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Residents accuse firm of "steam rollering" a wind farm
Residents have accused an energy company of trying to "steam roller" a wind farm next to a village described as a "jewel in the crown".
RWE npower renewables is in the process of erecting a 60 metre - or 190 foot - anemometry (met) mast on a site called Stobhill next to the medieval hamlet of Bolam, near West Auckland, County Durham.
September 17, 2009
by Neil McKay
in The Journal
Residents have accused an energy company of trying to "steam roller" a wind farm next to a village described as a "jewel in the crown".
RWE npower renewables is in the process of erecting a 60 metre - or 190 foot - anemometry (met) mast on a site called Stobhill next to the medieval hamlet of Bolam, near West Auckland, County Durham.
They are doing so as Durham County Councillors agreed yesterday to give the go ahead to officers to examine its credentials to be designated as a Conservation Area.
In approving the proposal Cabinet member Bob Young described the hamlet of... [continue via Web link]
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