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Equality for generators



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The operators of nuclear power stations are required to make provision for the cost, not only of dealing with their radioactive waste, but of decommissioning the stations and eventually dismantling them and returning the sites to "greenfield" status (unnecessary because a new station would probably be built on the site). This provision is reflected in the price they charge for their electricity.
But what provision is made for the decommissioning and eventual removal of renewable generation plants? As far as I know, hydro-electric operators make no provision for the removal of their stations, certainly not for the removal of the dams and restoration of the drowned valleys to their original state. What provision do the operators of wind farms make for the eventual removal of the towers, their huge concrete bases, drainage, cabling and roadways?

All generators of electricity should make the same provision for removal of their plant.

STEUART CAMPBELL
Dovecot Loan
Edinburgh





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  • Last Updated: 06 July 2008 8:14 PM
  • Source: The Scotsman
  • Location: Edinburgh
 
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Neil,

Glasgow 07/07/2008 11:07:52
Jasom Ormiston of the Renewable Energy Assocition has promised that all windfarm owners will undo the damage in due course. However since it is very much easier to pour 1,000 tons of conctret than to chip it out & indeed they are not being forced to put funds aside it is very difficult to see how that promise is of value.
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nabodican,

Rural Scotland 07/07/2008 15:25:33
Jason Ormiston is not exactly famous for telling the truth. The concrete bases are to be covered with earth and left.
I don't see that there will ever be a requirement to dismantle a hydro power station

 

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