Nuclear Firm Accused of Sabotaging Wind Energy Scheme

bristol | corporations | feature Wednesday May 14, 2008 09:38 by imcvol

"It's bitterly disappointing that a clean renewable energy project has been squeezed out by Europe's biggest energy company..."

"It's bitterly disappointing that a clean renewable energy project has been squeezed out by Europe's biggest energy company..."

Jim Duffy of Stop Hinkley writes; The rights to West Hinkley wind-farm have been sold off to Electricite de France who have already announced their intention to build one or two nuclear reactors at Hinkley Point. The news follows a bid put in by EDF to buy British Energy who own ageing Hinkley 'B' power station but more importantly a parcel of land originally lined up for Hinkley 'C'. Your Energy, who today announced they sold the wind-farm rights, have fought continuous objections from British Energy, Hinkley 'A' and Hinkley 'B' also backed up by the Health and Safety Executive over the unlikely risk of wind turbine 'blade throw' to the nuclear reactors. They began the planning process in 2002 supported by various local environmental groups Forum 21, West Somerset Green Party and Stop Hinkley and with thousands of letters of support being sent to West Somerset planners. But objections, principally from British Energy, meant they had to drop plans for three of the twelve wind-turbines after West Somerset District Council rejected the original application in 2005. Even with the reduced nine-turbine proposal, British Energy continued the fight, moving on to object on a 'land-use' argument, declaring nuclear would be a better use of the land earmarked for the wind-farm.

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