Wind Turbines

[tarmmaker]

It is irrelevant what the planning dept think as the Creggan windfarm is so big it is decided by the Scottish Executive. Don't forget, these are no baby turbines like Drum farm which are 20 m high, they are 125m tall which is 411ft, twice as high as the Scott Monument in Edinburgh.

[Bonnie Lass]

[kintyreturbinewatch]

Just heard the treasury commitment to subsidies for renewables... Seems like it is just as I thought. This is not a RENEWABLES drive, but a WIND TURBINE drive. Reductions in wind farm subsidy levels will be reduced by 10% while hydro and micro hydro get hit by 30% reduction!! Is this a balanced policy. Do the governments north and south care about us rural dwellers? I dont think so. Highland clearance round 2.............

[tarmmaker]

Anyone interested what Creggan windfarm will look like there will be a computer generated DVD to view at the Carradale meeting on 2nd August.

[Bonnie Lass]

Revised Proposal - Turbines 1-5 (yellow dots) have been moved back from the road.

[tarmmaker]

Just a slight correction Bonnie Lass, the latest plan you have shown only shows the five turbines in yellow which are to be relocated, not the relocated positions. I queried this with Burcote last week and they confirm the relocated positions have not as yet been decided.

[A15 NMA]

Article from todays press

Government figures released yesterday in the annual Digest of UK Energy Statistics show that electricity production from renewable energy sources in 2011 was up by 33% on the previous year and accounted for 9.4% of all electricity generated in the year. This increase has predominately been driven by increases in electricity generation from both onshore (up 45% to 10372GWh) and offshore wind (up 68% to 5126GWh).

However, while domestic generation from wind and other renewable energy sources grew significantly, the UK’s reliance on imported fossil fuels hit record 36 year high.

Maria McCaffery, Chief Executive of RenewableUK, the trade and professional body for the wind and marine energy industries, comments:

“These figures highlight the increasingly crucial role that wind and other forms of renewables are playing in the UK’s energy mix. This trend is set to continue and will help the UK to reduce its over-reliance on expensive and unpredictable supplies of imported fossil fuels.

“With the economy in a fragile state we need to do everything we can to boost investor confidence and ensure that the UK develops an energy mix that will not only protect consumers from fluctuating fossil fuel prices in the short term but will also deliver long term security and growth.”

[Bonnie Lass]

Revised Proposal - Turbines 1-5 (yellow dots) have been moved back from the road.

that's interesting, cos if you look at their website and diagram - they have 1 turbines right beside the A83 - which made me think they had moved it back.

See 2nd image on link below - left click on the trees on right of photo, it becomes larger and the turbine is right on the bend.

http://cregganwindfarm.files.wordpress.com/2011/08/february-2012-creggan-community-event-exhibition-board-5.jpg

[tarmmaker]

I think the image shows a turbine further back and should be behind the trees. They are 125m high, so can't be next to the road. Compare the size of turbine with the bollards.

[Bonnie Lass]

Well spotted tarmmaker - thanks.

[kintyreturbinewatch]

New website available now for all those concerned about turbine developments in Kintyre..
www.kintyreturbinewatch.weebly.com

Please visit the site, use the blog and use the contact us to register your interest.

With thanks..

Protect our countryside

End fuel poverty now

[mankind]

I don't have a strong opinion one or the other about this subject but after passing the Drum Farm yesterday I can honestly say I have never seen anything so ugly on farmland before. It is so much in your face as you turn the corner at Kilkenzie it seems criminal to have allowed this application. What an eyesore.

I heartily agree with Isa, this application should never have been allowed. It is in ridiculously close proximity to the A83, distracting drivers' attention from the road. Please also note how they have been constructed. If blade-throw occurred, cars travelling on the road would be at deadly risk, not the house or farm buildings of the farmer who had them erected! I strongly feel that the safety of A83 drivers has been compromised by this project.

[tarmmaker]

Very true Mankind, but did you object to the planning application? Most people are shocked by turbines when they are up and that is why it is so important to object to the planning application when they are sited in inappropriate places. It's very easy to do now through the Kintyre Turbine Watch website, where a link takes you directly to the application. Please look now to see all applications for turbines in Kintyre.
http://kintyreturbinewatch.weebly.com/index.html

[A15 NMA]

Please also note how they have been constructed. If blade-throw occurred, cars travelling on the road would be at deadly risk, not the house or farm buildings of the farmer who had them erected! I strongly feel that the safety of A83 drivers has been compromised by this project.

Mankind

Don't quite understand what you mean by the above statement??
Am I missing something??

[D10jimmy]

I don't have a strong opinion one or the other about this subject but after passing the Drum Farm yesterday I can honestly say I have never seen anything so ugly on farmland before. It is so much in your face as you turn the corner at Kilkenzie it seems criminal to have allowed this application. What an eyesore.

I heartily agree with Isa, this application should never have been allowed. It is in ridiculously close proximity to the A83, distracting drivers' attention from the road. Please also note how they have been constructed. If blade-throw occurred, cars travelling on the road would be at deadly risk, not the house or farm buildings of the farmer who had them erected! I strongly feel that the safety of A83 drivers has been compromised by this project.

Dont you think your being a little bit over dramatic? Chances of blade throw happening is so small its almost non existant, and if it did happen, it could go any direction. i thought all you experts would have known that the head rotates 360 degrees (its kind of essential for their operation)!!!!
Planning permission was Applied for and granted with no objections, all noise and visual impact requirements were met.
Think yous are all just upset that you missed the application!?! It was even in the courier!

Also, no idea where yous are getting the idea of a third turbine monitoring site?