Bob Brown's opposition to wind farm on Tasmania's Robbins Island labelled 'the height of hypocrisy'
ABCEnvironmentalists are supposed to like wind farms. Key points: There are plans to build a wind farm with 163 turbines on Robbins Island, Tasmania Bob Brown opposes the project, saying it will kill endangered birds The local mayor welcomes the prospect of new jobs if the project goes ahead But former leader of the Greens, Bob Brown, has come out swinging against a giant new wind farm planned for Robbins Island, in the north-west corner of Tasmania. In partnership with the Hammond family, renewable energy company UPC wants to build a $1.6 billion wind farm on the island. Wind farms and birds 'incompatible', says wildlife expert Wildlife researcher Nick Mooney agrees the wind farm, with turbines moving at up to 300 kilometres per hour, would be bad news for birds. Tasmania has designs on being the so-called "battery of the nation", using its hydro projects to store renewable energy from wind farms and solar farms.
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