Offshore wind farm to be built in new year
CENTRICA, the owner of British Gas, will start building a £725-million wind farm off the Lincolnshire coast in the new year.
This morning's announcement rconfirmed that 75 turbines - capable of generating 270 Megawatts of power - will be built off Skegness.
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Energy giant Centrica gets green light to build offshore wind farm
The project is expected to be complete by 2012 - see tomorrow's Grimsby Telegraph for more.
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by A. Grimlander, GRIMLAND the slow
Tuesday, November 03 2009, 11:28AM
“"Thank you for your comment.
It has been sent to the moderation queue and should appear on the site soon. " -- That was last Friday. Still waiting...”
by JIm, Regina
Friday, October 30 2009, 1:56PM
“This item of news is getting a little old, but I had to comment on Johnnies comment that turbines start to turn at 7-10 mp/h. They might start turning at that speed, but they don't generate any worthwhile power.
The manufacturers rate there full out put at a wind speed of about 30mp/h. As the power generate d varies exponentially as the cube of the speed. 7mph would yield1% of full power. if any. In fact a t so low a wind speed they would be drawing power from the grid. These things are a scam perpetrated on gullible politicians.”
by The Wrangler, NE Lincs
Friday, October 30 2009, 10:04AM
“Jonny - that article is refering to small scale installation and can at best only be described as a guide.
You would have to refer to the turbine manufacture and the specific blade and gearing design to be able to quote a figure.
The smaller home turbines do operate at lower speeds, but these are designed for that and put out equally small amounts of power.
And I have no idea what you mean when you say gas is a sustainable fuel - it is a carbon based fossil fuel, usually associated with oil and or condensates and will run out just the same. The North sea is already almost empty, we import huge amounts of gas from the European continent and Russia and are building multi billion dollar plants to liquify it on the opposite side of the globe to ship it back to the UK
Sorry, but you need to look up what sustainable actually means!”
by Johnny, gunthorpe
Thursday, October 29 2009, 4:09PM
“7-10mph is speed most turbines start generating, off the coast this usually the average or slightly more
http://www.bwea.com/noabl/
Windspeed is much higher, at higher altitude, hence turbines are built high,
quite simple really
Our boys with chinooks & cable systems should be helping fit them on the peaks,dales & highlands with better pay, instead of being wasted in Iraq& Afghanistan mainly for oil snafu.
Well done centrica& government on this, gas is also the most sustainable of fossil fuels, http://www.fordonsgas.se/English_Home_DXNI-779_.aspx”
by Chris GY, Grimsby
Wednesday, October 28 2009, 4:58PM
“BRILLIANT!!!
We could get a massive bit of elastic and tie it to them. Then we can charge people a tenner a go to fire huge rocks at Norway out of the world's biggest catapult.
Money Spinning and Fun - Let's go for it... Perhaps we could raise £7m if we fired them at Iceland.”