Visit the North American
Air libre
– Comité, Hainaut, Wallonie –
A.M.E. du Tournaisis
Alliance pour le Maintien de l'Environnement du Tournaisis
– Groupement de fait, Hainaut, Wallonie –

Groupe d'information sur les éoliennes
– Association de fait, La Roche-en-Ardenne, Wallonie –
Krajina pod Javořicí o.s.
– Civic association, Kraj Vysočina –
Občanské sdružení Františky
– Civic association, Pardubický kraj –
Občanské sdružení Hejnice-Česká Rybná
– Civic association, Pardubický kraj –
Občanské sdružení na ochranu životního prostředí mĕsta Stříbra a jeho okolí
– Civic association, Plzeňský kraj –
Občanské sdružení Šluknovské Království
– Civic association, Ústecký kraj –

Toužimský antivĕtrník, občanské sdružení
– Civic association, Karlovarský kraj –
AGA
Aktion Gegenwind Allgäu
– Bürgerinitiative, Lkrs Ostallgäu, Bayern –
Allgäuer Bürgerinitiative gegen die Windkraft
– Interessengemeinschaft, Bayern –
Anliegerinitiative Jeversen gegen Windkraftanlagen
– Anliegerinitiative, Niedersachsen –
ArGe
Arbeitsgemeinschaft für eine windradfreie Heimat e.V.
– Arbeitsgemeinschaft, Nordschwarzwald, Baden-Württemberg –
BILA
Bürgerinitiative Landschaftsschutz Aller-Oker-Aue e.V.
– Bürgerinitiative, Niedersachsen –
BLS
Bundesverband Landschaftsschutz
– National federation –
Bürgerinitiative Garßen
– Bürgerinitiative, Niedersachsen –

Bürgerinitiative Gegenwind Golzow
– Bürgerinitiative, Kreis Potsdam-Mittelmark, Brandenburg –
Bürgerinitiative gegen Windkraft in Schülldorf
– Bürgerinitiative, Schleswig-Holstein –

Bürgerinitiative Gegenwind Lohbarbek
– Bürgerinitiative, Schleswig-Holstein –

Bürgerinitiative Gegenwind Naturparkdörfer
– Bürgerinitiative, Saarland –
Bürgerinitiative gegen Windkraft
– Bürgerinitiative, Runkel, Hessen –
Bürgerinitiative Hardebek
– Bürgerinitiative, Schleswig-Holstein –
Bürgerinitiative Höhendörfer
– Bürgerinitiative, Brandenburg –
Bürgerinitiative "Rettet den Hungerberg"
– Bürgerinitiative, Saarland –
Bürgerinitiative zum Schutz des Hochschwarzwaldes e. V.
– Bürgerinitiative, Baden-Württemberg –
Bürgerinitiative zum Schutz des Naturparks Frankenwald
– Bürgerinitiative, Oberfranken, Bayern –

Bürgerverein Kleinbüllesheim e.V.
– BV, Euskirchen, Nordrhein-Westfalen –

EIKE – Europäisches Institut für Klima und Energie
– Institut / Think Tank –

Für Mensch und Natur - Gegenwind Schleswig-Holstein - Landesverband der Windkraftgegner
– Regional federation, Schleswig-Holstein –

Gegenwind Bälau
– Bürgerinitiative, Schleswig-Holstein –

Gegenwind - für eine industriefreie Nordsee e.V.
– Regional association, Nordfriesland, Schleswig-Holstein –

Gegenwind in Krukow - Bürgerinitiative für Mensch und Umwelt
– Bürgerinitiative, Kreis Herzogtum Lauenburg, Schleswig-Holstein –

Gegenwind Neuendorf-Sachsenbande
– Bürgerinitiative, Schleswig-Holstein –

Gegenwind Schiphorst
– Bürgerinitiative, Kreis Herzogtum Lauenburg, Schleswig-Holstein –
Gegenwind Wendland
– Bürgerinitiative, Niedersachsen –
„Geopark statt Windpark“ – Rettet den Odenwald
– Arbeitsgemeinschaft, Hessen –
IG Freudenberg gegen Windkraftanlagen im Gemeindegebiet
– Bürgerinitiative, Oberpfalz, Bayern –
IG „Gegen Repowering – Auf der Scheid“
– Interessengemeinschaft, Hessischer Westerwald –
Landesverband Gegenwind Bayern - für Mensch und Natur
– Regional federation, Bayern –

LLS Nds – Landesverband Landschaftsschutz Niedersachsen e.V.
– Regional federation, Niedersachsen –
Oberngruber Gegenwind
– Bürgerinitiative, Oberfranken, Bayern –
Regionalverband Schleswig Holstein des BLS
– Regional federation, Schleswig-Holstein –

