http://www.stopgreatcransleywindfarm.co.uk/gc_actiongroup Stop Great Cransley Wind Farm Tue, 07 Sep 2010 14:39:10 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 http://www.stopgreatcransleywindfarm.co.uk/gc_actiongroup/about/#comment-56 Roger Powell Sat, 08 Nov 2008 11:24:54 +0000 Stop Great Cransley Wind Farm is an action group of local residents, formed in April 2008, who oppose 'Bolsterstone's' plans to build a wind farm, consisting of 4 (125 metre high) wind turbines, on land between Great Cransley and Mawsley.#comment-56 Living in Powys I can see the countryside being slowly ruined by windfarm develoment. This will affect tourism. The economic case for them has not been made, as they all have to be backed up by conventional power stations when the wind isn't blowing. Apparently the power(very limited) they generate cannot be stored and I'm told some of them haven't even been connected to the national grid. In fact they are an absurd and monstrous irrelevance to Britain's future power needs and none would be built were it not for massive Government subsidies. We should all call time on these ridiculous, costly and unsightly structures. Living in Powys I can see the countryside being slowly ruined by windfarm develoment. This will affect tourism. The economic case for them has not been made, as they all have to be backed up by conventional power stations when the wind isn’t blowing. Apparently the power(very limited) they generate cannot be stored and I’m told some of them haven’t even been connected to the national grid. In fact they are an absurd and monstrous irrelevance to Britain’s future power needs and none would be built were it not for massive Government subsidies. We should all call time on these ridiculous, costly and unsightly structures.

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