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Nocton Fen - Exploring the Wind Energy Potential - E-newsletter 5

Information sessions in June

 

We will hold the next round of information sessions towards the end of June as follows:

• Thurs 19 June: Bardney Village Hall [2pm-7pm]
• Fri 20 June: Nocton Village Hall [2pm-8pm]
• Sat 21 June: Branston Village Hall [10am-4pm]
• Thurs 26 June: Metheringham Village Hall [2pm-7.30pm]
• Fri 27 June: Dunston Village Hall [2pm-8pm]
• Sat 28 June: Potterhanworth Memorial Hall [10am-4pm]

At these events you will be able to find out more about our early assessment work. There will be preliminary visuals available, including a 3D visualisation of what a potential wind development would look like. We will be asking you for your views and feedback at the sessions. We look forward to seeing you.

Last chance to register for the visit to Swinford Wind Farm

  

This is your last chance to register for the visit to Swinford Wind Farm in Leicestershire on 17th May, please RSVP here. There were many requests at the last information sessions for the chance to visit a wind farm and understand some of the key issues.

 

At the visit you will also get the chance to speak with local people from the neighbouring communities about their experiences through development, construction and operation of the wind farm.
 
An update from Graham the Project Manager

    

We have had a busy few months and are continuing our pre-assessment work onsite, including noise and wind resource monitoring, ecology and ornithology.

 

We also gave a presentation recently to North Kesteven District Council. You can see the presentation we gave here under 'more information'. We hope you found the last fact sheets useful. More will be available soon.

Get others involved

  

We want to keep as many people as informed as possible as the project progresses. Please encourage others to sign up to receive e-newsletter updates like this one here.

Vattenfall in the UK

    

To find out more about us and some of our other projects in the UK visit: www.penycymoeddwindfarm.info and http://swinfordwindfarm.vattenfall.co.uk.

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Vattenfall Wind Power Ltd, Abbey Warehouse, Abbey Slip, Penzance, TR18 4AR

T 0800 3777348, E noctonfen@vattenfall.com  www.vattenfall.co.uk/noctonfen

 

Wind Farm issues in the news recently

Wind Farms Severely Harmful to Wildlife, New Study Finds

'A new study from the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, combining an impressive six hundred other studies, describes the severe effects wind turbines can have on wildlife.'

http://www.breitbart.com/Breitbart-London/2014/05/08/Wind-Farms-Severely-Harmful-to-Wildlife-New-Study-Finds

The beauty of windfarms – in pictures

'Though Australia's treasurer, Joe Hockey, says wind turbines are 'utterly offensive' and a 'blight on the landscape', the towering masts with their slowly turning blades can inspire awe. Here is a roundup of images from around the world celebrating the windfarms that help to power our way of life '

http://www.theguardian.com/environment/gallery/2014/may/02/the-beauty-of-windfarms-in-pictures

UK 'has already approved enough green energy to hit targets’

'Wind, solar, biomass and other renewable energy projects that are built or have planning consent will be enough to meet EU targets, report claims.'

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/newsbysector/energy/10797041/UK-has-already-approved-enough-green-energy-to-hit-targets.html

Analysis of Operating Wind Farms 2014

The second EWEA technology workshops on the analysis of operating wind farms - 9-10 December 2014, Malmö, Sweden. To be kept informed about workshop developments please fill-in the following form:

http://www.ewea.org/events/workshops/operational-assessment-2014/