tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36604103.post3799076898119075855..comments2023-07-14T09:31:38.142+01:00Comments on Paul Robinson's blog: Company not off to a very good start with yet another Spaldington wind farm applicationPaul Robinsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06636206315807459743noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36604103.post-41550157645751167142012-02-18T19:37:05.824+00:002012-02-18T19:37:05.824+00:00RWE haven't listened to a word you've said...RWE haven't listened to a word you've said! Our clerk asked RWE for a copy of the scoping report. They emailed the "scoping report" (all 11.3MB of it). They did not mention or bother to send any of the additional material such as proposed viewpoints or ZTVs.... It is just by chance that we have discovered that ERYC have put these scoping documents on their website. <br />What do wind farm companies expect us to think of them when they repeatedly hide information from us? How can you possibly have a constructive dialogue with such people?Spaldington Mushroomnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36604103.post-7350476696371542482012-02-08T10:48:15.778+00:002012-02-08T10:48:15.778+00:00They might use the words but sensintivity and resp...They might use the words but sensintivity and respect are an alien concept to RWE. <br /><br />You have to feel for the people who have lived with the threat of the Common turbines for the last 3 years, whoose properties would have been so badly affected that they were grounds for the Inspector's decision to refuse. Two of those properties now have the threat of an arc of turbines, at a distance that the Inspector found to be on the threshold of unacceptability for just one turbine.Spaldington Defendernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36604103.post-14633867876527728292012-02-08T10:25:53.806+00:002012-02-08T10:25:53.806+00:00You have to wonder about the ERYC planning officer...You have to wonder about the ERYC planning officers, who at last week's planning committee meeting acted like the proverbial wise monkeys when questions about the number of turbines and their locations were raised; yet the site plan had already been submitted to ERYC.<br /><br />ERYC planners need to be reminded that their role is to fairly scrutinise planning proposals, not facillitate them!Talpanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36604103.post-12544663811640520202012-02-08T09:10:08.933+00:002012-02-08T09:10:08.933+00:00I recognise the legal entitlement of already commi...I recognise the legal entitlement of already commissioned turbines to the supply contract in place. However, just as with the domestic systems, the start of such contract terms must only begin upon commissioning date.<br />Let the unjustifiably advantageous terms be cut and the cluster of leeches will fall away. I also agree that there should be penalties for not supplying in times of demand especially when the energy companies want their deemed generation payment as at present.John in Gilberdykehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00046049063646234734noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36604103.post-22837246444510915052012-02-07T21:51:59.998+00:002012-02-07T21:51:59.998+00:00I have been doing a little bit of research courtes...I have been doing a little bit of research courtesy of the Renewable Energy Foundation's website where you can find the load factors of all the wind farms in the country(ie how much energy they are generating compared to what could be expected from the turbines installed) We knew that this area had some of the lowest wind speeds in the UK - well Rusholme (5 miles away) has a load factor of only 18.7%. Compare this to the load factors of wind farms near the coast such as Lissett with 25.5%, Bagmoor with 27.2% and Out Newton with 31.1% - two thirds as much again to what can be achieved here. SO - if the East Riding has to have more turbines - at least go and put them somewhere where they might generate something like the energy claimed! Or maybe RWE could use an appropriate load factor for this area when they present their calculations of the energy to be generated by the River Valley wind farm.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36604103.post-69859838378426491332012-02-07T21:11:47.996+00:002012-02-07T21:11:47.996+00:00If the government remove the skewed incentive of p...If the government remove the skewed incentive of paying excessive prices for on shore wind generation and stop paying for generation when the grid cannot take the capacity the attraction to these vultures would evaporate. Simples!<br />Alternatively there should be penalties for promising power and failing to deliver because the wind has dropped.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36604103.post-6915751872488433732012-02-07T20:52:56.807+00:002012-02-07T20:52:56.807+00:00I understand that RWE are stating that "Spald...I understand that RWE are stating that "Spaldington is almost 2km away". Do they not realise that Cottage Farm (with 4 turbines only about 750m to 1.1km away), Warham Farm where there are 2 properties only around 750 - 780m from the closest turbine and all the other properties to the south of the river at Welham Bridge are also part of Spaldington? And the houses at the east end of Spaldington Main Street look to me to be only 1.75km..... There is also the little matter of the 4 properties at FirTree,conveniently just off the map to the south (approx 1km from the closest turbine) and Gribthorpe, again conveniently just off the map to the west, approx 1.1km away. Why can't RWE be open and honest rather than hiding behind inaccurate generalisations? Or is that too much to expect from a wind farm company?Spaldington Warriornoreply@blogger.com