Even if you are already convinced that the impact of constructing sprawling wind "farms" in wild places is far from benign, you should look at the photographs documenting the destruction of Cefn Croes in Wales:
www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~hills/cc/gallery/index.htm.
Here are before and after views from the same location:
Here is another view of the now alien landscape, razed of trees and intercut by wide roads:
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