Plans for a wind turbine in Oxford have been put on hold because the MOD are worried that it’ll interfere with nearby RAF radars. Please. The RAF should surely be capable of flying in areas where there are windmills. It’s a worrying prospect if that’s enough to bring down a £50m Eurofighter. I couldn’t help but think that this was a sneaky campaign from local NIMBYs (Not In My Back Yard) who are trying every trick in the book to get the idea squashed.
Archive for August, 2010
Wind Turbine Plans Thwarted
August 26, 2010Daewoo Shipbuilding go big on Wind Turbines
August 16, 2010Apparently South Korean Daewoo Shipbuilding (not to be confused with the car manufacturer) are planning to grow their wind turbine business from $25m to $7.5bn in the next 10 years. That’s 300x growth and 3/4 of the current size of the company. That’s is pretty ambitious but clearly gives us some indication on how serious a business they consider it to be.
Grand Designs: Oxfordshire Watermill
August 6, 2010Tonight’s episode of Grand Designs followed a chap who’d decided to build a New England-style water mill in the Chilterns, on a hill and nowhere near any water, after being inspired by an illustration on a yoghurt pot. He bought the plot 20 years ago and it was his dream to build a retreat for himself and his family. It was very impressive – he seemed to do a lot of the work himself. However he seemed to get ahead of himself with regards the planning process. He build 3 ft higher than the granted planning permission allowed and then carried on building as the council complained. He looked very stressed, but he did seem to bring it on himself.
