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Germany continues to lead the way.

 

http://www.thelocal.de/12917/20080706/

 

Tiefensee told the Welt am Sonntag newspaper that the wind farms would be

built in the Baltic and North seas and said some 2,000 windmills should soon be producing 11,000 megawatts of electricity.

 

The government is aiming to obtain "25,000 megawatts of energy from wind farms by 2030", Tiefensee said.

 

"The rise in the oil price has made this all the more pressing and the interest from investors shows that it is economically viable," he added.

 

The first wind farm will go up off Borkum island in the North Sea later this year, the paper said.

 

 

Very respectable targets! Particularly for a country that's mainly landlocked.

Will be interesting to see how they get on with this.

 

I think this is a great idea that deserves more development:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2008...renewableenergy

 

Floating turbines, which can turn, be shipped/towed in and out of areas etc.

As with all, many practicalities to overcome, but the idea of mobilised generation is an excellent one.

 

 

 

 

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more on shell

http://eureferendum.blogspot.com/2008/07/l...rint-money.html

So, Royal Dutch Shell has agreed to sell its stake in the £2.5 billion London Array, the world's largest offshore wind farm, to Eon and Dong Energy, its former partners....................

and whats changed - they get more rocs/mwh 1.5

http://www.energy-business-review.com/arti...89-A274AA9807B8

and worth noting

..........the 3,000 giant wind turbines than Brown wants built round our coasts will produce a mere 3,000MW, compared with the single Drax coal-fired power station in Yorkshire, which has a capacity of 3,800MW. ......................

Compare also the cost of building his turbines. Estimated at £2.3 million per MW, would be at least £20 billion (the £10 million cost of the solitary 3.5MW turbine recently built in Cromarty, Firth, ran out at £2.8 million per MW), plus the cost of building up to a dozen gas-fired power stations just to provide backup for when the wind is not blowing, and we could get considerably more electricity from two new nuclear power stations at a fraction of the cost..........

 

and dont forget we are paying £100 pa extra on fuel bills and rising for this potty windyness!

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/money/main.jhtm.../ccofgem117.xml

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Not In My Back Yard

Largest UK onshore turbine scuppered

Plans for a 127 metre-high wind turbine next to Dewlay's cheese business off the A6 near Garstang have been rejected.

The company wanted to boost its green credentials by being powered by energy supplied from the towering turbine, which would have stood almost as high as Blackpool Tower.

 

But councillors, worried about the turbine's imact on the flat Wyre countryside, have told cheese company bosses and their backers the project is too big and would be out of place.

 

About 50 residents from the Churchtown area attended yesterday's meeting of Wyre planning committee.

Several of them spoke in the public section of the meeting, voicing worries about noise, environmental impact and the affect on wildlife.

 

In the debate among councillors, Coun Tom Balmain (Garstang) said: "It is a massive structure. I consider it would be a complete blot on the landscape and out of character with the area."

 

Coun Marlene Colby (Fleetwood) said she was a supporter of wind-generated power, but she had been "gobmsacked" by the scale of the Delway proposal.

 

Coun David Sharples, whose Catterall ward includes the Dewlay site, praised the commercial success of the award-winning cheese firm, but said he could not support the turbine.

He said: "It is incongrous to the local scene. It is massive - the largest one on land in the country."

 

The only support came from Coun Ron Shewan (Fleetwood) who said green energy was the way forward and the health risk from 'flicker' from the Dewlay turbine had been overplayed by the scheme's opponents.

Several parish councils in the greater Garstang area has also submitted objections.

 

* The company working with Dewlay on the plan, Wind Direct of Lancaster, is to appeal against the decision, which is likely to mean a public inquiry later this year or next year.

 

So coal fired power is better for the environment and more sustainable than wind? About time the planning regulations changed to accommodate the building of turbines? I believe a friend of mine is going to be working on the appeal against the planners decision. The comments from the public at the bottom of the article are all supportive.

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http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/hampshire/8177742.stm

 

I've been following this a little bit on the news. The only wind turbine manufacturer in the UK is closing....

 

Could it be that wind power is losing it's appeal in the UK ? or is this yet another thing our government is overlooking ? They'll bail out Banks, Automakers, insurers etc, why not this ?

 

Can a UK plant compete with other counties around the world, looks like Vestas don't think so.

 

 

 

 

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http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/hampshire/8177742.stm

 

I've been following this a little bit on the news. The only wind turbine manufacturer in the UK is closing....

 

Could it be that wind power is losing it's appeal in the UK ? or is this yet another thing our government is overlooking ? They'll bail out Banks, Automakers, insurers etc, why not this ?

 

Can a UK plant compete with other counties around the world, looks like Vestas don't think so.

 

 

Maybe thats the problem, just cheaper to build overseas and ship in whenever demand dictates?

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Totals of wind farms that have been built over the last few years:

 

Currently Total built: 13 (713.5 MW) – looks like some big farms have been built so far this year

 

2008 Total built: 33 (524.8 MW)

 

2007 Total built: 29 (451.85 MW)

 

2006 Total built: 21 (627.25 MW)

 

2005 Total built: 22 (466.85 MW)

 

2004 Total built: 12 (241.98 MW)

 

http://www.bwea.com/ukwed/index.asp

 

 

Who know's, maybe Vestas have got "Wind" that demand is suddenly going to go in decline.

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Who know's, maybe Vestas have got "Wind" that demand is suddenly going to go in decline.

 

Dont think so! More to the point as for demand well

Energy group Centrica is poised to give the go-ahead for a giant £1bn wind farm in the next two months.

 

But turbines for the project off Skegness, Lincolnshire, are likely to be bought from German manufacturer Siemens, fuelling the row over the closure of the Vestas wind turbine factory on the Isle of Wight...........

 

Centrica said: 'The supply chain for the wind turbine industry in this country is very weak.

 

'It is unfortunate there are no manufacturers here. The potential is huge.'

 

Centrica's plans to buy 70 turbines from Germany will heap further embarrassment on the Government, which has promised thousands of new 'green' jobs as a result of its drive for 10,000 wind turbines in Britain by 2020.

 

 

 

http://www.thisismoney.co.uk/markets/artic...=moretopstories

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