{"id":24570,"date":"2013-01-22T19:52:52","date_gmt":"2013-01-23T00:52:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.windturbinesyndrome.com\/static\/static\/?p=24570"},"modified":"2013-01-22T20:00:26","modified_gmt":"2013-01-23T01:00:26","slug":"uproar-over-wind-turbines-taiwan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.windturbinesyndrome.com\/static\/2013\/uproar-over-wind-turbines-taiwan\/","title":{"rendered":"Uproar over wind turbines (Taiwan)"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\n<\/span>“TWP requested to suspend Miaoli wind turbine project”<\/h3>\n

—Helen Ku, Taipei Times<\/a>\u00a0(1\/19\/13)<\/p>\n

The Bureau of Energy (BOE) earlier this week requested the UK\u2019s Tongyuan Wind Power (TWP, \u901a\u5a01\u98a8\u529b\u767c\u96fb) to suspend installing six wind turbines in Miaoli County after protests by local residents who said the company\u2019s construction activities had severely affected their quality of life.<\/p>\n

The bureau yesterday said that more than 300 wind turbines have been installed on the west coast since 2000, but the latest incident is not the first time local residents have protested against power companies.<\/p>\n

However, the bureau said it would make an overall review of similar projects to avoid causing public anxiety and help wind turbine installations proceed more smoothly in the future.<\/p>\n

TWP has built 144 wind turbines in Taiwan over the past 10 years and this is the first time it has encountered protests from residents and been forced to pause construction.<\/p>\n

On Wednesday, more than 200 Miaoli residents led by County Representative Liu Bao-ling (\u5289\u5bf6\u9234) protested outside the Ministry of Economic Affairs to demand that the bureau end TWP\u2019s wind turbine installations amid concerns the project would damage the county\u2019s landscape, make low-frequency noise and affect drivers\u2019 safety.<\/p>\n

\u201cTWP needs to continue further negotiations with residents on its wind turbine installation project. Before the two parties reach a deal, any kind of construction activity is banned, even though the company has obtained construction consent from the bureau,\u201d bureau technician Chen Jing-shen (\u9673\u666f\u751f) said by telephone.<\/p>\n

TWP said that before the construction project started in October last year, the company had reached an agreement with residents of Fangli (\u623f\u88e1), Haian (\u6d77\u5cb8), Shihpin (\u897f\u5e73) and Yuangang (\u82d1\u6e2f) villages in meetings that were required by the Environmental Protection Administration during an environmental assessment.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe invited local residents to come to meetings many times by posting announcements on the Yuanli (\u82d1\u88e1\u93ae) town hall\u2019s bulletin board. However, only 10 to 20 people attended each meeting and the majority showed support for our construction project,\u201d TWP deputy chief executive officer Wang Shuei-yi (\u738b\u96ea\u6021) said by telephone.<\/p>\n

Wang said TWP in June obtained construction licenses for two and four wind turbines in the first and the second phases respectively, but was forced to stop working on the project last month, after local residents protested at the construction sites, saying that the construction had greatly reduced their quality of life.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe provided evidence that proved our construction process was in accordance with the rules, and invited residents to visit our construction sites, but they were unwilling to accept our accounts for unknown reasons,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

In response to the protesters\u2019 claim that the six wind turbines were installed less than 200m from residents\u2019 houses and that more than 4,000 people, or 56 percent of the township\u2019s population, had said they did not support TWP\u2019s construction project \u201cbecause it is too close to their houses,\u201d Wang said TWP clearly specified that each turbine was at least 350m from any building, and cast doubt on the petitioners\u2019 reasoning and the figure of 4,000 people.<\/p>\n

The company said it will continue talks with residents to avoid wasting equipment and money.<\/p>\n

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. “TWP requested to suspend Miaoli wind turbine project” —Helen Ku, Taipei Times\u00a0(1\/19\/13) The Bureau of Energy (BOE) earlier this week requested the UK\u2019s Tongyuan Wind Power (TWP, \u901a\u5a01\u98a8\u529b\u767c\u96fb) to suspend installing six wind turbines in Miaoli County after protests by local residents who said the company\u2019s construction activities had severely affected their quality of life. The bureau yesterday said that more than 300 wind turbines have been installed on the west coast since 2000, but the latest incident is not the first time local residents have protested against power companies. However, the bureau said it would make an overall review of similar projects to avoid causing public anxiety and help wind turbine installations proceed more smoothly in the future. TWP has built 144 wind turbines in Taiwan over the past 10 years and this is the first time it has encountered protests from residents and been forced to pause construction. On Wednesday, more than 200 Miaoli residents led by County Representative Liu Bao-ling (\u5289\u5bf6\u9234) protested outside the Ministry of Economic Affairs to demand that the bureau end TWP\u2019s wind turbine installations amid concerns the project would damage the county\u2019s landscape, make low-frequency noise and affect drivers\u2019 safety. \u201cTWP needs to continue further negotiations with residents on its wind turbine installation project. Before the two parties reach a deal, any kind of construction activity is banned, even though the company has obtained construction consent from the bureau,\u201d bureau technician Chen Jing-shen (\u9673\u666f\u751f) said by telephone. TWP said that before the construction project started in October last year, the company had reached an agreement with residents of Fangli (\u623f\u88e1), Haian (\u6d77\u5cb8), Shihpin (\u897f\u5e73) and Yuangang (\u82d1\u6e2f) villages in meetings that were required by the Environmental Protection Administration during an environmental assessment. \u201cWe invited local residents to come to meetings many timesRead More…<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[171,157,16],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.windturbinesyndrome.com\/static\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24570"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.windturbinesyndrome.com\/static\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.windturbinesyndrome.com\/static\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.windturbinesyndrome.com\/static\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.windturbinesyndrome.com\/static\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24570"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.windturbinesyndrome.com\/static\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24570\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.windturbinesyndrome.com\/static\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24570"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.windturbinesyndrome.com\/static\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24570"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.windturbinesyndrome.com\/static\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24570"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}