Advantages of wind power plants
1. Wind energy is a sustainable and clean energy source: After construction, no resources are consumed for operation, no emissions are produces and modern wind turbines can be almost completely recycled at the end of their service life.
2. Wind turbines have economic advantages: The construction of wind turbines creates jobs and the operation of wind turbines provides communities with a sustainable income.
3. Wind turbines are becoming more and more efficient: thus they are considered one of the most important energy suppliers in the post-fossil ressources era.
Disadvantages:
1. Reliability: Wind is not constantly available and cannot be stored
2. The construction of wind power plants is cost-intensive: compared to fossil fuel power plants, such as coal-fired power plants, they are much more expensive to produce, but compared to other sustainable energy power plants, they are less expensive to build.
3. Wind power plants have impact on human and nature: Wind turbines are not silent, and rotors of wind turbines can pose a danger to animals (as birds, bats and insects).
4. Wind power plants have impact on the landscape: The landscape is also changed and shaped by wind turbines drastically, which impacts residents and tourists.
Of course, the arguments must be weighed against each other and the significance must also be put into context.
For example, although the damage to flora and fauna is immediately apparent, the long-term damage caused by coal-fired power plants, for example, must also be put into perspective here.
