The debate about wind turbines and property prices blows on, pushed back into the headlines every so often by a gust from a new study or piece of research. The latest studies on the subject, from the UK, contradict each other: a study from the London School of Economics purports to show that wind farms … Continue reading Do wind energy really send house prices down?
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Wind Turbines and Property Values
More information has come from the authors of a recent wind-turbines-and-property-values study of Massachusetts via a webinar and related Q&A. The answers continue to point to room for additional studies, but reiterate the positive findings:
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No Evidence Wind Turbines Depress Property Prices
A new report by researchers at UConn and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory has found no evidence that wind turbines – increasingly common as a source of clean energy – have negative effects on nearby property values or home sales. The study, which involved assembling the largest-ever dataset for research of this type, examined more than … Continue reading No Evidence Wind Turbines Depress Property Prices
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Wind turbines have no effect on property values
The planning, construction and operation of wind turbines in Rhode Island does not depress nearby property values, according to the University of Rhode Island (URI). Corey Lang, URI assistant professor of natural resource economics, analyzed the sale prices of 48,000 homes in Rhode Island over the last 15 years and compared homes near one of … Continue reading Wind turbines have no effect on property values
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Wind power doesn
THE RHETORIC: Wind farms hurt property values. autocad 2008 LT THE REALITY: Wind power doesn’t affect property values long-term, studies show. It does drive community economic development that benefits all property owners. Scenic views and visibility of human development of all kinds—not just wind power development—can both positively and negatively affect property values. A major study released … Continue reading Wind power doesn
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