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    Angry villagers fight wind farm plans

    Angry residents gathered at a village hall to voice their opposition to plans for Cornwall’s biggest wind farm.

    Last month, energy company Community Windpower submitted a planning application for the biggest wind farm in the county, planned for land around Crowdy Reservoir near Camelford in North Cornwall.

    Last night, Davidstow Parish Council held a public meeting to discuss the plans at a packed Otterham village hall.

    Campaigner Roy Hollander said: “I’m now beginning to believe that North Cornwall has done its bit. It is high time that it was moved to other coasts and other counties. The whole thing is meeting Government targets. I’ve had enough. There will soon be four million where I live… it’s just not on. No more in North Cornwall.”

    Jeremy Hooper, from St Breward, said: “Looking from St Breward, I can see Row Tor and the idea of seeing wind turbines above them is terrible.”

    He said the turbines were so large that the Government might have to decide on the matter.

    Alan Goodenough, a member of a local campaign group, said: “There are already four wind farms in North Cornwall. One more at Morwenstow has just been passed. We already put up 60 per cent in the whole county. This would be an enormous addition. We think we have done enough. It should stop here and this should not be allowed.

    If successful, the company’s application will see 20 126m-high turbines, with 92.5m diameter rotor blades, dominating the North Cornwall landscape for the next 25 years.

    It would also be the only wind farm on Bodmin Moor.

    Community Windpower said the electricity generated would power 28,000 homes and provide electrical generation in the South West.

    The company also said it would also inject £62 million into the local economy over the lifetime of the project.

    Western Morning News

    20 August 2008

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