Stop Woodlane Wind Farm
- Information for people living close to the proposed wind farm.

Eggborough

In the distance generates up to
1960 Mega Watts

Whenever it is needed!

14 Wind turbines
35 M Watts only in wind of 27mph or more.

No power below 9 mph.

May be zero when required.
The proposal
Build 14 wind turbines, each one over 400 ft high across 2.5 km
of this very open farmland.

Villagers take all the pain, while developers take all the gain
Four villages within a mile of turbines. Many homes with 7 turbines within one mile, some turbines within 1/2 mile.
In Scotland ruels recommend none any closer than 1.5 miles.

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Wind farms - a bad deal for residents -
the turbines are simply too close to too many homes

The losses and pain to be suffered
( all by the local residents)

Risk of noise problems, especially at night

People have abandoned homes near turbines

Risk to health arising from noise - no compensation

House values will drop, can be 20% or more

Rural landscape destroyed

Desirable residential area becomes undesirable

Houses difficult to sell

Construction traffic - disruption & noise

Wildlife and bird habitat damaged

Countryside amenities and activities jeopardised

Higher price for electricity

No extra local jobs

14 Industrial structures towering over the villages

TV reception impaired + Shadow flicker

The gains to be made
( all by the developer and landowners )

A large cross subsidy, called ROC, paid by us

£ million gross profits/year for developers

£12k to £20k per turbine/year for landowner

All for only half a Mwatt average power/turbine

Small net CO2 saving, marginal benefit

Resale market for established wind farms, developers can cash in when they choose

...... and you can expect the developer to
describe the local residents who oppose
this as nimby.

...... it is not unreasonable for residents to
describe developers as greedy.

...... the wind farm owner doesn't have to live
with the turbines. But we do.

A few myths exposed

Turbines do generate a lot of noise.

We will not get cheaper electricity.

No local coal fired power station can be closed as a result of this project
- it will produce only 1% of the power of Eggborough.

No extra permanent local jobs will be created.

No local industry benefits, turbines will be made in Germany or Denmark.

The net result -
Residents take all the pain- Developers take all the gain.