| Wind Watch is a registered educational charity, founded in 2005. |
Belford protest poll records 95% opposition
Credit: Berwick Advertiser | 29 November 2013 | www.berwick-advertiser.co.uk ~~
Translate: FROM English | TO English
Translate: FROM English | TO English
Villagers facing a planning application for a second wind farm near to their homes have expressed their objections.
Air Farmers Ltd, which first unveiled its proposals for Midlleton Burn – 16 turbines up to 125m high on land north-west of Belford – in October 2011, is now gearing up for a planning application.
The firm held a public exhibition in Ferguson Hall to showcase the scheme, which now consists of 14 turbines. It came just two days after the parish council objected to Energiekontor UK’s application for nine turbines on the adjacent Belford Burn site.
Middleton Burn Action Group, which is fighting both schemes, held an exit poll at Saturday’s exhibition, which saw 95 per cent of attendees vote against the proposals.
A spokesman said: “This was the fifth exit poll we have conducted and yet again, the people of this community have shown their outrage at these disgusting proposals. It is time the county council refuses to accept any further planning applications for industrial turbines in this county.”
Meanwhile, RWE Innogy has confirmed the successful sale of a 49 per cent share in the Middlemoor windfarm to Greencoat UK Wind plc. But RWE Innogy remains majority shareholder and continues to operate the turbines.
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 |
 (via Stripe) |
 (via Paypal) |
Share:
[ Short URL: https://wind-watch.org/news/?p=59203 ]
