Offshore wind energy: What's the big deal?

        November 4, 2024 DW | Global | renewables: wind

Wind power backlash includes property prices, views, animal kills, and noise, despite strict regulations. Still, wind power has grown 10-fold in a decade to 75 GW, 5% needed to limit global warming. Amid fossil-fuel-backed anti-wind campaigns, the UK supplies 50% of household electricity. In the US, government control and nuclear power is cited.