PLANS FOR ANOTHER EIGHT WIND TURBINES IN FENLAND.
EIGHT extra wind turbines could be erected in Fenland if two planning applications are approved today (Wednesday).
The Co-operative Group Ltd wants to add an extra seven turbines on land north of the existing Coldham wind farm where there are eight turbines and TCI Renewables wants to put one turbine on the Anglian Water site at Creek Road in March.
March Town Council and Christchurch Parish Council are not happy with the Coldham plan.
March councillors have called for Fenland Council to refuse the plan until the district council has a policy on wind turbines.
PLANS FOR ANOTHER EIGHT WIND TURBINES IN FENLAND. | Article from Fenland Citizen (Wisbech, England) | HighBeam Research
FENLAND: Community completely and bitterly divided over turbines, MP tells Parliament
A community completely and bitterly divided over proposals for wind turbines is how Marshland St James was described in Parliament. MP for North West Norfolk Henry Bellingham called into question the efficiency of small clusters of onshore turbines. He said: "Putting small clusters of eight, nine or 10 turbines onshore does untold environmental damage, for very little gain ...Government subsidies are effectively being used by developers to achieve what is known locally as the Tesco factor: if one has enough money and one keeps coming back, one will eventually overwhelm the planning inspectorate - and even persuade local people, who have to use their own money to appeal, that it is not worth the fight." www.windaction.org | FENLAND: Community completely and bitterly divided over turbines, MP tells Parliament
Personally, I am for them. They are an elegant form of green energy.