Talk:Wind power in Australia
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[edit] New Page
This is a new page and should improve rapidly with other contributors help. Some patience is warranted. dinghy 07:01, 13 February 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Analysis of criticism
It might be a good idea to include an analysis of the regular criticisms of wind power in Australia - or maybe include on another page or create a new page. Include something like;
Does wind energy increase the cost of electricity? Is wind energy efficient? Is wind energy reliable? What amount of greenhouse emissions are displaced by wind power? How much noise do wind turbines generate? Do wind farms affect property values? Are wind farms a risk to biodiversity?
Any thoughts or suggestions?GrahamP 02:56, 15 February 2007 (UTC)
[edit] POV concern
This article looks like it was intended to be some sort of biased political lobbying, although it has had enough edits now I can't tell if it was pro-wind energy or anti-environmental blight on the landscape. There really isn't much text beyond the huge partly-populated table. The real problem at present is a lack of wikilinks to places and wind farms, and any sort of content about the issues and history that would belong in this article not either wind power or a general energy in Australia article. --Scott Davis Talk 13:23, 24 February 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Splitting the article in two?
I've been enjoying contributing to Wind power in Australia and feel the article has a lot of useful content now, but that it is rather uneven.
I'd like to suggest that it be split in two. The second article could be "Wind power development in Australia" and would cover the "bigger issues" such as future trends, economics, environment and government policies.
The first article would mainly relate to "technical and site-specific" issues. The large table would remain there and my thought is that discussion of issues such as wind resources and turbine efficiencies could be expanded.
The split being proposed would generally be along the same lines as the split between Renewable energy and Renewable energy development.
Would be happy to hear what you think. Johnfos 08:07, 31 March 2007 (UTC)
