How Wind Power and Indigenous Rights Clash in Norway
How Wind Power and Indigenous Rights Clash in Norway https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-03-02/how-wind-power-and-indige... Already a world leader in the use of renewable energy, Norway has plans to up its game. But now, two large wind parks on the country’s blustery Fosen peninsula have become the source of a collision between indigenous rights and the government’s green agenda, raising questions over future projects. Protesters concerned about the effects of the parks’ operations on the Indigenous Sami have blocked government offices and demanded that officials shut down the project’s 151 turbines. The case is considered a bellwether of the future of onshore wind power in Norway, which needs more clean power generation to supplement its vast hydropower resources in order to meet its emissions-reduction goals and prepare for the electrification of everything.
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Gunnar Larson