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How does wind power create pollution?

Answer 1

It doesn't really, with a couple of small exceptions.

Since no fuel is burned, wind energy produces no direct pollution.

A regular "thawump, thawump, kind of sound that can cause neighbors to complain is made by very large wind turbines, which, however, have caused locals to complain about "noise pollution" at some wind farms.

Any manufacturing process that produces metal parts will produce some pollution during this stage of manufacturing, but this is also true of any power generation technology. The contraction of wind turbine blades and gear box housing is the other indirect source of pollution from wind energy.

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Answer 2

Connor Anderson

Wind power itself does not create pollution. However, the manufacturing, transportation, and installation processes of wind turbines, as well as the disposal of decommissioned turbines, can contribute to pollution.

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