Wind Farm cancelled

[Javelin]

Not sure if this is new news or old but it was new to me.

I knew about the birds stopping the London Array expansion but I heard today that,
the outer Gabbard windfarm looks like it's been cancelled due to a reduction in Gov subsidy.
It also calls into question all the other planned expansion schemes that the Scottish and Southern Energy had on the books.

Is this the beginning of the end or the end of the beginning ?

If they do continue I really wish they would learn how to build them on sandbanks and not in deep-ish water.

 

[pvb]

It's not really a "Gov subsidy" though, is it? It's a consumers' subsidy, adding massively to our already soaring bills. Wind power is economically disastrous, and it's high time common sense prevailed.

 

[DavidofMersea]

It's not really a "Gov subsidy" though, is it? It's a consumers' subsidy, adding massively to our already soaring bills. Wind power is economically disastrous, and it's high time common sense prevailed.

...or as one not very intelligent solar panel salesman said to me as he was trying to sell me solar panels "It is the poor subsidizing the rich who can afford to buy solar panels"

 

[FullCircle]

...or as one not very intelligent solar panel salesman said to me as he was trying to sell me solar panels "It is the poor subsidizing the rich who can afford to buy solar panels"

Great line..... I guess he didn't make a sale?

 

[Cantata]

Nonetheless it looks like the extension to the Kentish Flats farm is going ahead, one row along the south side and two more along the west side. Vattenfall have been out there recently doing survey work and the plans for the onshore work have been published.

 

[Javelin]

I watch the support boats go out every day, blasting past Southwold from Lowestoft at 16 to 20 knots.
I talked to a mate who sails on one and he say's they use 1000 litres of diesel per day on their boat,
there must be 5 or 6 such boats from Lowestoft,
which equates to a hell of a lot of diesel being burnt in the name of being green.

 

[sailorman]

I watch the support boats go out every day, blasting past Southwold from Lowestoft at 16 to 20 knots.
I talked to a mate who sails on one and he say's they use 1000 litres of diesel per day on their boat,
there must be 5 or 6 such boats from Lowestoft,
which equates to a hell of a lot of diesel being burnt in the name of being green.

try a forum search on the subject

 

[Javelin]

ooops sorry SM,
will try and be more observant in future.

 

[sailorman]

ooops sorry SM,
will try and be more observant in future.

loadsa stuff in the lounge

 

[NUTMEG]

loadsa stuff in the lounge

Where it belongs?

 

[sailorman]

Where it belongs?

as does this posting