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Wind turbine plan becalmed

1:00pm Saturday 15th December 2007

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PLANS to build a wind turbine by the M4, near Swindon, have been blown off course after a clash between green energy evangelists and countryside campaigners.

The plan by landowners Matt and Rachael Partridge was to build the turbine near Membury services - but protests from horse trainers, glider pilots, and countryside campaigners saw it turned down by West Berkshire District Council. The company Energy4All, which is working on turbines at Westmill Farm at Watchfield, was to have built the turbines.

It said it was disappointed by the decision.

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Tony Hillier, Old Walcot says...
3:08pm Sat 15 Dec 07

appeal

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Woody, Old Town, Swindon says...
3:55pm Sat 15 Dec 07

AHHHH this annoys me, Everyone complains about "we need to go Green" when there is proposal of a power station for "green power" people get arsey about it.. Hypocrites!!!!

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Al Smith, Swindon, UK says...
4:04pm Sat 15 Dec 07

Countryside campainers - aka we're city folk who've bought a house in the country "to get away with it all".

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LordBelacqua, Swindon says...
5:06pm Sat 15 Dec 07

For a second there, I thought that was about the one planned for Windmill Hill.

On another note - hypocrites.

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john c, swindon says...
6:36pm Sat 15 Dec 07

Let's go green, What about a windturbine?
Not In My Back Yard.
HYPOCRITES

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Robin Harris, Swindon says...
11:09am Sun 16 Dec 07

You have to accept that there are anti's for almost everything. I fortunately form my own opinions.

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CK, Swindon says...
2:47pm Sun 16 Dec 07

Wind turbines aren't exactly that brilliant. Don't work when there's no wind, kill many birds etc. and they're an eyesore - worse than the awful looking electricity pylons. At least the birds can sit on them.

You would think in this day and age someone could come up with a better solution.

Solar power is one way but tends to be very expensive. Why?

Also, this is an island and we have waves. Lots of waves. Why can't wave power be harnessed?

To me, solar power is the way to go but it needs to become affordable. If everyone had solar panels installed, that would save a lot of energy but again solar panel manufacturers have priced themselves out of the market.

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Grumpy, Swindon says...
6:39pm Sun 16 Dec 07

Nuclear, the only practical solution.

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Robin Harris, Swindon says...
7:03pm Sun 16 Dec 07

All these green energy proposal cost £billions and do not appear to have durable lifespans.

The best option would be to reduce our energy use which would in turn reduce emissions. If we do it right and build on this over the years it could provide the most durable solution.

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