Verband für Mensch und Umwelt Saar e.V.
– Saarländischer Dachverband der Windkraftgegner, Saarland –
Verein zur Bewahrung der Kulturlandschaft Mainfranken e.V.
– Association, Mainfranken, Bayern –

« Windkraft: Eine Alternative, die keine ist! » Verband für Gesundheits- und Landschaftsschutz e.V.
– National federation –

Windkraftfreies Aller-Leine-Tal
– Interessengemeinschaft, Niedersachsen –
Association of the citizens of Skyros for the conservation of the environment (ΕΝΩΣΗ ΠΟΛΙΤΩΝ ΣΚΥΡΟΥ για τη ΠΡΟΣΤΑΣΙΑ του ΠΕΡΙΒΑΛΛΟΝΤΟΣ)
– Regional association, Skyros island, Évia –

Cultural & Educational Association of Stephanion Corinthia
– Regional association, Corinthia, Peloponnesus –

Asociación Geográfica Ambiental
– National association, Castilla y León –

Associació-Plataforma per a la defensa de la Terra Alta
– Regional association, Catalunya –
FAEC/BICAM
Facultad Autónoma de Etología Comparada y Biología de Campo
– National association –

GEPEC - EdC – Grup d'Estudi i Protecció dels Ecosistemes Catalans
– Environmental association, Catalunya –

GURELUR Fondo Navarro para la Protección del Medio Natural
– Regional association, Navarra –

IAEDEN – Institució alt-empordanesa per a la Defensa i Estudi de la Natura i Salvem l'Empordà
– Regional association, Catalunya –

IPCENA – Institució de ponent per la conservació i l'estudi de l'entorn natural
– Regional association, Lleida, Catalunya –
M.A.D.R.E.E.
Mesa de Albacete para el Desarrollo Racional de la Energía Eólica
– Platform, Albacete –
MEMBU
Mesa Eólica Merindades de Burgos
– Civic association, Burgos –
MERCYL
Mesa Eólica Regional de Castilla y León
– Civic association, Castilla y León –

PCAPIC – Plataforma Cívica Antimolins de Portbou i Colera
– Platform, Catalunya –
Plataforma contra las eólicas en la Sierra de Gata
– Platform, Cáceres –

Plataforma para la Defensa de la Cordillera Cantábrica
– Platform, NW of Spain –

EFN – Environmentalists For Nuclear Energy
– Association / Federation of associations –
AAPB
Association des Amis des Paysages Bourganiauds
– Regional association, Limousin –

AC4SV – Association des Citoyens et Contribuables de la Communauté de Communes Saâne et Vienne
– Regional association, Haute-Normandie –

ACÉ – Association de Concertation sur l'Evolution de l'environnement dans les plaines de Marsanne, de la Valdaine, des Andrans et de leurs collines
– Regional association, Rhône-Alpes –
ACEDUP
– Regional association, Centre –

ACIER – Association Contre l'Implantation d'Eoliennes en pays de Roman
– Regional association, Haute-Normandie –

ADDICC – Association de Défense des Droits et des Intérêts des Citoyens Crosvillais
– Regional association, Haute-Normandie –

ADDL – Association Développement Durable du Bayonnais du Saintois et de la Lorraine
– Regional association, Lorraine –

ADECABO – Association de défense de l'environnement du canton de Bonneval
– Regional association, Centre –
ADECMA
Association de Défense de l'Environnement de la Commune de Mareuil-sur-Arnon et Alentours
– Regional association, Centre –
ADENL
Association de Défense de l'Environnement en Nord Lauragais
– Regional association, Languedoc-Roussillon –
ADEPA
Association de Défense de l'Environnement de Paizay et des Alentours
– Regional association, Poitou-Charentes –
ADEPEOSS
Association pour la défense et la protection de l'environnement de Oyré et de Saint-Sauveur
– Regional association, Poitou-Charentes –
ADER
Association de Défense de l'Environnement de nos Régions
– Regional association, Haute-Normandie –

ADERE – Association de Défense de l'Environnement de la Région d'Egreville
– Regional association, Ile-de-France –
ADPN 87
Association pour la Défense du Patrimoine Naturel 87
– Regional association, Limousin –
ADPVL
Association de Défense et de Protection de la Vallée du Lys
– Regional association, Centre –

AEST 37 – Association Environnementale du Sud Touraine
– Regional association, Centre –
AJ-ME
Association Juaye-Mondaye Environnement
– Regional association, Basse-Normandie –
Ajon en Colère
– Regional association, Basse-Normandie –

