windfarms

[janome]

not really sure were i should ask this question! ,(but hoping some kind person will have the answer),well here goes anyway
There are proposed plans for a windfarm to built near by us ,we were wondering how much income people get for having wind turbines on their land.
As you can imagine the prospect of 150mt turbines has not gone down well.

[sherrardk]

Can't answer your question but these wind farms seem to be springing up all over the place. Went to Cornwall at half-term and here were loads there and today we have been to South Wales and there we loads there. My brother told me there were plans for more too.

[EDDIE51]

This link says that a typical onshore wind turbine generates 5.3 million units of electricity a year or enough to power 1,000 homes, so it is a very significant amount of income. The govenment is so keen on windfarms that it even pays owners when they have to be turned off due to wind being too strong or too weak. In short a windfarm is far far more profitable than an ordinary farm plus the farmer can probably still farm the land under the turbine anyway.

[EDDIE51]

Sorry forgot the link
http://www.bwea.com/edu/calcs.html

[DTCwordfan]

how was your trip....sherard?

The issue/challenge is to do what the Highlands and Islands too. There's one wind farm up there where the villagers clubbed together financed by H&I Regional Dev to put a tower up - the money in has to be used for environmental projects - they have insulated the village, now they are tackling boilers and the next project is biodiesel and small coaches.....it's brilliant as the villagers are part of it and one crofter commented "whenever I see the blades turning I know the community is making money."

That's what is needed around the UK to get the buy in....IMO.

The village begins with an F and I would need to do some research - its around Lomond I think.....but I maybe wrong,

[EDDIE51]

A quick calculation using 17p as the cost of a unit of electricity gives a figure of £90,100 per turbine per year . I know the producer gets less than 17p a unit , that is the price to a consumer, but it is still well over £50,000 per turbine per year.

[DTCwordfan]

Here we are...Fintry...it may make sense to contact them and see if they can advise you - it's a novel approach and one that would work well here in Cornwall for example, where the mgt of change isn't great (in fact the County is stifled by NIMBYs unless there are £sd involved).


http://www.euronews.n...lows-in-good-fortune/

[sherrardk]

Hi DT - it ws good thanks. The accommodation was far better than expected (given the price we paid) althought the Eden Project was a bit strange. Walks by the beaches blew the cobwebs away (and nearly blew thing 1 off her feet!).

Sorry for the chatting janome.

[EDDIE51]

DTs link says the village got £145,000 in the first year from it's one turbine, even more than I had thought.

[ummmm]

I might get some turbines on my land...

[237SJ]

The payment`s nothing like the high figures alluded to. The farmers that I know that have them on their land got (I believe) a down payment of something like £30,000 and I have heard all sorts of rumours about how much per year they get but I think it`s about £6000. They have to be pretty thick-skinned though. Now everybody hates them!

[Tizzi24]

I quite like them!

[squarebear]

Yes a farmer friend of mine has one on his land and gets £30,000 from it.