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May 18, 2005
Lewis wind farm update
Opposition is hardening to the 234-turbine Lewis wind farm, and experts are pointing out potential environmental damage that could be caused by the project. Fair enough! Lewis may be the wrong place for it.
Nevertheless I understand - and I am open to correction - that we would need a total of 6,850 turbines to replace the electricity currently produced by the two major carbon dioxide emitting coal-fired power stations at Longannet and Cockenzie, let alone the nuclear ones.
Can we afford development of this scale in Scotland, and if so, can we go through all the necessary planning procedures and build the farms fast enough to be effective in reducing emissions? At present we only have about 350 turbines in operation.
news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/4557255.stm
Posted by Simon Holledge at May 18, 2005 06:10 PM
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