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Preconditions Wind Locations Good will Legislation Resources Financing Knowledge Suppliers Local partners Results Education of children Environmental benefits Financial yield Political stability	Locations The biggest threat to implementing Wind People’s concept is whether or not Wind People, the local government and the local inhabitants have access to the actual physical location having the wind resources. Locations with good wind resources are worth their weight in gold. In the industrialized countries, investors are already aware that plots with good wind resources are valuable. They have therefore pioneered the securing of contracts for every conceivable location with farmers who own the land in question. This gives the investors the rights to establish wind turbines on the location for a period of at least 30 years if the agencies involved confirm the placement as suitable for wind energy. More often than not, farmers are not aware of the value of their plot, and therefore sell the rights of establishing turbines on the location for too cheap a price. In Denmark, the traditional practice for these contracts has the farmer renting out only a small plot of his land –equal to approximately 20 x 20 meters per turbine- for a period of 30 years. In Wind People’s concept good wind locations should be of benefit for everyone, and not solely for the pockets of financially powerful investors. In order to successfully carry out Wind People’s national program for large-scale implementation of wind energy to boost renewable energy in developed countries or benefit the poorest children in less fortunate ones, it is extremely important that national and local governments, municipalities and local inhabitants cooperate on finding and reserving plots with good wind resources for Wind People’s program. As a frightening example, it should be mentioned that all good wind locations in Denmark have already been reserved by a few big investors, to the extent that it has become almost impossible to establish projects based on the engagement and investments of local inhabitants. The engagement of the local population in turbine projects is very important, since the turbines need to be accepted as a visual impact on the local environment before a wind project can be regarded as successfully implemented.

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Preconditions

Resources

Results

Locations

The biggest threat to implementing Wind People’s concept is whether or not Wind People, the local government and the local inhabitants have access to the actual physical location having the wind resources.

Locations with good wind resources are worth their weight in gold.

In the industrialized countries, investors are already aware that plots with good wind resources are valuable.

They have therefore pioneered the securing of contracts for every conceivable location with farmers who own the land in question. This gives the investors the rights to establish wind turbines on the location for a period of at least 30 years if the agencies involved confirm the placement as suitable for wind energy. More often than not, farmers are not aware of the value of their plot, and therefore sell the rights of establishing turbines on the location for too cheap a price.

In Denmark, the traditional practice for these contracts has the farmer renting out only a small plot of his land –equal to approximately 20 x 20 meters per turbine- for a period of 30 years.

In Wind People’s concept good wind locations should be of benefit for everyone, and not solely for the pockets of financially powerful investors. In order to successfully carry out Wind People’s national program for large-scale implementation of wind energy to boost renewable energy in developed countries or benefit the poorest children in less fortunate ones, it is extremely important that national and local governments, municipalities and local inhabitants

cooperate on finding and reserving plots with good wind resources for Wind People’s program. As a frightening example, it should be mentioned that all good wind locations in Denmark have already been reserved by a few big investors, to the extent that it has become almost impossible to establish projects based on the engagement and investments of local inhabitants. The engagement of the local population in turbine projects is very important, since the turbines need to be accepted as a visual impact on the local environment before a wind project can be regarded as successfully implemented.