Why can’t we build more wind farms?

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