The Climate Question - Why can’t we build more wind farms?

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In rural North East Spain, proposals to build hundreds of new wind turbines have sparked opposition and divided communities.

And it isn’t only Spain. There has been resistance to wind power projects across the world from Mexico to the US. Opposition groups have succeeded in delaying, and sometimes cancelling, the construction of new wind farms.

To move away from fossil fuels, we will need a huge expansion in renewables. But will wind power be able to meet this challenge in the face of local opposition around the world?

Guests:
Oliver Metcalfe, Bloomberg NEF
Joyce Lee, Global Wind Energy Council
Alejandra Ancheita, Mexican NGO, ProDESC

Presenters: Neal Razzell and Graihagh Jackson
Reporter: Esperanza Escribano
Producers: Josephine Casserly and Jordan Dunbar
Sound Engineer: Tom Brignell
PC: Siobhan Reed and Helena Warwick-Cross

Published on Sunday, 21st August 2022.

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