“Reverting to the comment made - What happens When there is no Wind - For your info dmh Sussex if they have put the Wind Turbines up then for sure there will be enough wind - Extensive Research is made before making such huge investments - A 3MW offshore Turbine for example costs somewhere in the region of 1+Million Pounds - & at least 20 Turbines would have been used to create a small Wind Farm. Today Developers use expensive Software to Check Data in any one area at advance stages of the project - In fact before the turbines are up they even know in advance how much power they will produce over any given time. The projects are usually fully paid up within the first 3 years and for the life time of the turbines ( 20 years on average ) the rest is profit. One Cost saving factor that should have been considered initially was which brand was to be used - The european Brands cost on average 40% more than ones of the very same quality produced in China now for example - So a lot of money could have been saved making the right selection at the start - Naturally these projects are for the most part passed at regional level & political level and many factors can influence the selection of which type of Turbine to use or rather who's turbine to use. The cost of researching the ideal position for just one Pole ( turbine Position) will cost around 30,000 Euro x teach turbine, so multiply that by 20 and you can start to understand the costs - the after costs are interesting too - For a yearly oil change up on the top area where the blades turn it can reach around 50,000 Euro per Oil change each single Change - Multiply that by 20 and you can again start to imagine- ''' I'd like to be the contracted party who will look after these Turbines for life" I wonder who was nominated for this lucrative Job ?- I guess that is also public information?? The good thing is that Each single Turbine is capable of producing an extra 1,000,000 Euro of excess energy per year for You and the people that live in your area - Thus speaking the cost of your electricity might remain at a good price for many years to come - so you better prey for wind my friend,,,,,,,,,Regards Mark”

“Climategate has proved that Global Warming/Climate change is just a scam so why are we still wasting money on this discredited technology. dmh, Sussex


So you go along with that comforting theory then? BUT what happens when you are proved wrong?

Does not those one in a thousand year flood events, which happen each month, start you thinking for yourself then?”

“All forms of power generation have limited efficiency - what is important is to consider the side effects of each form of generation, eg. CO2 or nuclear waste or diesel particulates, to ensure that the benefit of power is not outweighed by other problems.”

“What happens when there is no wind or the wind speed is too high.Turbines only work in a small window of wind speeds
The country needs reliable power generation not windmills.Climategate has proved that Global Warming/Climate change is just a scam so why are we still wasting money on this discredited technology.”