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Phillips, John
Windfarm Developments on Blanket Bog
A cautionary tale from Derrybrien, Co Galway, and pointers for safeguards needed when similar developments are proposed for the United Kingdom — A substantial bogslide took place at Hibernian Wind Power’s 71-tower wind farm at Derrybrien, Co Galway on 16 October 2003 when nearly half a million tonnes of peat, boulder clay and vegetation slumped from an area of felled plantation forest. Two weeks later, following heavy rainfall, a stream in spate churned the peat into a mobile slurry and . . . Complete article »
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