A la croisée des chemins
– Regional association, Bourgogne –
Allier citoyen, collectif
– Regional federation, Allier, Auvergne –
Ally-Mercœur Vivre en paix
– Regional association, Auvergne –
A.L.P.E.
Association Les Plans Environnement
– Association, Languedoc-Roussillon –

Alternatives en Auxois
– Regional association, Bourgogne –

Antoigné sous le Vent
– Regional association, Pays de la Loire –
APDP
Association pour la Préservation des Paysages du Dunois et du Perche
– Regional association, Centre –
APECAME
Association de Protection de l'Environnement et du Cadre de vie de Montigny-Lengrain et de ses Environs dite "Les amis de Montigny"
– Regional association, Picardie –

APECB – Association pour la Protection de l'Environnement du Canton de Brezolles
– Regional association, Centre –

A.P.E.C.H.E. – Association pour la Préservation de l'Environnement et du Charme de Haute-Epine
– Regional association, Picardie –
APEMP
Association pour la Protection de l'Environnement du Mont Pinçon
– Regional association, Basse-Normandie –

A.P.E.P.S.V. – Association de Protection de l'Environnement et du Paysage en Sud Vendée
– Regional association, Vendée –
APMS
Association de Protection de Menez Kelec'h et Saint-Gildas
– Regional association, Bretagne –

A.P.P.L.A. – Association de Protection des Paysages du Littoral Audois
– Regional association, Languedoc-Roussillon –
APPPOV
Association pour la Promotion et la Préservation des Paysages des cantons d'Oulchy et Villers-Cotterêts
– Regional association, Picardie –
AQABBA
Association pour la Qualité de la vie et le Bien-être à Bretteville-sur-Ay
– Regional association, Basse-Normandie –
AREN
Allier Ruralité Environnement Nature
– Regional association, Auvergne –

ARPPEGE – Association pour le respect et la protection des paysages et de l'environ-nement de Grendelbruch et environs
– Regional association, Alsace –
ASBM
Association de Sauvegarde du Bocage et des Marais
– Regional association, Basse-Normandie –
ASEM 44
Association pour la sauvegarde de l'environnement et des lieux de mémoire de la bataille de 1944
– Regional association, Basse-Normandie –

A.S.E.P.B. – Association Sauvegarde de l'Environnement en Pays de Bray
– Regional association, Haute-Normandie –

ASPECO – Association de Sauvegarde et de Protection de l'Environnement des Communes de l'Ouve
– Regional association, Basse-Normandie –
Association de défense contre le parc éolien des Evas
– Regional association, Basse-Normandie –
Association de défense de l'environnement des Monts du Forez
– Regional association, Rhône-Alpes, Auvergne –
Association de Défense de l'Environnement des Plaines de Naves
– Regional association, Allier, Auvergne –
Association pour la protection de l'Armançon sud Yonne
– Regional association, Bourgogne –
Association pour la protection du site de Varengeville-sur-Mer et de son environnement
– Regional association, Haute-Normandie –
A.S.S.V.A.
Association de Sauvegarde des Sites en Val d'Arguenon
– Regional association, Bretagne –
ATEVE
Autant en emporte le vent
– Regional association, Auvergne –
A.T.S.E.V.
Avis de Tempête sur Echauffour et son Vieux Bourg
– Regional association, Basse-Normandie –
Aunis Dans Le Vent
– Regional association, Poitou-Charentes –
Avenir Nature
– Regional association, Rhône-Alpes –

A.V.E.P. – Association vigilance éoliennes de la Pévèle
– Regional association, Nord –
AVES
Association Vigilance Eolienne de Sebourg
– Association, Nord-Pas-de-Calais –
AVIVE
Association Vigilance Information Villages Environnement
– Regional association, Haute-Normandie –
Azeville non aux éoliennes
– Regional association, Basse-Normandie –

Belmesnil en tempête
– Regional association, Haute-Normandie –
Bien vivre à Quinssaines
– Regional association, Auvergne –
Bien vivre en Caux
– Regional association, Haute-Normandie –

BNE – Basse Normandie Environnement
– Regional federation, Basse-Normandie –
BVBDRC
Bien vivre à Baudreville dans le respect de chacun
– Regional association, Basse-Normandie –

