Wind turbines to power every British home by 2020
They are trying to do something like this around the Cape Cod area, but, Senator Edward Kennedy is blocking it, other wind-mill projects are being blocked by environmental groups for fear of killing birds...
http://www.energy-daily.com/reports/Win ... r_999.html
Dec 10, 2007
Up to 7,000 wind turbines will be installed off the English coast under plans announced by the government on Monday to power every home in Britain with wind-generated electricity by 2020.
"The draft plan I'm setting out today could allow companies to develop 25 gigawatts of offshore wind by 2020, in addition to the eight gigawatts already planned," Energy Secretary John Hutton said in a statement.
The combined 33 gigawatts would produce enough electricity to power 25 million homes.
Re: Wind turbines to power every British home by 2020
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Originally Posted by Midnight Mike
They are trying to do something like this around the Cape Cod area, but, Senator Edward Kennedy is blocking it, other wind-mill projects are being blocked by environmental groups for fear of killing birds...
Sounds reasonable - we keep on polluting the rest of the planet, but we'll save some birds. Great. :roll: That's a really lame excuse for not going ahead with the project. Windmills use far less natural resources and will not pollute the environment - thereby killing two birds with one stone (excuse the ridiculous pun, haha).
Greets,
-Omar S. :D
Re: Wind turbines to power every British home by 2020
Or why not just put a grill around it, sort of like what fans have.
Re: Wind turbines to power every British home by 2020
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Originally Posted by Midnight Mike
They are trying to do something like this around the Cape Cod area, but, Senator Edward Kennedy is blocking it, other wind-mill projects are being blocked by environmental groups for fear of killing birds...
gotta love that! holy cow, people really need to wake up and think these days!
