Wind Power News: England
These news and opinion items are gathered by National Wind Watch to help keep readers informed about developments related to industrial wind energy. They are the products of the organizations or individuals noted and do not necessarily reflect the opinions of National Wind Watch.
Necton villagers launch campaign against substation
Worried villagers have launched a campaign to fight plans for an electricity substation alongside the A47 near Swaffham. The 15-acre site near Necton is Warwick Energy’s second-preference location for facilities to connect the planned £1.5bn Dudgeon offshore windfarm to the National Grid. Campaign leader Louise Willis said the village would put up as strong a fight as nearby Little Dunham, on the other side of the A47, which is Warwick’s preferred location. That application was turned down by Breckland councillors, . . .
Villagers out in force against wind farm
Villagers drummed up support – in the form of 200 people – against controversial plans to build wind farms. They turned up at a public meeting held by the Stop Litlington Wind Farm Action Group, in the village hall. The meeting was held to hear the views of residents in response to a planning application submitted to South Cambridgeshire District Council for five turbines on farmland in the village. Philip Jones, of the action group, said: “I think we had . . .
It’s a ridge too far for local villagers
The attention of the district’s wind farm opposition was focused on Towcester this week during the opening of a planning inquiry into a project near Helmdon. On Tuesday Government appointed inspector Elizabeth Fieldhouse officially opened the inquiry at the South Northants Council chamber into proposals for five 125m turbines at Spring Farm Ridge, just off the B4525. The inquiry was called after SNC’s development control committee refused permission for the proposal by Broadview Energy last June. Around 30 members of . . .
Askam urged to oppose windfarm
Askam residents have been urged to oppose plans for a windfarm which would be visible from across the Duddon Estuary. Anti-windfarm campaigner Les Nichols made the rallying call in response to REG Windpower’s application to build a six-turbine windfarm at Langthwaite, near Millom. Mr Nichols – a leading figure in the Marton, Askam and Ireleth Windfarm Action Group – told a meeting of Askam and Ireleth Parish Council that Askam residents’ concerns should be considered by the planning authority, Copeland . . .
Wind turbine rejected over Ministry of Defence radar fears
Plans for a new wind turbine on Wearside have been rejected. Sunderland City Council has refused permission for the 18.5metre-high installation, at Middle Haining Farm, Stoneygate, Houghton. Planning officers said the proposal “by virtue of its siting and positioning, would cause unacceptable interference to the Ministry of Defence’s AD radar at Brizlee Wood, to the detriment of the effective operation of the radar”. The officers also refused the turbine on the grounds that it would have had a “detrimental impact . . .
Anger over lorries near houses
Angry residents have voiced their concerns over a planned five-turbine windfarm at Haverigg. A packed annual Millom town meeting heard residents raise fears about the volume of traffic that would pass along local roads during the build. Plans submitted to Copeland Borough Council, by Partnership for Renewables, show that lorries will make more than 2,000 trips to the windfarm site, on land opposite HMP Haverigg, throughout the process. A total of 1,042 lorries carrying cement, gravel and other aggregates would . . .
Stank wind turbines ‘could put flying bats at risk’
A rural community has united in opposing plans for a wind turbine. More than 30 letters of complaint have been registered against plans for an 11kW wind turbine in Stank. But Barrow Borough Council’s planning committee could choose to accept plans for the 18m structure in Stank Lane. The application, which has been submitted by John Cooper, will be discussed at Tuesday’s meeting, which takes place at Barrow Town Hall at 2.30pm. Complaints have been registered from residents in Stank, . . .
Council spent £100,000 on turbines that don’t work because of too little wind
A council that spent £100,000 installing two wind turbines on a civic building six years ago have admitted they didn’t work because the site was not windy enough. Kirklees Council placed the turbines on the roof of the Civic Centre in Huddersfield, West Yorks., in July 2006 to generate energy and to raise awareness of renewable energy among the thousands of motorists who drive past them every day. But the six-kilowatt turbines proved to be a costly advertisement and at . . .
Huddersfield wind turbines ‘in wrong place’ to be moved
wo wind turbines which cost £101,000 to buy and install are to be moved after a council admitted they were put in the wrong place. The six-kilowatt turbines were put on top of Huddersfield’s Civic Centre to raise awareness of renewable energy. Kirklees Council said they were to be taken down after “poor performance”. The council has previously admitted that the turbines generated about £2,000 a year but cost about £6,000 a year to maintain and repair. In a statement . . .
Turbine fire war of words
The enterprise behind the controversial Camp Hill wind turbine scheme has robustly defended the project amid fire fears. The strong rebuttal by Partnerships for Renewables (PfR) followed a statement issued by The Wight Against Rural Turbines (ThWART) on Tuesday, in which the campaign group said the scheme could pose a fire threat to the ancient woodland of Parkhurst Forest. It said the two 125-metre tall turbines proposed for Ministry of Justice land would be located little more than 100m from . . .
