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Planners urge approval for 14 turbines



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COUNCILLORS will today be warned that continued opposition to a controversial wind farm in Highland Perthshire may be futile.
And they will be urged to back plans for the erection of 14 giant wind turbines, each 100 metres high, on a stretch of elevated moorland between Glen Cochill and Glen Quaich at Calliacher, south of Aberfeldy.

Nick Brian, the development quality manager for Perth and Kinross told councillors: "Any decision by the council other than a conditional approval would be unjustified and could potentially result in a PLI inquiry, which the council is unlikely to satisfactorily defend."





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1

Padraig,

07/05/2008 06:15:41
I thought that these huge windmills had been totally discredited as ineffective in many wind conditions - except, apparently, in Perth & Kinross at least so far as Aberfeldy is concerned!

See http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/02/27/disintegrating_turbine/

The councillors should consider the quality of advice that they are getting from their "development quality manager"!
2

Unimpressed one,

07/05/2008 08:19:29
#1, they have been thoroughly discredited in terms of their efficiency, aesthetic appeal and contribution to reducing CO2 emissions. However as a money spinner, they are still second to none:

"LAVISH subsidies and high electricity prices have turned Britain’s onshore wind farms into an extraordinary moneyspinner, with a single turbine capable of generating £500,000 of pure profit per year.

According to new industry figures, a typical 2 megawatt (2MW) turbine can now generate power worth £200,000 on the wholesale markets - plus another £300,000 of subsidy from taxpayers.

Since such turbines cost around £2m to build and last for 20 or more years, it means they can pay for themselves in just 4-5 years and then produce nothing but profit."
3

Boy Wonder,

07/05/2008 10:24:54
Say NO to these unwanted erections!!!

 

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