Centre culturel Castelnau de Lévézou
– Centre culturel, Midi-Pyrénées –

Contre Vents
– Regional association, Bourgogne –
Coopérative des Artisans Pêcheurs Associés
– Groupement professionnel, Haute-Normandie –
Coût de Vent
– Regional association, Bourgogne –
CSEI
Chambaran Sans Eolienne Industrielle
– Regional association, Rhône-Alpes –
Entre Monts et Marais
– Regional association, Basse-Normandie –
Environnement et Cadre de Vie
– Regional association, Bretagne –

Eole Bémol en Caux
– Regional association, Haute-Normandie –
Eole en folie
– Regional association, Basse-Normandie –
Esprit Corbières
– Regional association, Languedoc-Roussillon –

ETPHT – Environnement, Terroir et Patrimoine du Haut Tonnerrois
– Regional association, Bourgogne –
FEROWEL
Association pour la Défense de l'Environnement de Ferrières, Royaucourt, Welles-Pérennes
– Regional association, Picardie –

FNASSEM – Fédération Nationale des Associations de Sauvegarde des Sites et Ensembles Monumentaux
– National federation –
Goëlo Environnement
– Regional association, Bretagne –
Gorges, Défense de l'Environnement
– Regional association, Basse-Normandie –
Hurle Vent
– Regional association, Auvergne –
L'air de rien
– Regional association, Auvergne –
Laizon Environnement
– Regional association, Basse-Normandie –
Le Cri du Vent
– Regional association, Languedoc-Roussillon –
Le prix du vent ?
– Regional association, Basse-Normandie –
Les Amis de Nesle-et-Massoult
– Regional association, Bourgogne –
Les amis de Saint-Sernin
– Regional association, Languedoc-Roussillon –
Les Collines d'Antoigné
– Regional association, Pays de la Loire –
Les récrés de la Telhaie
– Regional association, Bretagne –

Le vent qui souffle à travers la Montagne
– Regional association, Auvergne –
Le vent tourne sur Jouhet
– Regional association, Poitou-Charentes –

Louroux-Hodement faute de vent
– Regional association, Auvergne –

Lucenay-le-Duc Environnement
– Regional association, Bourgogne –
Mairie de Belmesnil
– Village, Haute-Normandie –
Mauvais vent sur Montafilant
– Regional association, Centre –
Nature et Economie Rurale Avant les Eoliennes
– Regional association, Limousin –
Patrimoine Environnement Territoire du pays belmontais
– Regional association, Midi-Pyrénées –

Paysages d'Alsace
– Regional association, Alsace –
Paysages paysans
– Regional association, Pays de la Loire –
PBTC
Protégeons la Beauté et la Tranquillité de nos Campagnes
– Regional association, Haute-Normandie –
Plain Cotentin Environnement
– Regional association, Basse-Normandie –
PLP
Préservons La Plaine
– Regional association, Haute-Normandie –
Préservation du Patrimoine Culturel et Naturel des Monts de Lacaune et du Rougier de Camarès
– Regional association, Midi-Pyrénées –
Rabodeau Environnement
– Regional association, Lorraine –
Roses, Pierres et Topiaires
– Regional association, Haute-Normandie –
Sainte-Mère-Église Environnement
– Regional association, Basse-Normandie –
Sauvegarde du Pays de Jalognes
– Regional association, Centre –
Sauvegarde du Pays du Fel
– Association, Midi-Pyrénées/Auvergne –
SOS à l'Horizon
– Regional association, Haute-Normandie –
Sous le vent, les pieds sur terre
– Regional association, Bretagne –

Stopéole
– Regional association, Haute-Normandie –

Tigné préservé
– Regional association, Pays de la Loire –
U.B.E.D.
Union Bellîloise pour l'Environnement et le développement
– Regional association, Bretagne –
Valeurs des Campagnes en Pré-Bocage
– Regional association, Basse-Normandie –
V.A.V.
Vol au Vent en Poitou-Charentes
– Regional association, Poitou-Charentes –

VDC sur PC – Vent de colère sur le plateau du Petit-Caux
– Regional association, Haute-Normandie –
Vent Contraire de la Vallée de l'Epte
– Regional association, Haute-Normandie –
Vent Contraire sur la Boutonne
– Regional association, Poitou-Charentes –

Vent Contraire sur la Vallée du Loir
– Regional association, Pays de la Loire –
Vent Contre Nature
– Regional association, Midi-Pyrénées –

Vent d'Anjou
– Regional federation, Pays de la Loire –
Vent de Boivre
– Regional association, Poitou-Charentes –
Vent Debout
– Regional association, Poitou-Charentes –
Vent de Contraste en Pays d'Aunis et du Pays des Vals de Saintonge
– Regional association, Poitou-Charentes –
Vent de Fageole
– Regional association, Auvergne –
Vent de Folies Cellois
– Regional association, Poitou-Charentes –
Vent de Gâtine
– Regional association, Poitou-Charentes –
Vent de la Vienne
– Regional association, Poitou-Charentes –

