Issues - SHOCT - South Hams Opposing Commercial Turbines

Potential visual and noise impact

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/ 17/04/2012 / Leave a comment

It can be hard to visualise how 100 metre (3 28 feet) tall wind turbines would appear in the landscape. One way of understanding this would be to compare them with other tall local structures. The tower of St Mary’s Church in Totnes is, according to its website, 37 metres...
Impact on bird and bat mortality

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Significant bird mortality has been recorded at other wind turbine sites. Migrating birds such as swallows, martins and swifts would be at risk as well as resident birds such as buzzards, owls and sky larks. Research on the effect on bird populations of upland wind farms in Scotland and Northern...
Health and Safety

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Ice shedding danger to walkers and road users. The American Wind Energy Association’s “Wind Energy Siting Handbook” warns at Chapter 5 paragraph 8.1, that moving turbine rotors are liable to accrete heavier quantities of ice than the stationary components. This ice can break off and be “cast some distance” by...
Alternative Renewable Energy Sources

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Other renewable energy technologies such as solar energy might be more suitable. The BBC reported on 24.1.11 on plans for a solar farm outside Plymouth – 25 acres with solar panels 2.2m high mounted on metal poles with grazing strips in between supposed to power 1,000 homes and raise an...
Financial and Control Considerations

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The entities likely to benefit from the greater part of the fe ed-in tariff payments would seem to be Infinergy and its owner, a large Dutch construction multinational, Koop Holding. The American Wind Energy Association’s “Wind Energy Siting Handbook” has some useful guidance for wind farm operators. Chapter 7 “Public...

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Potential visual and noise impact

Impact on bird and bat mortality

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Alternative Renewable Energy Sources

Financial and Control Considerations

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