charlieannear Posted February 22, 2012 Report Posted February 22, 2012 I'm slightly late with this post as they have already started, but coming to a location near you: Wind farm consultation Quote
charlieannear Posted March 2, 2012 Author Report Posted March 2, 2012 Mike (Tiderunner) was able to go along to the presentation in Christchurch, where he was able to obtain the flyer, below: At the March Club meeting, there was a short discussion regarding the size and location of the proposed site, whether it was one out our preferred spots, whether it was definitely happening, and what level of 'exclusion' might be involved. Mike said that he got the impression that there was perhaps a shortage of local knowledge within the project, and that maybe there is an opportunity for the club to get some more information from Eneco. With the Committee's agreement, I'll contact Eneco and see what they say... Quote
great white Posted March 2, 2012 Report Posted March 2, 2012 Charlie If you are contacting them can you ask them for the lat longs of the extreme points of their proposed site. I would love to overlay it on my PC chart as a route to see how many Marks it covers Cheers Quote
diverdave Posted March 2, 2012 Report Posted March 2, 2012 All the info you need ? http://www.navitusbaywindpark.co.uk/ Quote
Rob Posted March 2, 2012 Report Posted March 2, 2012 Number in here Charlie c: http://files.opendebate.co.uk/files/eneco/...0Dec%202010.pdf Though in some weird format! Quote
diverdave Posted March 2, 2012 Report Posted March 2, 2012 I just wish I could come back in 2K years and see the results of all this hype and crap ! Quote
diverdave Posted March 3, 2012 Report Posted March 3, 2012 Yet another great British Industry ?? http://corporateuk.eneco.nl/Pages/Default.aspx If it is so good, why the fin heck are we giving it away to some foreign Co ?? Quote
diverdave Posted March 3, 2012 Report Posted March 3, 2012 ZAP ??? Who is paying this Co to plant all of this cr*p on our seabed ?? Quote
Coddy Posted March 3, 2012 Report Posted March 3, 2012 We are in our electricity prices It's got to be better than a nucular power station being built Dave Quote
niggle Posted March 3, 2012 Report Posted March 3, 2012 I have heard.....true or not...that they will be paying resident charter skippers up to 2K a day for them and their boats to ferry staff etc Quote
lofty Posted March 3, 2012 Report Posted March 3, 2012 I have heard.....true or not...that they will be paying resident charter skippers up to 2K a day for them and their boats to ferry staff etc Time to get my two man kayak prepped up . Quote
charlieannear Posted March 3, 2012 Author Report Posted March 3, 2012 We are in our electricity prices It's got to be better than a nucular power station being built Dave A large proportion of 'our' electricity, is supplied by French electricity generating companies, and a high percentage of their generating capacity is from nuclear power stations, and many of them are on the French coast (i.e. Flamanville, Paluel, Penly, Gravelines). We are closer to most of the French nuclear power stations than we are to the UK ones! As a great innovator, the UK was at one point at the forefront of Wind Turbine design and manufacture, but as usual, other countries now seem to be able to build them bigger, better, quicker and cheaper. We simply don't have the foundries that can turn out these bits of metal big enough. The Victorian engineers will be spinning (at carefully calcutated and regulated revolutions per minute) in their graves... Until we crack how to produce limitless, free electricity from sea water (conspiracy theorists would say that we probably already know how to but the technology is supressed by the power companies) then we will have to put up with wave hubs, tidal power and wind farms, beacuse no-one wants nuclear or coal fired power stations on land, and wind farms of the scale required to generate enough power on a large scale take up too much space. Or we can give up our lightbulbs, TV's, games consoles, computers, Sky boxes, fridges, ovens, iPods, mobile phones, power tools... people don't seem to keen on that either! A few hundred years ago there were probably similar protests about the monstrous new fangled technology harnessing the wind to process grain and hops! Quote
Tiderunner Posted March 4, 2012 Report Posted March 4, 2012 Nice one Charlie. its good to have the information out there. It seems Eneco are in consultation with the commercial fishermen/potters, the RYA, divers and even French pair trawlers that fish the Southern end of the box ! but no recognition or understanding of the impact [good or bad] on recreational boat anglers so this may be an oppurtunity to for both parties to gather information. Mike Quote
pirky Posted March 5, 2012 Report Posted March 5, 2012 (edited) Will be interesting to know if they have considered the long term effects on things local and not so local... this will be a "massive" structure and in time MAY affect.. Noise levels at sea and on shore, long shore drift and local coast ecology, fish migration, shipping emergencies, ferry routes, flight paths, visual impact ... There must be visual and audible requirements for extreme weather that may be intrusive too !! We have some biggish tides in the channel and I think that the proximity of columns may have a "Ferrybridge Cooling Tower" effect in certain conditions which may effect the tidal flows upstream and downstream .... If this has been planned with the correct research and modelling used during design then all this may have been minimised to acceptable levels .. but what is "acceptable"? There may be some great positives too ... fish havens, weather "breaks", cheaper electricity and some local industrial and commercial gain.. Interesting world ain't it ?? Dave Edited March 5, 2012 by pirky Quote
