Wind Power: The Great Debate

John Constable and Ben Pile can be seen here debating wind power with Jonathan Porritt and Andrew Garrad, at the Cheltenham Science Festival.

There was an interesting moment during the debate when Jonathan Porritt inferred that wind turbine noise was not a real problem. Both John Constable and Ben Pile told him that they knew people who suffered from it, but he did not appear to believe them. Andrew Gerrard (from the Wind Industry) kept quiet.

Even the Green Party in North Devon is now (since Fullabrook Down Wind Farm became operational) reluctantly admitting that wind turbine noise can cause suffering - but there are no wind farms in Cheltenham where Jonathan Porritt, and perhaps most of the audience at this deabte, live.

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The Danish Experience

Denmark's Wind Power Experience: Costs and Consequences

Watch this interview on YouTube with Martin Agerup of CEPOS and Hugh Sharman of Incoteco discussing Denmark's experience with wind energy.

Denmark produces the equivalent of 20% of their electricity from wind,
but they must export most of it to neighboring countries.
Often this electricity is sold for much less than it costs to produce it, and the Danish taxpayer pays the difference.

"New figures show the lights may go out sooner than we thought"

"Figures published last week reveal that the moment when Britain’s lights start going out may be much closer than previously predicted."...
A must-read article by Christopher Booker in today's Sunday Telegraph: