Environmental impacts of some wind power plants, in İzmir

This thesis analyzes the environmental impacts of some wind plant installed in the town of Izmir. A wind plant first converts the kinetic energy of the wind to mechanical energy and then converts this mechanical energy toelectrical energy. Environmental impacts occur during the installation and operation of wind turbines. These environmental impactsin order are; aesthetic effects of wind plants, the effects of flora and fauna, effects on the terrain which they are constructed on, effects on the human health, noise effects and the effects of electromagnetism. In this study, identification of wind plants, the history, benefits,damages and uses of wind turbines in our country and the world, related legislations in our country, the environmental impacts of wind turbines, are investigated in the case of wind power plants in the city of Izmir.