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Windparks are never installed in forested areas.

Except in Bavaria and Baden-Württenberg. (The article says that the area to be cleared for the foundation and the crane is 1350-2400 m² per turbine.) Some are well visible between Ulm and Stuttgart.

I can imagine damage to the blades when flames shoot up high and there is a sustained flow of hot air in a full-blown forest fire. But do those happen in Germany at all? (As opposed to fires fed mostly by the undergrowth?)

*Lunatic*, n.
One whose delusions are out of fashion.

by DoDo on Wed Aug 4th, 2010 at 11:58:33 AM EST
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You are correct, there are exceptions which i was aware of; never should have said never.  There will continue to be forested ridgeline windparks developed, and they will incur a bit of extra insurance.  Such parks represent far less than half percent of total, my guess.

Notice the taller towers. Forest areas create extra turbulence, so turbines must be even higher to be effective.

"Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one's courage." - Anaïs Nin

by Crazy Horse on Wed Aug 4th, 2010 at 12:28:11 PM EST
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