Tendring: Wind farm firm to go to appeal (From Gazette)
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Tendring: Wind farm firm to go to appeal
8:30am Tuesday 28th October 2008 in
THE energy giant which failed to get permission for Essex’s first onshore wind farm has launched an appeal.
Tendring Council’s planning committee voted unanimously against the plans for five turbines at Earls Hall Farm, between Clacton and St Osyth in June.
But N-Power Renewables today announced it wants the scheme to be reconsidered at an independent public inquiry.
Cath Stevenson, N-Power Renewables’ development manager, said: “We don’t feel that the environmental benefits of the scheme were given sufficient weight in the decision-making process.
“Earls Hall Wind Farm would generate enough electricity for the annual average needs of between approximately 5,500 and 6,000 homes each year and reduce emissions of carbon dioxide, the main greenhouse gas contributing to man-made climate change.
“As such, we consider that the proposal is worthy of a more detailed review.
“N-Power Renewables is an experienced developer and operator of wind farms, and we are confident that our proposals will stand up to the scrutiny of a public inquiry.”
Councillors voted 17-0 in favour of refusal and said the site, less than a mile from Clacton’s Bockings Elm estate, was not suitable for the 410ft structures – which are more than twice the height of Nelson’s Column.
Councillors said the potential for noise and visual impact was too great a risk.
Comments(24)
Sweex
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8:38am Tue 28 Oct 08
I think they are a great idea and would love to see some more cons rather than just noise and visual impact because i do not believe that these worthy cons to justify them not being there.
I would love to hear everyone elses opinion aswell.
Squabbly
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8:50am Tue 28 Oct 08
Norfolk in Chance
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8:55am Tue 28 Oct 08
Sweex, you clearly have not been close up if you think they are quiet.
The same goes for football stadiums that create anti social behaviour. They are also okay, as long as they are not in the back yards of most of those who go to watch the games.
Sweex
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9:03am Tue 28 Oct 08
A lot of people seem to be against it anyway so it doesnt seem very likely that the plans will go ahead.
Feisty CBC
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9:24am Tue 28 Oct 08
Moira
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9:26am Tue 28 Oct 08
Shambolic
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9:36am Tue 28 Oct 08
Glad to have left the area
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9:43am Tue 28 Oct 08
Squabbly wrote:I struggle to believe that anything associated with TDC is democratic & generally in your best interests.
What I find odd is the attitude of the developers who, when their plans have been thrown out, jump up and down, throw a tantrum and say that we will accept their plans whether we like it or not. Its a if they think they have an automatic right to inflict their wishes on the council and the public even though a democratic process has shown that those wishes are not deemed desirable. They are an eyesore and you only have to look at areas that already have them to see this. Scottish isles have mile after mile of them destroying the landscape. At the end of the day, N-Power are only interested in the amount of cash their plans will bring them and nothing else.
They manage to prove that all the time with crazy votes like 17-0 against something as important as green energy.
Well, I for one would rather see a wind farm there than another out of town supermarket or a depressing housing estate!
Poacher
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10:01am Tue 28 Oct 08
ivan burit
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10:08am Tue 28 Oct 08
Moira wrote:I also are think windfarms are OK, BUT,
I agree that sometimes wind turbines, very close together on the landscape, are intrusive. But the plans for these five turbines reveal that they are far apart, and in different fields. To be honest, I think they would add interest to what is a pleasant but unremarkable landscape. And all of us need to remember why they are being planned - we need to become energy- independent and reduce CO2 emissions.
come on, have you been to their website and seen the visual footprint it will give to the local area.
You will be able to see them from Kent.
Ok, facts as i know it (i think feisty..lol)
onsite windfarms give the local council a "retainer" each year for every turbine on its site, but not sure about offshore sites.
We ARE now getting 48 wind turbines (gunfleet sands phase 1 & 2) being positioned on our coastal waters with the electrical cabling coming ashore in Holland on sea then feeding the National grid.
(why do we need 5 HUGE onshore ones)
By the time the 2 gunfleet Sands site`s are operational, we will see the start of London Array turbine windfarm site also offshore (my and your offshore) with 241....
yes 2 4 1 more offshore windturbines with cabling going ashore to Kent.
Not only will the 48 @ Gunfleet be visable, but the 241 London Array will be visable too.
So why do we want just 5, H U G E onsite turbines, unless they use the "eco-new town" word to get planning permission for its adjacent 400 or more new homes built in the also green fields opposite Jaywick Lane and adjacent St. Johns Road...
