Exploring the environmental and economic impacts of wind energy: a cost-benefit perspective

Figures & data

Figure 1. Global cumulative installed wind capacity (2001–2018) (Statista 2019)

Figure 2. Annual cumulative wind power capacity (2011–2017) (Statista 2019)

Figure 3. Annual avian mortality in the USA. Numbers show the lowest values of a range of estimates (Wang et al. 2015)

Figure 4. Physical processes between wind power and surface atmosphere (Wang and Wang 2015)

Figure 5. Livestock grazing on a wind farm (Alternative Energy Tutorials 2017)

Figure 6. The triangle model of social acceptance (Lago et al. 2009)

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