Vent de Loire
– Regional association, Centre –
Vent de Raison
– Regional association, Auvergne –

Vent de Travers
– Regional association, Haute-Normandie –

Vent de Travers
– Regional association, Pays de la Loire –
Vent du Lencloitrais
– Regional association, Poitou-Charentes –
Vent du Sud Morvan
– Regional association, Bourgogne –
Vent Funeste
– Regional association, Poitou-Charentes –

Vents Contraires Environnement
– Regional association, Basse-Normandie –
Viersatous
– Regional association, Limousin –
Vigie du Goëlo
– Regional association, Bretagne –
Vigie du Montfouat
– Regional association, Auvergne –
Vivre à Fontaines
– Regional association, Bourgogne –
Vivre à Sortosville et à Saint-Pierre-d'Arthéglise en Harmonie avec la Nature et les Beaux Monts
– Regional association, Basse-Normandie –
Vivre le Bocage
– Regional association, Basse-Normandie –
V.R.G.
Vents Rageurs du Gâtinais
– Regional association, Centre –

ALTURA – Associazione per La Tutela degli Uccelli Rapaci e dei loro Ambienti
– National association –
Comitato Monte dei Cucchi
– Committee, San Benedetto Val di Sambro, Bologna, Emilia-Romagna –

Italia Nostra-Roma
– National association –

Associazione Mediterranea per la Natura - Mediterranean Association for Nature
– National association –
Actiegroep Sevenum tegen windenergie Klavertje 4
– Action group, Limbourg –
Bewonersgroep de Lethe-Kanaaldijken, Bellingwolde
– Citizen group, Groningen –

BOLDOR – Stichting tot Behoud van het Open Landschap tussen Dedemsvaart, Ommen en Rheezerveen
– Foundation, Overijssel –
Dorpsbelang Oudesluis - Werkgroep "In Oudesluis horen geen windmolens thuis"
– Local workgroup, Noord-Holland –
GRFW
Stichting Gjin Romte Foar Wynhannel
– Foundation, Friesland –
SAWH
Stichting Aktiegroep Windturbines Hoofdplaatpolder
– Action group, Zeeland –
Stichting Don Quichote
– Foundation, Lathum, Gelderland –

Stichting Kritisch Platform Ontwikkeling de Zijpe
– Foundation, Noord-Holland –
Vrienden van Stavenisse
– Action group, Zeeland –

VVD Nederlek – Volkspartij voor Vrijheid en Democratie
– Political group, Zuid-Holland –
Werkgroep "Horizon" Dongeradeel
– Local workgroup, Friesland –
WynturbinesNEE
– Action group, Friesland –

Stowarzyszenie Turystyki Ziemi Klodzkiej
– Regional association, Lower Silesian –
Občianske združenie Krajina bez vrtúľ
– Civic association –
Post tenebras Lux
– Village of Mad, Okres Dunajska Streda –

Association des Amis de Tête-de-Ran / La Vue-des-Alpes
– Regional association, Jura –
Hishults vindkraftskomitte
– Village group, Halland –
4VILLAGES
– Local residents, South Norfolk, England –

Abbots Bromley and Marchington Woodlands Wind Farm Action Group
– Village, Staffordshire, England –
AGAST
Action Group Against Sempringham Turbines
– Action group, Lincolnshire, England –
AWEG
All Wales Energy Group
– Group of organisations, Wales –

BATTLE – Bradwell and Tillingham Tackling Lost Environment
– Village, South East England –
BFEAG
Brechfa Forest Energy Action Group
– Local residents, Carmarthenshire, Wales –
Blaengwen Group
– Action group, Carmarthenshire, Wales –
CADEAP
Ceres and District Environment and Amenity Protection Group
– Action group, Fife, Scotland –

CHA – Cynghrair Hiraethog Alliance
– Alliance, North Wales –

COST – Community Opposed to Shap Turbines
– Community group, Cumbria, England –
CURB
Conservation of Upland Radnorshire and Breconshire
– Action group, Wales –

CWIF – Caithness Windfarm Information Forum
– Action group, Highlands, Scotland –
DART
Denbighshire Against Rural Turbines
– Local group, Wales –
DBVJRG
Den Brook Valley Judicial Review Group
– Local community, Devon, England –
DHCG
Dunion Hill Conservation Group
– Regional association, Scotland –
DTOG
Dunsland Turbines Opposition Group
– Action group, Devon, England –

