Sharp Plastic Shards From Chinese-Made Wind Turbines Spark Hard Hat Warning for Farmers

Farmers in rural areas of Victoria near Geelong are being told to wear hard hats because shards of sharp plastic are flying off nearby wind turbines. Farmers received the notification following a bout of bad weather with a letter sent to farmers in the vicinity of the Golden Plains Wind Farm, 65 kilometres from Geelong—southwest of Melbourne. Workers within 400 metres of a turbine were advised to wait for further advice. Golden Plains Wind Farm is backed by both the state and federal governments and has planning approval for up to 228 turbines, with the current plan for 215 turbines across 16,739 hectares. Environmentalist Says Wind Turbines Not the Greenest Solution Environmentalist and mapping expert Steven Nowakowski has spent years researching energy alternatives and believes that while some renewable technologies are effective, they can be dangerous for the environment, and costly....