Whitehall’s made its decision about wind farms in Clocaenog. The answer to the question of whether the developers get their way at Tir Mostyn near Llanfihangel Glyn Myfyr is not surprisingly, ‘yes’.
The UK government’s decision (for it has to be them when over 50 MW of power) will mean an initial increase of 85MW of capacity, joining those already erected or planned (following local or Cardiff inspectors’ decisions).
It will be the start of a process that may see the clear felling of what some feel is up to 50 per cent of Coedwig Clocaenog Forest and the planting of turbines across wild Hiraethog. Derwen’s Prof Peter Cobbold suggests at completion there will be a total of 170 turbines generating some 700MW. Each turbine could be up to 400 feet tall.
When all turbines are ready, what are the consequences? A saving in global carbon dioxide equivalent to what Cobbold suggests will be just three jumbo jets.
And then there’s the loss of amenity in the forest, the negative impact on tourism, the unsightly views from as far away as the Clwyd Gate, the local noise. And the jobs created (but how many?). And the reason why Denbighshire council decided against one recent application was owing to the rospect of flooding after clear felling of forest.
Turbines will attract subsidy for it developers, estimated in total by Cobbold at £140m each year. So, is this industrialisation of rural Rhuthun on a large scale? Or is this just scare mongering?
And isn’t it all our faults for demanding increases of between one and two per cent in electricity generated per annum? And it's better than nuclear, right?
The UK government’s decision (for it has to be them when over 50 MW of power) will mean an initial increase of 85MW of capacity, joining those already erected or planned (following local or Cardiff inspectors’ decisions).
It will be the start of a process that may see the clear felling of what some feel is up to 50 per cent of Coedwig Clocaenog Forest and the planting of turbines across wild Hiraethog. Derwen’s Prof Peter Cobbold suggests at completion there will be a total of 170 turbines generating some 700MW. Each turbine could be up to 400 feet tall.
When all turbines are ready, what are the consequences? A saving in global carbon dioxide equivalent to what Cobbold suggests will be just three jumbo jets.
And then there’s the loss of amenity in the forest, the negative impact on tourism, the unsightly views from as far away as the Clwyd Gate, the local noise. And the jobs created (but how many?). And the reason why Denbighshire council decided against one recent application was owing to the rospect of flooding after clear felling of forest.
Turbines will attract subsidy for it developers, estimated in total by Cobbold at £140m each year. So, is this industrialisation of rural Rhuthun on a large scale? Or is this just scare mongering?
And isn’t it all our faults for demanding increases of between one and two per cent in electricity generated per annum? And it's better than nuclear, right?
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