https://energytransition.org/2020/06/22417/ The Global Energiewende Wed, 10 Jun 2020 16:43:01 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.1.1 https://energytransition.org/2020/06/22417/#comment-31939 Wed, 10 Jun 2020 16:43:01 +0000 https://energytransition.org/?p=22417#comment-31939 Follow the money. Who gets the higher property tax revenue? Who gets the rents? In Scotland and the US Midwest, the answers are local government and farmers. Wind farms are widely welcomed, NIMBYs are marginalized. In England, Margaret Thatcher nationalized business property rates, removing the incentive for local government to support wind farms. The onshore wind industry in England was stillborn.

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