FELLS – Friends of Eden, Lakeland and Lunesdale Scenery
– Opposition Support Group, Lancashire and Cumbria, England –

FoCL – Friends of Craven Landscape
– Local action group, Yorkshire and Humber, England –

FLAT – Fenland Landscape Against Turbines
– Village protest group, Norfolk/Cambridgeshire, England –
Friends of the Clash
– Campaign group, Scotland –
KWAG
Kentish Weald Action Group against wind turbines in rural Kent
– Action group, Kent, England –
LAG
Langdon Action Group
– Action group, Kent, England –
L.A.W.
Lilbourne Against Windfarms
– Village opposition group, Midlands, England –

MWT Lewis – Mòinteach gun Mhuileann - Moorland without Turbines
– Local residents, Isle of Lewis, Scotland –
NHWAG
North Hambleton Wind Farm Action Group
– Action group, North Yorkshire, England –

SBWT – Stop Bickerton Wind Turbine
– Action group, North West England –
SHWAG
Seamer and Hilton Windfarm Action Group
– Action group, North Yorkshire, England –

SSWFAG – Stop Swinford Wind Farm Action Group
– Villages, East Midlands, England –
STAPLE
South Tendring Acting To Protect our Local Environment
– Campaign group, East Anglia, England –
STOP
Sibsey Turbines Onshore Protest
– Action group, Lincolnshire, England –

SToP – Stop Turbines on Pressendye
– Local Group, Aberdeenshire, Scotland –

Stop Woodlane Wind Farm
– Opposition campaign group, North Yorkshire, England –

STORM – Stop Turbines on Rossie Moor
– Regional association, Scotland –

SWWF – Stop Wadlow Wind Farm
– Association, Cambridgeshire, England –
TAG
Tivetshall Action Group
– Village action group, Norfolk, England –

VVASP – Vale Villages Against ScottishPower
– Action group, Worcestershire, England –
WAG
Westnewton Action Group
– Village, Cumbria, England –
The European Platform Against Windfarms (EPAW) was founded in Paris on 4th October, 2008, by federations, associations, and other groups from four EU countries.
The aim of EPAW is to defend the interests of the many groups which are either:
We urge local groups, associations and other European groups, or, where applicable, their federations, to join EPAW. At its inception EPAW represented organisations from Germany, France, Belgium and Spain. Since then we have been joined by groups and associations from the UK, Italy, the Netherlands and an increasing number of other countries. We hope more will join after reading EPAW's draft letter to the European institutions (see below). All you need to do is send an email authorised by the head of the organisation to contact@epaw.org stating your wish to join.
We are preparing a letter (see draft below), which we shall send to the European institutions. In it we shall demand that a moratorium be declared on the approval of all new wind farm projects and on the construction of all those which have been approved. The letter will also be circulated amongst the European media. It is clear that the effectiveness of our actions will be proportional to the number of organisations which join EPAW, and to the number of countries involved. We therefore urge all the organisations concerned to register as members.
Drafts of future letters and press releases will be submitted to all member groups. Feedback will be encouraged. In cases where a member group communicates its disagreement with the final wording, we shall try to find a compromise. If a mutually satisfactory solution cannot be found, the member group may withdraw from EPAW, either temporarily (until the draft of another communication is circulated), or indefinitely. Member groups may also withdraw at any time after notifying EPAW.
But let's think positively: EPAW represents an enormous advance, a landmark in our protracted battle against wind farms. Let's make EPAW work for us.
Let's make the European institutions aware:
To this end we invite you to review the draft letter below and to join EPAW. If you are dissatisfied with the letter's wording, kindly let us know what you would like to see amended, bearing in mind that every round of consultation makes us lose precious time.
Thank you.
United we stand, divided we fall.

