These problems are blowing in the wind: India

The article, credited to "Priyam Bagga in Pune Mirror" indicates some of the behaviour of the industrial wind industry internationally

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With 80 per cent of the country's electricity coming from fossil fuels and nuclear energy, renewable sources of energy such as wind-power are becoming essential. However, it seems that this apparently ‘clean' energy has a few dirty secrets as far as the environment is concerned.
According to statistics available with the Centre for Science and Environment (CSE), about 1,100 hectares of forest land has been diverted in Maharashtra alone for wind power projects, which is about 31 per cent of the total forest area for such projects in India.
The heavily forested area of Bhimashankar is under threat due to windmills
Around 45 per cent of all wind power projects in Maharashtra are coming up in forested areas, such as near the Koyna and Bhimashankar wildlife sanctuaries and in the Western Ghats, which have been deemed a World Heritage Site by UNESCO. "Wind power projects are growing and the environmental impact is not being attended to.
The impact can be minimised through afforestation and building check dams but it is not being done," said Chandra Bhushan, deputy director general, CSE. 

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