- OatfieldTurbineApplicantsPhotomontage.jpg (13.07 KiB) Viewed 1766 times
This is very misleading, however, as it is shown in totally the wrong place (on the driveway to Oatfield House) and far too low down, at 30 metres above sea level. Whereas, in actual fact, the application is for it to be much higher up, at the top of Oatfield Brae, 90 metres above sea level. See the far more accurate, photomontage below for a much better idea of what it will actually look like (N.B. this photo is taken from much further away, at the top of Stewarton Brae):-
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This proposed turbine is an ACSA A27/225kW model, the same as for the Tomaig and many of the other 22 single turbine planning applications (put in not by individuals, but by a financial investment company, which has applied for 24 separate turbines altogether throughout Argyll, mainly in Kintyre).
The turbine is manufactured by Aerogenadores Canarios, S.A., a company in the Canaries, not in Campbeltown. As it is a little difficult to appreciate the size of this supposedly "domestic/for our own use" type turbine, here is a photo of a ACSA 27/225 turbine actually being installed:-
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It's not really what one might call domestic at all - it is huge!
The same size of turbine is proposed for the Tomaig site (Argyll and Bute Planning Ref: 12/00006/PP). There, the photomontage is similarly misleading and claims it will be nearly invisible!
If the proliferation of these large scale single turbines throughout our open countryside offends you as much as it does us and many, many others, please see the posting "Individual Wind Turbine Applications" on this Forum for more details.