J.-L. Butré, Chairman of EPAW
3 rue des Eaux – 75016 Paris – France
Tel.: +33 (0)6 80 99 38 08
Email: contact@epaw.org
May 26th, 2009
To the European Commissioners,
To Members of the European Parliament,
Dear Sir or Madam
The European Platform Against Windfarms (EPAW) was founded in Paris on 4 October 2008 through an initiative by French, German, Spanish and Belgian organisations. Since then, they have been joined by over 300 European and pan-European associations and groups based in the United Kingdom, Italy, the Netherlands, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Poland, Ireland, Sweden, Romania, Denmark, Bulgaria, Greece and two non-EU countries, Norway and Switzerland. A list of these groups is available on the EPAW website: www.epaw.org.
Messages of support have been received from countries as far afield as, amongst others, Canada, Australia, the USA, Mexico or Puerto Rico. These can also be found on the EPAW website.
EPAW supports renewable energy schemes when it can be demonstrated that they are effective and socially, economically and environmentally acceptable. In order to meet these criteria, it is imperative that affected communities are fully consulted about each proposal.
EPAW finds it deplorable that renewable energy installations are often deployed within the European Union after pressure from financial or ideological interest groups. The disturbing consequence is that such projects do not fulfill the basic criteria for sustainable development.
EPAW maintains that wind farms represent the worst case scenario. Their effectiveness remains unproven and yet for decades they have absorbed the greatest proportion of funding ring-fenced by governments for renewable energy projects. Worse still, they contribute to the degradation of the environment.
EPAW wishes to draw your attention to the fact that wind farms have been shown repeatedly to be completely at odds with European policy for sustainable development, in that:
Confronted with the blatant contradictions between the sustainable development objectives of the EU and the alarming results of its present wind farm policy, EPAW formally requests that the European Union:
Carbon savings:
The panel should evaluate the quantities of carbon dioxide emitted during the construction, maintenance, surveillance and complete dismantling of wind farms. It should also assess the indirect effects of grid integration, such as the quantity of extra CO2 emitted as a result of the need to compensate for the power fluctuations inherent in wind-generated electricity. Back-up generation leads to the unavoidably inefficient operation of fossil-fuel power stations.
The actual contribution of EU wind farm policy to the objectives of the Kyoto Protocol should then be estimated and presented in summary form.
Economic impact:
The panel should evaluate the direct and indirect costs of the deployment of wind farms, detailing the impact on overall public expenditure and, over the long term, on electricity charges for households and industrial and commercial consumers.
The cost analysis should include:
As wind farms absorb considerable amounts of public funds, EPAW demands that the EU commissions an audit of the wind power industry's financial transactions and practices. The audit should include an investigation into company structures and the degree to which tax avoidance schemes such as tax havens are employed.
Social impact:
The panel should investigate the impact of wind farms on human health. A representative group of local residents should be invited to participate.
The panel should appraise the effects of changes to the environment on local residents and assess the impact of the presence of wind farms on the value of land and buildings and tourism over time.
Environmental impact:
The “reality check” should include an inventory of degraded natural habitats and of landscapes sacrificed as a result of the installation of wind farms in violation of the European Landscape Convention, which stipulates: “As a reflection of European identity and diversity, the landscape is our living natural and cultural heritage, be it ordinary or outstanding, urban or rural, on land or in water.”
EPAW considers it unacceptable that European institutions should promote the despoiling of the European landscape by a process of homogenisation into an industrial “brownfield site” with thousands of wind farms stretching from Lapland to Gibraltar, some planted in the heart of nature reserves. These were established at great cost through the EU's Natura 2000 programme.
The EU should therefore set up a panel of independent ornithologists and biologists who are acknowledged by all parties to be impartial. The panel should objectively evaluate the individual and cumulative effects of existing and proposed wind farms and associated HT power lines on European flora and fauna and their habitats.
Finally, the “reality check” should include an investigation into the ways in which the construction and operation of wind farms causes pollution of ground cover, topsoil, streams, rivers and groundwater. Particular attention should be paid to the effects on the environment of contamination resulting from lubricants leaking from worn or collapsed wind turbines, detergents used to remove oil and insects from turbine blades, the large-scale use of concrete for their bases and the construction of access roads.
EPAW wishes to emphasise that the ill-conceived and poorly implemented EU wind farm policy adds oil to the fire of euro-scepticism. Many ecologically-conscious and well-informed people in the EU have the feeling that the European institutions have set their hearts on industrial wind power generation without pausing to consider its real impact on the environment and the acceptable limits of its exploitation. In the critical context of building the EU's energy base, observers find it inconceivable that the Union's energy policy can be founded on the wind farm lobby's myth of clean wind-generated electricity.
The negative effects of industrial wind turbines on people, landscapes, tourism, property values, wildlife, and the economy are widely understood and accepted. It will be disastrous if the European Union refuses to perform a “reality check” on its wind farm policy.
Respectfully yours,

