Has anyone out there got wind turbines close to there homes?

I live in a small village in Nottingham called Bilsthorpe to which a proposal has been put into our local council for 7 fookin wind turbines.

I am not a happy chappy in the least.

These turbines are 360 foot high (higher than Big Ben)

I would like only serious feedback on this issue, to how close they are to you, noise, and effect on house prices?

Thanks in advance.

Clayton pissed off Borg.

 

there isnt any actually next to my house there are on a hill local to me, to be honest i have no problem with them and dont see why u should really, they are massive tho!

think they look kinda cool in a way, and as for the noise, they do make some noise but dontthink it would be enough to bother you in a house,

and not sure about house prices either, like i said im not all that botherd by them but seems theres a lot that dont like them so think it would have a negative effect on prices

cheers Ric

 

buy a kite

 

Theres some about 5 miles from me, a row of about 16 of em, dunno if locals objected but what would you prefer mate, a replica of Ratcliffe Power Station on your doorstep instead ? Least there quiet, clean, low maintenance.

 

Ideal case of the NIMBY effect (not in my back yard)

Great ideas wind mills... free and cheap electricity and the way forward in the long run... very good idea

As long as I dont have to have them anywhere near where I live.

Jake

 

Its noise when your in the garden thats important to me too.

Cheers though.

Been told that houses will loose 20%

 

No wonder your name is bad company, serious comments only.

Thanks for the crack though. NOT

 

Why dont they put them up where power stations are positioned, its not rocket science?

 

they only work with wind over 5mph by the way

piss poor for kites SO YOURS MUST BE A GOOD AREA

i was going to post some info for you and pics as i live by some

but from your reply

as ive said to much already READ BELOW

 

lol

 

Because power stations are positioned near Rivers, main roads, populated areas for the workforce etc.....WindMills need Wind lol, therefore it's better to place them high up on exposed places where dare i say it, Wind might blow.

 

power stations lets think a moment



http://www.lakestay.co.uk/1957.htm

lets change the name

if your that intrested do a google search

YOU IP address might get flagged as a bomber though

wind power dont kill sheep

the new name is FLAGGED by the way

 

Its not as simple as that. I work for a consultancy that does a lot of wind feasibility work. There are actually very few places in the UK that are suitable. As someone said above, the wind speed has to be over 6m/s to make a turbine financially viable. The planning process is quite rigourous though, so I'd take the opportunity to make your feelings known if you are that much against them. I'd also spend a bit of time doing some research as I think you'll find they are not as bad as you think

 

 

imo the wind turbine is a thing of beauty. i'm not sure that i'd have the same view if one was erected in my back yard and the rotation noise kept me awake (if that can happen? )

we all need electricity, and i think that it's better to get it from a natural renewable source than oil, gas etc if possible. i'm no hippy, i'm an engineer, but give me a wind turbine in the countryside over another sizewell (or any other conventional or nuclear power station) anyday.

 

I think they are lovely things to look at/watch, i' be happy for them to be erected around me

 

This doesn't look too bad

 

Rather have a big windmill than a sub/power station in my back yard.

There are plans to have them up on Saddleworth near us, some of the rich tossers around there dont want them as they say its a detriment to the countryside, but using oil/gas etc it detrimental to our later children.

Get over it, 12 months down the line you would have forgotten about it and prob be moaning about something else.

 

I make them so I'm biased lol

I don't see the problem with them, they're far more efficient at producing power than fossil fuels, don't generate as much pollution and they don't look that bad really

If anyone wants any info on them I'd be more than happy to grab it from work

 

Who do you work for Wes?

Paul.

 

I make bits for them so Im also biased

Been over to denmark where there are far more than the UK and although you see them everywhere you dont really hear them, I guess on a really windy day you might hear them a bit, but if its that windy you wont be in your garden

 

I work for a Danish company called Vestas Paul, apparently the biggest supplier of them in the world

 

I liked the link above about the sellafield fire. I find nuclear disasters really fascinating, actually. Any more?

 

OK cool, heard of them almost bought some shares a while ago, not sure how I would have done.

 

well Vestas took over the company I started working for (NEG Micon) so I would imagine you would have done alright

 

I have about 30 of them with in a few miles of my house. The noise they make is minimal even when your beside them. I think they look pretty cool and have'nt made any difference to house prices plus as some of the guys said would you rather have a big coal burning power station close to you of a nuclear plant.

 

I think they are a fantastic idea and would be happy to see more of them in this country, regardless of their positioning

20% of house prices nearby would be great for the first time buyers too

 

Clayton,
better having the windmills than the huge power station near you that already exists !

 

Why don't we just build more nuclear power stations rather than spending money on all these windmills?

Our energy needs are going UP not down, and yet we seem to think that these methods of power are going to cut the mustard? Kids doing GCSE Geography are taught that renewable energy like Wind power will only create a fraction of that needed by the likes of the UK, so why bother at all?

I say spend the money on Nuclear power stations and making things more energy efficient - I particularly like the recent news about products making standby modes obsolete as this accounts for a huge amount of wasted power! (I must admit I'm guilty of it though).

Andy

 

I can pull up som stats that would frighten you as to how bad we are.

If everyone in the UK had ONE energy efficient light bulb it would save enough energy to power the UK's street lights for a year

 

Not a fan of nuclear power, it may be cleaner in many respects to burning gas or oil but you're still left with a great big dirty load of radioactive waste that you have to find a home for. I personally like wind farms, think they look really good on a landscape and if you complimented it with another form of renewable energy I'm sure it'd give us all enough energy to live on

 

they facinate the life out of me, when you think each one is 3.2m around the base, each blade weighs over a 1ton and is 22m in length and the generator sat on top of the pole weighs 17 tonnes. Thats a pretty impressive structure in my view. In fact i want one!! What is really a shame is that they are not a british product and they stand on 20tonnes of concrete. Amazingly each one takes 2 days to erect

 

22M length? Bah, thats a baby compared to what we build

Try a 40M blade which weighs about 6 tonnes

 

They are sticking them in the sea now aren't they.

 

"calm down dear"


we have 6 of these on site at work and to be honest unless youre sat underneath them you cant hear a thing! you'd be disturbed more in your garden if next door farted in the bath!!!

 

the bullshit that goes around about wind turbines is unreal, the best one I heard was that they cause sheep to go mad (I never got told why)

 

says a guy with a cossie that does 12 mpg..