Don't rule out wind completely

Abstract

The grapevine has it that government has completely discounted wind power, especially of the offshore type, and is instead favouring solar power. The Malta Environment and Planning Authority is drafting a policy on solar farms which is expected to be eventually entrenched in the National Renewable Energy Action Plan (NREAP). The proposed offshore wind facility at Sikka l-Bajda was shot down by environmentalists and by Alternattiva Demokratika as early as 2009, mainly because it would interfere with avifauna and the Għadira nature reserve. Others pointed to its visual impact and the delicate geology of the seabed on site.