They could no influence from international agreements on decisions on wind farms, reports the weekly magazine Elsevier in its new edition. The Dutch Association of Residents Wind Turbines (NLVOW) steps in the fall to the Aarhus Convention Compliance Committee of the United Nations in Geneva.
Under the Aarhus Convention signed by the Netherlands, the Danish city, citizens have the right to be informed and to be heard from the very moment that governments have plans. According to the 141 local clubs that are affiliated with the NLVOW has never been the case. With the other members of the European Union Netherlands has agreed that in 2020 20 percent of energy 'sustainable' is generated. In order to achieve set successive governments mainly in the construction of wind farms in coastal provinces and sea.
Nearby is nevertheless not asked, they say. They fear the value of their homes and nocturnal noise of rotating turbines.
NLVOW-sympathizer and Professor Emeritus Albert Currency (71): "I doubt that wind energy contributes to sustainability. But wind farms are a fact, democratically established, and we do not resist against us. But these parks have to be built in consultation with local residents
