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According to ministry officials, the construction of offshore wind farms is now so far behind schedule that it is a pleasant surprise when anything happens at all.
Seems like you are wrong as well, unless they have got a move on in 12 months!

Exception for Mr. Taylor.
Spiegel Online International March 2011

The German power industry planned to install wind turbines with a capacity of about 10 gigawatts off Germany's North and Baltic Sea coasts by 2020.
Little progress has been made since then, at least not in Germany, but E.ON and other electric utilities are building one wind farm after the next abroad.
There are good reasons for the companies' hesitation. Behind the scenes, lobbyists for the power industry are trying to convince the German government to agree to better terms for their offshore wind farms.
Following a crisis meeting two and a half years ago, the industry managed to increase subsidy rates from the 9 cents per kilowatt hour that was originally planned to 15 cents. Now, under the so-called Renewable Energy Sources Act (EEG) assessment, consumers will be expected to pay more than 18 cents per kilowatt hour for electricity from offshore wind farms.
This is three times as much as the price of electricit

I am really not going to get involved with any more arguments with idiotic statements like the last two, as you will only drag me down to your level and beat me with experience.

I worked in Germany where wind power very much has a place in sustainable energy. This argument is really just about house prices and NIMBYism. Why is wind power not an issue in Europe or USA?

Perhaps we should all just live in caves, and trade with stones, and never accept any change?

As usual, you either miss, or choose to ignore, the point.
Whether I would like 3 houses or 33 new ones in Gurnard is irrelevant.
The point is that I do not presume to tell the residents of Gurnard what they should or should not accept within their environment.
Why should a prominent member of Gurnard community presume to tell the residents of Noke Common, Wellow or anywhere else that THEY MUST accept wind farms on their doorstep?
The problem with wind is that it does NOT have a place.
Right now turbines would be switched off because its too windy and guess what, another power station would have to switch on as back up, so why have the turbines at all?

Don, unlike yourself I am not against progress, perhaps you would like 3 houses in a village, and never to expand. I think the houses in gurnard would benefit the village, they look like they would be very modern and nice looking properties. Also I would back an application for wind turbines in the village, I unlike yourself can see the benefits of progress. I understand, probably better than yourself that wind power isn't ever going to provide 100% of our power, but has its place in energy solutions of the future. The backward blinkered minority of residents on this island need to open their eyes to these sort of developments.

OK Dave,
So what do you think about John Parkers plan for houses back of 44 Worsley Road in Gurnard?
Are you against it too?
If you are what about my suggestion to John that he puts in an application for 3 wind turbines on his land?
After all you would not oppose that............or would you?
Go on, you know you would!

Agree with David. Yawn........

Oh, Give it a rest Don, Boring.....

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