A wind farm project planned for Changhua in central Taiwan has been rejected after failing to pass its environmental assessment.
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00:00A wind power project in central Taiwan has been scrapped after failing to pass an environmental
00:05test.
00:06Residents in Jianghua County say the noise from the wind turbines would greatly impact
00:10their quality of life.
00:12The assessment committee found that the project poses a flood risk and that the turbines could
00:16also threaten the habitat of several rare animal species.
00:20Taiwan currently has about 400 onshore wind turbines, with more than 100 of those in Jianghua.