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

Wind Watch is a registered educational charity, founded in 2005.

News Watch Home

Brendon Energy eyes up Wiveliscombe wind farm 

Credit:  By Michael Marsh | This is The West Country | 10 May 2013 | www.thisisthewestcountry.co.uk ~~

A number of fields around Wiveliscombe are being eyed up for a wind farm.

Brendon Energy is looking at building “one or possibly a small number” of wind turbines on the hills circling Wiveliscombe, but wants to gauge public opinion first.

Surveys have been sent to the 2,700 homes in the town and the neighbouring parishes, and the County Gazette has received several letters about the proposals.

Colin Snow, who lives at Huish Champflower, said: “The words ‘inefficient’, ‘erratic’ and ‘unproven’ are constantly coming up when the subject of wind farms is debated.

“Also, the environmental aspect in the small parishes around Wiveliscombe, where it will spoil the landscape and disturb lives, makes the development of wind turbines in this area something that must be resisted at all costs.”

Brendon Energy says no planning application has been lodged and a site is yet to be earmarked.

The turbines would have a hub height of 40-50m and a tip height of 55-75m – equal to a 20-storey building.

Resident Andy Kilbride said: “These proposals represent an environmental disaster.

“Brendon Energy’s claims that these turbines are of a medium size and the visual impact would be minimised are cynical and absurd.

“These gyrating monsters deface the landscape and blight the lives of all who live nearby.”

A spokesman for Brendon Energy said it was not a commercial project and profits earned would benefit the local community.

He said: “If we can identify one or more suitable sites we’ll only proceed to the stage of submitting a planning application if we have support from the community.”

Source:  By Michael Marsh | This is The West Country | 10 May 2013 | www.thisisthewestcountry.co.uk

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