duncan Posted March 5, 2012 Report Posted March 5, 2012 cheaper electricity? what I find amazing is that this project is planned to be between 50 and 70 times larger than anything that this company has got up and running before........bluntly it's huge funding is open ended because of the political benefits of the theoretical CO2 savings in the wider EU and international negotiations; particularily scary because it means that other savings are less likely because of the theoretical benefits of this project - the equation therefore becomes where are the theoretical maimum CO2 savings for the minimum investment available ie short term economics Quote
great white Posted March 5, 2012 Report Posted March 5, 2012 (edited) Number in here Charlie c: http://files.opendebate.co.uk/files/eneco/...0Dec%202010.pdf Though in some weird format! Thanks Rob Has anyone any idea how to convert these to Lat Long that we use?? Easting [uTM30n_WGS84] ............. Northing [uTM30n_WGS84] 588,133 ................... .......................... 5,604,908 593,533 ............................................. 5,600,589 594,402 ............................................. 5,585,583 582,529 ............................................. 5,583,019 580,881 ............................................. 5,593,874 581,631 ............................................. 5,594,138 585,961 ............................................. 5,598,707 I have looked for and found a spreadsheet converter but its all a bit confusing. Edited March 5, 2012 by great white Quote
great white Posted March 5, 2012 Report Posted March 5, 2012 One for the brains of the outfit Look here http://www.uwgb.edu/dutchs/usefuldata/utmformulas.htm Charlie I think I will stick to fishing Quote
Rob Posted March 5, 2012 Report Posted March 5, 2012 1st one: -1.754937410253471 50.58941681577828 GPS Latitude Longitude S 1 45.296 E 50 35.365 I used http://home.hiwaay.net/~taylorc/toolbox/ge...phy/geoutm.html Zone is 30 Then put that data in http://boulter.com/gps/ Quote
Paul D Posted March 5, 2012 Report Posted March 5, 2012 The residents association here have just realised that the cables are probably coming ashore at Chewton Bunny and then will need to be run from there to the distribution point somewhere near 3 Legged cross. I was thinking "bunch of Nimbies" reading the objections but then realised the route runs right past my house ..... Joking aside, I would like to think it would involve running some underground cables through a trench which would then be "hidden" Quote
pirky Posted March 6, 2012 Report Posted March 6, 2012 Couple of years in the cutting and filling with all the necessary cable connections, maintenance stations and terminals .... EASY PEASY !!! minimal disruption and public pain ! ROB . any chance of a complete grid conversion, now that you've got the hang of it ?? Pretty please !! Dave Quote
great white Posted March 6, 2012 Report Posted March 6, 2012 Rob Thanks mate but should those lat longs not be in North and West?? It may be a typo, or an error in a fairly complex conversion. I believe that UTC number them differantly, but we are North of the equator and West of Greenwich. Quote
Paul D Posted March 6, 2012 Report Posted March 6, 2012 Charlie, Tis a typo. The first one is N 50 35.365. W 01 45.296 Quote
Brian Posted March 7, 2012 Report Posted March 7, 2012 Funny how our government invests in a Dutch wind power company, when the Netherlands government are moving away from wind power because of the expense. Wind power in the Netherlands Quote
Paul D Posted March 9, 2012 Report Posted March 9, 2012 Dear Sir/Madam, We are writing to inform you that the information boards from the public exhibitions held across Dorset, Hampshire and on the Isle of Wight from 21st February to 3rd March are now available to view online. Please see link: http://www.navitusbaywindpark.co.uk/news-d...aspx?newsID=478 link On the webpage link above you will also have an opportunity to complete an online survey about the proposed Navitus Bay Wind Park and the potential offshore impacts of the development. The deadline for completing this survey is 17th April 2012 after which we will be assessing all feedback from members of the public for this initial stage of public consultation. We have also made the second Navitus Bay newsletter available to view online as well. This provides the latest news and information about the Project, along with a consultation programme for the proposed development. Please see link: http://www.navitusbaywindpark.co.uk/news-d...aspx?newsID=480 link If would like more information about the public exhibitions, consultation programme with the public or wider Project, then you can contact us at either of the addresses below. By post to: Round 3 development, Eneco Wind UK Ltd, 3 Athena Court, Athena Drive, Tachbrook Park, Warwick CV34 6RT. Or by email to: info@enecowindoffshore.co.uk Kind regards, Helen Cassini Consents Manager Quote
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