Turbines 'sinking' fear
- Tue, 13 Apr 2010
- Comments (24)
Wind turbines around the UK are sinking into the sea because their foundations are suffering from subsidence, according to Dong Energy, a Danish wind turbine owner, The Sun newspaper reports.
A wind farm off Essex and another in Liverpool Bay have been found to have the flaw and checks are to be made of turbines at Blyth, Northumberland and Robin Rigg in the Solway Firth.
Up to 336 of the UK's turbines are at risk and will take £50 million to fix.
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June 22 16:36
P.Flower
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???
August 13 10:45
R Dumpleton
Lets get those barrages up and running, just think of the sailing environment produced
February 24 00:39
Davey
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.
September 08 13:59
David Cooke
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).