Turbines 'sinking' fear

Shouldn't have built them in the first place, give us nuclear.

is there a risk for navigation ? is it sinking vertically ?

are we surprised. OH NO WE ARE NOT

Anyone who has lost their boots when walking across wet Essex mud, or observed the progressive sinking of objects in agitated sand, or read of the instability of wet slurry tips knows how dificult it is to keep upright without the problem of a sideways force on a long lever. Some engineer is going to have a lot of explaining to do!

£50 million to fix!! welll done the 'Green Lobby', yet another total waste of money and space. I really cannot believe how many people have been taken in by these schemes, they'll NEVER produce the required energy, they're unsightly and have now been shown to be even more costly. Scrap the lot and go for cheap nuclear fuel.

Msge to Fred. These are not built to replace anything, they are an addition to Nuclear. So long as the 'tax payer' isn't funding them, what's the problem ?

Doesn't matter, they're in exclusion zones.

oh Joy!!! more bloody support boats powering up and down the channel at Brightlingsea

Don't spend any more money on these expensive follies; the stumps, I suppose, will be left as navigation hazards.

The Danish are known for sinking wind energy assets - remember the turbine factory they closed on the Isle of Wight, with no justification, just before the announcement of the enormous order?

In Holland if we say: "Walking with mills", will that means that you are a completely crazy!
Anyhow there is no economic profit from windmills for electricity, except for the manufacurers and shareholders

Why are they bothering to fix them? It's only going to happen again.

You actually think this is completely true?? It was reported in the Sun for Gods sake!! There's a paper renown for its accuracy and complete absence of scaremongering.

Wave power is unchanging and powerful.Let us use it for energy.Every tide , every waterfall is left unused.Why?

Why should we as electricity consumers have to pay through our bills. It's outragous!

Brian seems not to realise thayn it is the taxpayers and consumers paying. 6 times plus for wind generated power

all the windmills should be built on a huge pontoon , easier to repair and they can be towed into position where winds can be harvested , in different times of the year.

Wind farms are a total waste of money and resources. The green footprint from building and erecting these useless eyesores is enormous . Yet another con from the gullible greens

Wind farms are a total waste of money and resources. The green footprint from building and erecting these useless eyesores is enormous . Yet another con from the gullible greens

Why not use tidal power? It works in France, River Rance, and at Strangford Lough in Northern ireland?

Not only are winfarms unable to generate their claimed capacity, but they have to be swithched off when there is too much wind at low power demand times as there is no means of storing the excess generating capacity. What a waste!!! How is that green???

Lets get those barrages up and running, just think of the sailing environment produced

Re storing surplus power. This has been done successfully in Switzerland and Wales. When there is surplus power water is pumped uphill and stored in a lake. At times of peak demand the hydro-electric turbines are switched on. Such machines can be up to speed and generating in less than a minute. OK wind isn't perfect but it does save burning a lot of coal and oil.

Wind turbines are a disaster. They typically have a greater carbon footprint than the footprint they save. If they are sinking into the seabed, then they have been built on the cheap and the total cost either to do it right or to repair the defective units will only confirm what a disaster they are. Am I against renewables? Absolutely not! Let's use marine power (try the Limpet 500 on Islay or the submerged turbines in Strangford Lough - cheap, reliable power with a genuinely low carbon footprint).

The UK is a windy place so it makes sense to have wind turbines, and as Davey says, better than burning coal!
The Port of Bristol has 3 wind turbines which I understand gives the port all the power it needs when they are turning and they are quiet too - there is a lot of hysteria about how noisy wind turbines are - I've sailed close to the ones at Avonmouth many times & have never heard a thing! A Severn Barrage with a road on top is the answer, or failing that, under-water turbines in the Shoots (under the Second Severn Crossing bridge) where the water is up to 100ft deep & only small coasters & leisure craft pass above.

Why a massive barrage with all the wildlife damage that will bring? In the middle ages Britain had hundreds and hundreds of Tide Mills. Lets try this again to generate electricity Small/medium scale local provision for local needs that add to wildlife diversity rather than damaging it.