Wind Power News: Estonia
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Wind power parks may render defence radars useless
Officials of the Ministry of Defence are worried that new wind power parks could affect the work of expensive defence radars.
Eesti Päevaleht writes that, more specifically, they are worried about the impact of the Paldiski wind power park to the radars of Ämari airfield and say that the Lake Peipus wind power park could block the work of defence radars directed towards Russia.
“The problem is very real. There are new wind power parks springing up in East . . .
Locals fight against the wind power park in Lääne Viru County
Energy company OÜ Nelja Energia wants to establish a wind power park in Lääne Viru County in Ojaküla with three wind generators, the locals, however, are against it.
The energy company is planning to invest in the wind power park EEK 150 mln, postimees.ee quotes Viru Teataja.
The locals, who have also submitted a protest letter, are disturbed by the idea that the park would be too close to the village. The people there are most worried about the . . .
