Stop Woodlane wind farm - before it's too late
Do not allow others to profit from changing our quiet rural environment to a noisy industrial landscape.
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Stop Woodlane wind farm - before it's too late |
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Do not allow others to profit from changing our quiet rural environment to a noisy industrial landscape.
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The Construction of Wind Farms
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Index to pages A look at other wind farms -and how they compare with Woodlane
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80 Abnormal loads to come through Brotherton and Birkin Wind farms are big and are delivered to site in part-assembled form. The column (mast) will be in two or three parts (weighing about 50 tons each) and up to 40 metres long. The rotors will be delivered one per load. They weigh about 8 tons each, and will each need an abnormal load convoy because they are 45 metres long. In addition to this there will be a large heavy load (about 70 tons) when the generator assembly, which fits to the top of the mast, is delivered. The developers say that these will be brought across from the A1 through Brotherton and Birkin and then up Roe Lane. See pictures below. 100-ton crane 400 feet high It is expected that the turbines will be erected using a crane. The type used for constructing large turbines, such as proposed for here, can lift 100 tons to a height of over 400 feet. It goes without saying that these are very large and very heavy. They require a convoy of their own and will also require a network of roads to be built across the fields where the turbines are to be located. See pictures below of a crane being delivered - the convoy is the arrival of one crane. The new roads and road widening The developers say that the access route will be through Brotherton and Birkin. They also confirm that there may be a need to straighten some of the bends and widen some of the roads. With with loads like these coming in it is easy to see why. There will also be a need to deliver vast quantities of concrete and steel to construct the base for each turbine. A map of the route will be provided when the developers confirm their route to site. The concrete base Research
on the Internet suggests that each turbine will require 1500 tons of concrete
buried deep in the ground and then covered with earth, to weigh it down
to provide the foundations. We are on flat low-lying ground which is wet
for much of the year. The soils will become soft and malleable under these
conditions, so the base may need to have piles in the ground. We have
found out that the Deeping St Nicholas wind farm has 25 to 30 piles for
each turbine and these go 15 metres into the ground. How much noise can
be expected from driving this number of piles?
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