FELLS (Friends of Eden, Lakeland and Lunesdale Scenery)June 29th, 2009
FELLS have been working hard since 2000 to protect stunning our scenery and some of the last natural horizons in England from industrialisation by wind turbines.
We welcome the opportunity to link with other groups with similar aims across Europe.
17 juin 2009
Hurle VentBonjour,
l'Association HURLE VENT s'associe à votre combat contre l'implantation d'éoliennes industrielles et ce conformément aux termes de votre courrier du 26/05/09 adressé aux instances européennes concernées.
Tous ses membres vous font part de leur soutien et de leur reconnaissance pour votre travail.
Marie-Hélène Allary
Vice-présidente de l'Association HURLE VENT
Région Auvergne, France
9 juin 2009
Message de soutienBonjour,
Félicitations à vous tous de votre engagement.
Par ce courriel, je vous demande d’enregistrer mon soutien à votre association EPAW.
Bon courage à vous tous.
Très cordialement.
Daniel Brianchon
Montmachoux, Île-de-France
June 6th, 2009
Glyncorrwg Action GroupOur group is based in Glyncorrwg at the top of the beautiful Afan Valley in Wales, UK. This former mining village has suffered from economic and social deprivation since the last mine closed in 1970 with the loss of around 1000 jobs. The population has halved since the closing of the mine and many people suffer from a range of illnesses.
Since 1994 this community has been threatened by a series of proposals for wind farms. The village is not opposed to renewable energy, it is the scale and the closeness to homes which they object to. The natural scenery will be ruined. Many rare bird are located in this area.
In some cases 400 feet turbines would be as close as 500 metres from homes. Two planning applications have been rejected with another still in the pre planning phase.
The latest project is a proposal by Amsterdam based Nuon to build 50 to 60 of a 96 turbine wind farm near to the village, the closest being 800 metres from the nearest home. Each turbine will be 475 feet high. The tallest building in Wales has just been completed in Swansea, this is 360 feet high.
We have been involved with many others in fighting these wind farms which we feel are being imposed on us from outside and many feel that after 100 years of coal mining when the scars of this are beginning to heal, the burden of energy production should be shared throughout the country. The adverse effects of wind farms have not been highlighted in this country. Wind energy is mediaeval technology which mainly benefits multi national wind companies rather than local communities.
29 de mayo de 2009
Asociación Geográfica AmbientalQueridos amigos de EPAW
Queremos formar parte de la European Platform Against Windfarms – EPAW, pues aunque estamos a favor de cualquier tipo de energías renovables y de la energía eólica en puntos muy concretos en otros es una auténtica barabaridad lo que está sucediendo.
Así estamos luchando para que parte de la Sierra de Ávila quede libre de molinos tras ver las barbaridades que se han realizado en los parques de Cabeza Mesa, El Rincón y el Colladillo con un una evaluación de impacto ambiental obsoleta realizada para aerogeneradores más pequeños y de menor potencia.
Todo ello ha supuesto la apertura más viales y más anchos así como la deposición de rellenos espectaculares en cauces, la realización de trabajos a 200 m a de colonias de buitre leonado y la muerte de un ejemplar de águila real. Y por supuesto de la energía nuclear no queremos ni oir hablar.
Un afectuoso saludo
J. A.
Secretario de la Asociación Geográfica Ambiental
www.agamedioambiente.blogspot.com
May 27th, 2009
Comitato Monte dei CucchiDear EPAW,
we are a committee constituted by residents, who live in small towns and in the countryside, and non residents people, who have here their cottages. We are opposing to the construction of a windfarm on the north Italian Apennines about 1000mt on the s.l., precisely between Florence and Bologna, in the municipality of S.Benedetto Val di Sambro (Bologna – Italy), very close to three small towns and a tourist-residential village of about 150 cottages.
If this windfarm project will be constructed, it will be as the largest of the northern part of Italy (24 towers, 100mt high).
The south part of Italy and the two islands – Sicilia and Sardegna - are crowded with windturbines, their number increase every month, new projects are proposed to regions and provinces who administer our beautiful country from many different societies. Nobody cares about persons, animals, landscapes, territories, the Italian Government doesn’t lay down rules and regulations about windfarms (for example about the minimum distance from houses).
We sincerely join your demand for a moratorium on European wind energy projects and ask you to add our organisation – Comitato Monte dei Cucchi - to your membership.
Best wishes and many thanks for what you are doing.
Angelo Farneti, president of Comitato Monte dei Cucchi
Antonella Marchini, spokeswoman of Comitato Monte dei Cucchi
www.comitatomontedeicucchi.com
May 27th, 2009
High-Bakony Environmental AssociationDear Sirs,
We are pleased to have found that EPAW has undertaken the task of requesting a moratorium on industrial-scale windfarms, which represent a threat to the landscape, nature and the inhabitants of nearby dwellings.
We are sorry to inform you we had to learn about these risks, along with the incompetency of the involved authorities the hard way. Over the highlands of the Bakony hills in western Hungary a 30-tower windfarm was planned in the very vicinity of Nature2000 areas,
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