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Originally Posted by katex

11/09/0098 Erection of 9m high Wind Turbine Accrington Academy Queens Road West
Accrington Lancashire 18/03/2009
BB5 4FF
Lancashire County Council and Catalyst Lend Lease
Don't you like wind turbines .. I think they are bootiful !
May have been some sort of condition to allow it to go through?

Thought the application had only just gone in, and not been before the committee yet.
As for not liking wind turbines, I do not think they are the answer to the problem.
Like those on scout moor, crown point and now hapton, they don't run when the wind blows.

Funny though, how authorities view applications in a different way.
Son has just related a story in the Planning magazine with regard to Biomass power (yeh, know where they use rotting fruit, etc, and produces methane gas to power turbines).

Think residents living near to whinney hill could tell you a thing or two about methane gas.
They do have 2/3 CHP units burning methane and producing electricity up there, so not all the gas is escaping

Cardiff had an application for one on their docks, but was turned down as thought it was too near populated areas .. like wouldn't be pleasant for residents to have wagons rolling up with this 'fuel'.

Not all biomass boilers burn "rotting fruit" some burn woodchip and or wood pellets, in fact I think Lancashire county council may have installed some in their schools

Remeha Commercial Site UK: Biomass Range : Biomass Range

Remeha Commercial Site UK: News details[tt_news]=45&tx_ttnews[backPid]=338&cHash=ba2499666e

Even though the wood is from a sustainable source the woodchips, pellets have got to be manufactured ?

I don't know what the answer is but I don't think wind farms are the answer

The installation of the CHP units at whinney hill is a step in the right direction, since the tip is a good source of methane gas and will be for several years.