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"In the next 12 years, 7,000 wind turbines will spring up across the hills and around the coasts of Britain, in a £60bn renewable energy programme outlined by Gordon Brown. They will be the highly visible symbols of what the Prime Minister called "the most drastic change in our energy policy since the advent of nuclear power" – a shift to producing at least a third of UK electricity from carbon-free renewable sources, compared to under 5 per cent today.

The aim, set out in a consultation document that will lead to a formal new strategy, is to cut down the greenhouse gas emissions from conventional power stations that are causing climate change, reduce Britain's reliance on foreign energy supplies, and meet the demanding climate target agreed by EU leaders last year, of providing 20 per cent of Europe's total energy use from renewable sources by 2020 ..."
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11 responses // 7,000 more wind turbines for Great Britain

  • http://current.com/items/89055145_u_s_freezes_solar_ene...
    How do we get these over here when something like this happens to blacklist renewable energy projects?
    googolplexer
  • Wind turbines might not be the answer, but at least some people are trying to change for the better.
    PajamaDan
  • http://independencewind.com/principals
    King drops wind power bomb
    By Mainebiz news staff (04/16/08)

    Former Governor Angus King has challenged Maine to build an enormous off-shore wind farm to power the entire state.

    At a speech he gave yesterday at Bowdoin College in Brunswick, King said the state should build a $15 billion network of 1,000 wind turbines 26 miles off the Maine coast to break the state's dependence on oil and thwart an economic catastrophe, the Portland Press Herald reports.

    He said by 2020, oil could soar to $300 a barrel. "Filling up your [car's gas] tank will be $200. To fill up the [heating oil] tank in your basement with oil -- $2,000," the paper quoted King as saying.

    King is working on two wind farm projects proposed for the mountains of Western Maine.
    CarolynGillis
  • Before I thought Britians "green look" was all talk, but for once though I'm seeing promises being acted out and goals being reached. Change for the better?
    ipodrulz
  • Better watch out!

    These turbines are NOISY and they are LIGHT POLLUTERS too:

    Sporting blinking Strobe lights if they are higher than 200 ft tall!

    24/7/365!
    PatrickEdwardMurray
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  • FYI...

    The industry standard appears to be 400 ft for these turbines!
    PatrickEdwardMurray
  • Patrick maybe these in Maine off the shore are a better idea...still noisy perhaps but not as much of a problem to people anyway..maybe worth the trade off environmentally. I am not sure how noisy they actually are.

    "26 miles off the Maine coast to break the state's dependence on oil and thwart an economic catastrophe, the Portland Press Herald reports".
    CarolynGillis
  • Offshore, they will probably be ok especially if around 25 miles or so off the coast.

    I have heard from sources that live near these behemoths that they are noisy.

    Currently, many of us are battling a proposed Wind Farm that will be located only about 11 miles north of the

    2nd International Dark Sky Park, Cherry Springs State Park in Potter County Pennsylvania, USA.:

    http://data.nextrionet.com/site/idsa/Press%20Release%20...

    This Wind Farm, if built, will be comprised of 79 or 80 400 ft Wind Turbines topped with 2,000 Candela Bright
    (2000 candles at a 1 ft distance) red or white strobe lights.

    Of course, this will begin to degrade the wonderful view of the night sky, that most Americans never see. Now, it would be one thing if this was the only proposal but we know that several companies are very, very interested in Potter & surrounding counties for their own Wind Farms.

    Consequently, we are afraid that soon, within a few years, the wonderful view of the Milky Way (it's so dark that our home Galaxy actually casts shadows) will be degraded so much because of the strobe lights and because of the sprawl that will probably come to the area as it does when new development happens if local officials are not really very careful!
    PatrickEdwardMurray
  • that will help the energy promblem for the meant time.
    Just make sure to scrape off the birds that got caught in the turbines.
    ELCID_THE_GREAT

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