This government-funded study, the most comprehensive and scientifically conducted yet, would appear to undermine competing claims. Would be nice to see a similarly comprehensive study conducted in Canada, with a focus on key markets across the country. Enough said.
Tyler Hamilton is senior energy reporter and columnist for the Toronto Star, Canada's largest daily newspaper. In addition to this Clean Break blog, Tyler writes a weekly column of the same name that discusses trends, happenings and innovators in the cleantech market. This blog is a personal project started in April 2005. It is not an official blog of the newspaper. Tyler can be reached at tyler@cleanbreak.ca
December 5th, 2009 at 9:45 pm
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