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[9 Mar 2009 | One Comment | 544 views]
Is wind power really green?

Examine the facts, then decide for yourself.
Denmark is the world’s most wind-intensive nation with more than 6,000 turbines generating 19% of its electricity. But consider this:

Not one fossil fuel power plant has been closed
50% more coal-generated electricity is needed to cover wind’s failings
Pollution and carbon dioxide emissions rose 36% in 2006 alone
Danish electricity costs are the highest in Europe

So what are the Danes saying about wind power now?

“Windmills are a mistake and economically make no sense.” – Neils Gram, Danish Federation of Industries
“Wind turbines do not reduce carbon dioxide emissions.” – …

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[27 Jan 2009 | One Comment | 1,297 views]
Bicker house blighted by turbines

A Family living near a part-constructed wind farm is experiencing the same problems that plagued the Davises at Deeping St Nicholas.

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[27 Jan 2009 | No Comment | 463 views]

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[20 Jan 2009 | No Comment | 2,993 views]

To provide an opportunity to discuss wind farm developments.

Broughton Village Hall, Thursday 29 January 2009 at 7.00pm

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[22 Dec 2008 | No Comment | 810 views]
Promoters overstated the environmental benefit of wind farms

The wind farm industry has been forced to admit that the environmental benefit of wind power in reducing carbon emissions is only half as big as it had previously claimed.
The British Wind Energy Association (BWEA) has agreed to scale down its calculation for the amount of harmful carbon dioxide emission that can be eliminated by using wind turbines to generate electricity instead of burning fossil fuels such as coal or gas.
Source: Telegraph

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[4 Dec 2008 | No Comment | 559 views]
BBC News: Turbine off after ice falls

A giant wind turbine near Peterborough has been switched off after its frozen blades threw shards of ice crashing into nearby homes.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/7763900.stm

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[3 Dec 2008 | No Comment | 360 views]
The efficiency of the UK’s Renewable Obligation System

Although wind energy is a potentially useful renewable energy resource, insufficient emphasis is placed upon optimising its efficiency in operation under UK renewable energy policy and planning guidance. Exaggerated claims are made about its efficiency in terms of actual and likely capacity factors achieved. Noise and health impacts are understated in industry, and some government, literature. Impacts on residential property prices have still not been adequately assessed. The industry claims that the planning system in the UK presents more obstacles than in, for example, Denmark, Germany or Spain, are ill-founded. …