07/05/08 - Wind turbine at district council HQ 'a great idea'
EDITOR - Coun Cooper's suggestion that a wind turbine be erected at ELDC headquarters is an excellent one.
It would provide first-hand information as to the amount of energy available from the device and thus be an invaluable aid to the council's deliberations when considering wind-farm planning applications.
However, it is fair to point out that the councillor's hopes of generating a surplus to be fed into the national grid are, to put it as gently as possible, wildly optimistic.
I know nothing of the annual energy bill which the ELDC incurs, but I would wager a year's council tax that at best a turbine's output would offset the cost of perhaps a week's lighting, to say nothing of heating, computer use etc.
Richard Johns
Wood Enderby
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07 May 2008 11:57 AM
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