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 editor-in-chief of Corporate Knights magazine and a business 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 clean technology and green energy market. This blog is a personal project started in April 2005. It is not an official blog of the newspaper.
December 5th, 2009 at 9:45 pm
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