Comments on: Little or Large Wind Farms to Meet our Targets? http://www.windenergyplanning.com/little-or-large-wind-farms-to-meet-our-targets/ Renewable energy is essential to modern society - reducing harmful emissions from fossil fuels and making us more self sufficient. This site will explore what people are doing to help get us closer to a greener, renewable energy sourced world Wed, 08 Feb 2012 13:15:11 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9 hourly 1 By: Vicky Portwain http://www.windenergyplanning.com/little-or-large-wind-farms-to-meet-our-targets/comment-page-1/#comment-9 Vicky Portwain Fri, 17 Oct 2008 10:30:57 +0000 http://www.windenergyplanning.com/?p=3#comment-9 Wind farms are being constructed all over the UK now, mainly driven by government support through the "renewables obligation". The "renewables obligation" is a statutory instrument used to incentivise electricity suppliers like npower to produce electricity from renewable sources. The risk is that when the Tories get into power they take this away or reduce support for onshore wind turbines and efforts come to a halt. I will write my next post on the renewables obligation. Keep watching this space..... Wind farms are being constructed all over the UK now, mainly driven by government support through the “renewables obligation”. The “renewables obligation” is a statutory instrument used to incentivise electricity suppliers like npower to produce electricity from renewable sources. The risk is that when the Tories get into power they take this away or reduce support for onshore wind turbines and efforts come to a halt. I will write my next post on the renewables obligation. Keep watching this space…..

]]> By: MIke Hooper http://www.windenergyplanning.com/little-or-large-wind-farms-to-meet-our-targets/comment-page-1/#comment-6 MIke Hooper Thu, 16 Oct 2008 16:34:08 +0000 http://www.windenergyplanning.com/?p=3#comment-6 The real problem here is about changing peoples mindset with regard to renewable energy in general, both the nimbys and the local planning authorities. So far its just tokenism - like the building mounted wind turbines that you see in cities on new completed development - that just sit there never turning because they havent been placed correctly in terms of wind flow. The best way forward must be large windfarms, but without gov. financial committment throught the provision of strategic infrastructure, it wont happen. The real problem here is about changing peoples mindset with regard to renewable energy in general, both the nimbys and the local planning authorities. So far its just tokenism – like the building mounted wind turbines that you see in cities on new completed development – that just sit there never turning because they havent been placed correctly in terms of wind flow.

The best way forward must be large windfarms, but without gov. financial committment throught the provision of strategic infrastructure, it wont happen.

]]> By: Terry Portwain http://www.windenergyplanning.com/little-or-large-wind-farms-to-meet-our-targets/comment-page-1/#comment-5 Terry Portwain Thu, 16 Oct 2008 14:03:13 +0000 http://www.windenergyplanning.com/?p=3#comment-5 The problem with having a lot of small farms is getting all the relevant consents through the various planning authorities and past all the Nimby's this country breeds. The problem with having a lot of small farms is getting all the relevant consents through the various planning authorities and past all the Nimby’s this country breeds.

]]> By: Vicky Portwain http://www.windenergyplanning.com/little-or-large-wind-farms-to-meet-our-targets/comment-page-1/#comment-3 Vicky Portwain Sat, 13 Sep 2008 15:39:18 +0000 http://www.windenergyplanning.com/?p=3#comment-3 Large wind farms may be possible again in the longer term but in order to facilitate this, expensive grid infrastructure to carry the power south is needed and where is the money going to come from? Large wind farms may be possible again in the longer term but in order to facilitate this, expensive grid infrastructure to carry the power south is needed and where is the money going to come from?

]]> By: Andy Mindel http://www.windenergyplanning.com/little-or-large-wind-farms-to-meet-our-targets/comment-page-1/#comment-2 Andy Mindel Sat, 13 Sep 2008 15:38:41 +0000 http://www.windenergyplanning.com/?p=3#comment-2 The choice is out of our hands, with so much of the land already gone, are large wind farms still even possible? The choice is out of our hands, with so much of the land already gone, are large wind farms still even possible?

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