New appeal into Brightenber wind turbines to be heard in public (From Craven Herald)
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New appeal into Brightenber wind turbines to be heard in public
8:00am Friday 18th January 2013 in News
Skipton and Ripon MP Julian Smith, who has opposed the applications
A second appeal into proposals to build a wind farm near Gargrave is to be heard at a public hearing, it was confirmed this week.
Energiekontor has appealed after Craven District Council refused its revised plans to build wind turbines on farmland owned by Robert Metcalfe at Brightenber Hill.
The original application for five 100-metre-high turbines was refused by the council in 2009 and then thrown out on appeal to the Planning Inspectorate in March, 2010.
The company submitted a second application two years later for a reduced scheme of three turbines. That was also refused by the council’s planning committee last September.
The appeal was due to be dealt with by written representations, but will now be heard at a public hearing at a date to be set.
Skipton and Ripon MP Julian Smith, who has opposed the applications, said: “When I met the Planning Inspectorate last month I made the case for this appeal to be held in public so all sides could have their voice properly heard.”
Comments(5)
save energy
says...
7:54am Sat 19 Jan 13
For a flavor of the ROC subsidy’s WE have been forced to pay to (mainly foreign ) windfarm developers.
See- http://www.variablep
itch.co.uk/stations/
map/
Expand the map to see the area you are interested in.
Click on a site,
Click on ‘View details’.
Totals are at bottom of page.
Sit down before you read them (& have smelling salts handy),
These are the OFGEM monthly payment figures.
In excess of £1 billion was given away in 2012,
The ROC scheme pays developers cash at these levels….. until 2037 !!
Allan Whitehead
says...
9:41am Sat 19 Jan 13
save energy wrote:Save energy,
Sorry can’t give subsidy payments for manufacture ….but…
For a flavor of the ROC subsidy’s WE have been forced to pay to (mainly foreign ) windfarm developers.
See- http://www.variablep
itch.co.uk/stations/
map/
Expand the map to see the area you are interested in.
Click on a site,
Click on ‘View details’.
Totals are at bottom of page.
Sit down before you read them (& have smelling salts handy),
These are the OFGEM monthly payment figures.
In excess of £1 billion was given away in 2012,
The ROC scheme pays developers cash at these levels….. until 2037 !!
Thank you for that most enlightening information.
save energy
says...
11:25am Sat 19 Jan 13
Allan Whitehead wrote:My pleasure,
save energy wrote:Save energy,
Sorry can’t give subsidy payments for manufacture ….but…
For a flavor of the ROC subsidy’s WE have been forced to pay to (mainly foreign ) windfarm developers.
See- http://www.variablep
itch.co.uk/stations/
map/
Expand the map to see the area you are interested in.
Click on a site,
Click on ‘View details’.
Totals are at bottom of page.
Sit down before you read them (& have smelling salts handy),
These are the OFGEM monthly payment figures.
In excess of £1 billion was given away in 2012,
The ROC scheme pays developers cash at these levels….. until 2037 !!
Thank you for that most enlightening information.
You may find the following of use –
Renewables Obligation Generators,
There are currently 2,916 generators totaling 12,266 MW in the database.
http://www.ref.org.u
k/roc-generators/
This site gives UK Grid status - demand & generation by fuels.….. now + Day, Wk, Mth, Yr, history.
* Caution *, scales are all different so don’t compare at first glance !! Look at the figures !! http://www.gridwatch
.templar.co.uk/
• Map of Europe showing RWE’s ‘green’ plants – live production data –
– nb capacity in MW but output in kW
http://www.rwe.com/w
eb/cms/en/206488/rwe
-innogy/sites/produc
tion-data-live/rwe-r
enewable-energy-live
/
List of UK windfarms - http://www.thewindpo
wer.net/country_wind
farms_en_8_united-ki
ngdom.php
Map of UK windfarms - http://www.thewindpo
wer.net/country_maps
_en_8_united-kingdom
.php
More world data on this site - http://www.thewindpo
wer.net/index.php
pjl20
says...
12:01pm Tue 22 Jan 13
A huge plan exists for many more wind turbines on Forest Moor, west of Harrogate. if approval is given to Kelda at the Penny Pot Lane site, just south of the A59 road. That location will become the biggest wind farm in Northern England if approved, as many are waiting in the wings to make further planning applications.
Naturally hundreds of the local residents have lodged letters of objection with the local council planning authority.
Why, when local MPs such as Julian Smith (Skipton & Ripon) and Kris Hopkins (Keighley & Ilkley) are so against wind turbine developments does the Energy Secretary Ed Davey, not listen to these objections?
The cost of renewable energy subsidies is appearing on our domestic energy bills all the time.
Why?
Allan Whitehead says...
9:37am Fri 18 Jan 13
Surely, it is the principle that has been refused.
When this appeal his heard and if by chance the inspectorate agrees with the planning officers recommendations will that be an end to the matter? Alternatively, will the applicant still have the right to submit another application for wind turbines within the same area?
Could anyone, hopefully Julian Smith MP should be able to get an answer. If I were one of his constituents, I would be asking the following Question “Under the Freedom of Information Act”
How much subsidies do these companies receive in the manufacture of these alternative power generation? Example wind turbines and solar panels.