Just stop, sit down, and think about it all.......
Plus as pointed out, new French money has purchased our defunct Bradwells 2 non producing power stations, with the prospect of building a new operational one soon.
So, that will be about 8 miles from me, and about the same to Colchester, but for Brighlingsea and Mersea it in your face really...
Poacher
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10:09am Tue 28 Oct 08
bruce67
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11:30am Tue 28 Oct 08
Feisty CBC
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12:11pm Tue 28 Oct 08
Poacher wrote:Would that be a Tesco's express or a Tesco's extra?
And if you are looking for an idea how big an acre is, its approximately 40,000 square foot. Thats about the size of a Tescos..........but thats a different gripe PMSL
Paladin
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12:26pm Tue 28 Oct 08
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ivan burit
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1:36pm Tue 28 Oct 08
Paladin wrote:Give us a clue mate, it wont work for me ?
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Paladin
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2:05pm Tue 28 Oct 08
"Gordon Brown puffs the great wind scam"
ivan burit
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6:09pm Tue 28 Oct 08
Gordon Brown puffs the great wind scam"
you get much - much more...
Feisty CBC
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9:14pm Tue 28 Oct 08
ivan burit
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12:25am Wed 29 Oct 08
Feisty CBC wrote:Oh feisty,
Oooh you cad Ivan lol
i try,
just ask frankie...lol
OK,
talking of windy feisty, did i ever tell you the story of a boy, and a jar of jalapeno pickled onions, they nearly blew his arse`nal club shirt off his back, sides were taken as he blew, off to bed with a bad case of wind`y weather out tonight eh....lol
(well it did have wind innit eh ?)
and as i`m no literary saint hoo carnt shpel propa eeva.....
ivan burit
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9:14am Wed 29 Oct 08
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Poacher
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11:54am Wed 29 Oct 08
Both Netherlands and Germany have reported that their wind energy programmes have been marked failures and I even see unofficial French sources suggesting theirs is somewhat embarrassingly less than they expected.
Interestingly I also saw figures that quoted a huge Scottish array that took a year to churnout the same energy as a traditional power station could do in four days.
The biggest flaw is the wind. It might be cleaner but it is just unreliable. It doesn't blow constantly, it also doesn't blow when you want it to which is not alot of use for a system that has no tried or tested storage system!
Looking at the Earls Hall plans, these 5 turbines will generate a maximum of 11.5 megawatts of power. A megawatt is enough to power approximately 880 homes.
Impressive statistics but when you work in the fact that at best these things will only be providing power for a maximum of 30% of the time that means only 3036 will be provided power.
For those that want to know thats 9.3% of all the homes in within the Clacton area's C015 and C016 post codes.
And don't forget thats only if these things work at maximum capacity. In many cases the average outputs have been recorded as 19% which would mean only 1923 homes would be powered which is 5.9% of the homes within the area.
There are estimated to be 25.2 million homes in the UK. And homes use only 1/6 of the total energy comsumption in the UK.
Whatever way you look at it, the statistics with wind farms and other alternative energies just don't add up. Its got to be and it will be the nuclear option.
ritchiehicks
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3:31pm Wed 29 Oct 08
Poacher
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4:36pm Wed 29 Oct 08
Whereas you have thrown alot of emotion into your post it sadly lacks any challenge to any of the facts that I have posted directly above yours.
You quote a few wind farms as opposed to a traditional power station.
If you care to do the maths on the figures I have provided you will calculate that for us as a country to stand still without providing any additional alternative energy for transport that relies primarily on oil based products, we would need 393177 wind turbines of the type proposed in this in this particular development.
Thats an average of FOUR 410 foot (34 storey) turbines for every square mile in the UK. As these need to be both on high ground and close to the coast as possible to be effective, the densities of these will be considerable greater whereever they are located.
Also most importantly there is no tried and tested way of storing wind energy so its either on or off. The only way of getting around the peaks and lows of this are to have traditional power plants as well.
You say this is a sensible change but in reality it is not. Its time to face the facts, are we prepared to ruin our countryside for what is clearly an impossible goal or are we going to face up to the fact that to avoid going back to a livestyle of times long past we are going to have to sacrifice some of our enviromentally friendly ideals?
ritchiehicks
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3:46pm Fri 31 Oct 08
You're really not very bright, are you?
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