Guidebook about the elaboration of impact studies for onshore wind farm projects - Revised version, October 2020

This guide is aimed at accompanying the actors of the wind power industry in the environmental impact evaluation of their project at the wind farm scale, and at providing an objective and shared vision for the dialogue between the territory stakeholders and the government. The document presents: the impact study content, the impact on landscape and heritage, the impact on the physical environment (earth, water, climate, risks), the impact on natural ecosystems (vegetation, terrestrial fauna, birds and bats), the human environment: noise, public health and economic impacts. With respect to the December 2016 version, the 'landscape' aspect has been updated