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WIND FARM ACTION GROUP
Veto On Rural Turbine EXpansion
WIND FARM ACTION GROUP
Veto On Rural Turbine EXpansion
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Without these experts there is absolutely no doubt that the appeal would have been lost in the first few days.
Vortex and all of the residents owe a huge debt of thanks to the effort, on our behalf that has been put into our case by Miss Tina Douglass (counsel); Ms Michelle Bolger (Landscape) Mr Peter Kendall (Planning); Mr Graham Parry (Noise); Mr Steven Gower (Bats) and also to both our MPs Owen Paterson and Bill Cash; the County council representatives Brian Gillow and Frank Chapman and the CPRE representatives - the Rev. Whitehead and Vivian Hancock - who all spoke so well on our behalf.
We would also like to thank the Vortex witnesses who gave evidence on behalf of all of the residents and also those residents that have taken the time and the trouble to put their views to the inspector.
we think he will go away with absolutely no doubt about the strength of the opposition that the residents have against this inappropriate proposal.
Many people have also shown their support by attending the inquiry daily.
Without these experts there is absolutely no doubt that the appeal would have been lost in the first few days.
Vortex and all of the residents owe a huge debt of thanks to the effort, on our behalf that has been put into our case by Miss Tina Douglass (counsel); Ms Michelle Bolger (Landscape) Mr Peter Kendall (Planning); Mr Graham Parry (Noise); Mr Steven Gower (Bats) and also to both our MPs Owen Paterson and Bill Cash; the County council representatives Brian Gillow and Frank Chapman and the CPRE representatives -
we think he will go away with absolutely no doubt about the strength of the opposition that the residents have against this inappropriate proposal.
Many people have also shown their support by attending the inquiry daily.
The public inquiry is now complete and we must await the result.
The planning inspector will, however, be wandering around the area checking the details of the claims made by all witnesses at the inquiry, over the next few weeks.
As soon as we have any information regarding the result - we will publish it on this site.
The planning inspector will, however, be wandering around the area checking the details of the claims made by all witnesses at the inquiry, over the next few weeks.
As soon as we have any information regarding the result -
Nobel laureate:
Wind is not the future
Jack Steinberger, the 1968 Nobel Prize winner in physics and director of CERN’s particle-physics laboratory, spoke at a conference of Nobel laureates at the 350-year-old Royal Society in London last week.
His conclusion: “Wind is not the future,” according to the London Times.Steinberger says Europe should cancel its big wind plans and that solar energy is the future.
Historical resources in the energy-hungry world are being depleted, he said, predicting that fossil fuels, coal, and oil will be gone in 60 years. But the solution, he asserted, is not wind power.
The reason? Wind power still requires backup power when the wind isn’t blowing, and that decreases its contribution to emissions reductions.
On the other hand, solar thermal power–where collectors concentrate sunlight using mirrors and lenses to produce electric power and heat–is already economical and can handle the storage problem, he said. The heat produced can be stored, enabling solar thermal plants to produce electricity during hours without sunlight.
Steinberger now wants funding for a big pilot project.
By Erik Palm
CNET News
1 June 2009
Wind is not the future
Jack Steinberger, the 1968 Nobel Prize winner in physics and director of CERN’s particle-
Historical resources in the energy-
On the other hand, solar thermal power–where collectors concentrate sunlight using mirrors and lenses to produce electric power and heat–is already economical and can handle the storage problem, he said. The heat produced can be stored, enabling solar thermal plants to produce electricity during hours without sunlight.
Steinberger now wants funding for a big pilot project.
By Erik Palm
CNET News
1 June 2009
View across Westlands Dorrington Lane