Wind farm complaints aren't keeping up with surging industry

By Peter Hannam
Updated November 19 2017 - 1:23pm, first published 1:12pm
Wind turbines operated by Vattenfall AB sit on a wind farm in Aggersund, Denmark, on Sunday, April 17, 2016. "The doubling of turbine size this decade will allow wind farms in 2020 to use half the number of turbines compared to 2010," said Tom Harries, an industry analyst at Bloomberg New Energy Finance. Photographer: Chris Ratcliffe/Bloomberg
Wind turbines operated by Vattenfall AB sit on a wind farm in Aggersund, Denmark, on Sunday, April 17, 2016. "The doubling of turbine size this decade will allow wind farms in 2020 to use half the number of turbines compared to 2010," said Tom Harries, an industry analyst at Bloomberg New Energy Finance. Photographer: Chris Ratcliffe/Bloomberg
Andrew Dyer, National Wind farm Commissioner. 15 March 2016. The Age NEWS. Photo: Eddie Jim.
Andrew Dyer, National Wind farm Commissioner. 15 March 2016. The Age NEWS. Photo: Eddie Jim.

The surge in new wind farm developments has failed to produce an upswing in complaints, with just nine of the 79 projects operating in Australia receiving any formal objections, Andrew Dyer, the National Wind Farm Commissioner, has said.