LOCATION/TYPE

NEWS HOME

[ exact phrase in "" • results by date ]

[ Google-powered • results by relevance ]


Archive
RSS

Add NWW headlines to your site (click here)

Get weekly updates

WHAT TO DO
when your community is targeted

RSS

RSS feeds and more

Keep Wind Watch online and independent!

Donate via Paypal

Donate via Stripe

Selected Documents

All Documents

Research Links

Alerts

Press Releases

FAQs

Campaign Material

Photos & Graphics

Videos

Allied Groups

News Watch Home

Offshore pile driving wakes residents 

The company building a wind farm off the Lincolnshire coast has apologised for loud noises that woke residents during the night.

Centrica said changes in wind direction meant people in the Skegness area could hear loud bangs caused by the work.

Police received several calls after people were woken at about 0215 BST.

Centrica said it had government consent to work 24 hours a day on the project and had been doing so for some time without any problems.

Ongoing work

Mike Perry, who runs a hotel in Skegness, said many of his guests were disturbed.

“It went on for about half an hour. It sounded like someone was in the garden was banging an oil drum with a hammer.

“The vibration, in the quiet of the night, made me think of Jurassic Park.”

Andrew Hampson from Centrica explained the noise was caused by piling work to put in foundations for the turbines.

“We have been doing this since April and are about halfway through the work and we have had very few complaints.

“But we are sorry there was a disturbance and while there is a chance these conditions will arise again will continue to do all we can to minimise this.”

BBC News

31 July 2007

This article is the work of the source indicated. Any opinions expressed in it are not necessarily those of National Wind Watch.

The copyright of this article resides with the author or publisher indicated. As part of its noncommercial educational effort to present the environmental, social, scientific, and economic issues of large-scale wind power development to a global audience seeking such information, National Wind Watch endeavors to observe “fair use” as provided for in section 107 of U.S. Copyright Law and similar “fair dealing” provisions of the copyright laws of other nations. Send requests to excerpt, general inquiries, and comments via e-mail.

Wind Watch relies entirely
on User Funding
   Donate via Paypal
(via Paypal)
Donate via Stripe
(via Stripe)

Share:

e-mail X FB LI TG TG Share


News Watch Home

Get the Facts
CONTACT DONATE PRIVACY ABOUT SEARCH
© National Wind Watch, Inc.
Use of copyrighted material adheres to Fair Use.
"Wind Watch" is a registered trademark.

 Follow:

Wind Watch on X Wind Watch on Facebook

Wind Watch on Linked In Wind Watch on Mastodon