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Forums to explore rural New south Wales attitudes to wind power

wind-farm-evil-1Hope renewable energy co-op lead study will discover why concerns exist about wind power ABC News,  18 Sep 2013, A series of forums will start in the region next week, as part of an investigation into community concerns about wind energy.

The state government’s provided the Central New South Wales Renewable Energy Cooperative with $60,000 to help fund the study.

Chairman Pat Bradbery says Charles Sturt University will participate in the investigation and in a fortnight a video-conference forum will be held at the Bathurst, Orange, Wagga Wagga and Albury campuses.

There’s been a lot of research about community attitudes, but what hasn’t been done, and what we’re trying to address with this grant money, is what are the concerns people still have about, in particular, wind energy.

  Mr Bradbery says the group is using a Sydney University of Technology literature review into community attitudes to wind power as a starting point……..http://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-09-18/wind-study/4964506?&section=news

September 20, 2013 - Posted by | General News

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