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Planned Low Carbon Hub for power lines around Mablethorpe and Alford would see area ‘become flooded with pylons'
May 29, 2013 in Louth Leader
May 29, 2013 in Louth Leader
Opponents to the scheme, which is due for completion next year, say it will further industrialise the local landscape and encourage yet more wind farm projects in a region they claim to be already saturated.
"If this goes through, the whole area is going to be industrialised."
Wind farm pylons will cost every home £88 as part of £22bn project to link them to national grid
July 17, 2012 by Sean Poulter in Daily Mail
July 17, 2012 by Sean Poulter in Daily Mail
The scheme is part of a £200billion programme to switch to ‘green' energy and build nuclear power stations to meet targets to cut carbon emissions.
This wider scheme will also be funded by higher bills for families and businesses. The network of pylons is expected to trigger disputes amid fears that beautiful views will be destroyed.
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SSE chief executive Ian Marchant said: "The wind farm developers have said they cannot pay that so they have not signed their connection agreement that would give the financial guarantees. No wind farm developer will commit so there is no guarantee to build the link."
Leader of East Lindsey District Council, Coun Doreen Stephenson, has described the prospect of this happening as ‘catastrophic' - adding it could affect tourism to market towns such as Horncastle.
"It is not acceptable for multi-national companies to overpower small communities by forcing their plans upon them," she said.
Electricity experts say pylons will not cut through Wolds to link coastal wind farms
June 28, 2010 in This is Lincolnshire
June 28, 2010 in This is Lincolnshire
Electricity experts have moved to allay fears that huge pylons may be about to cut a swathe through the picturesque Lincolnshire Wolds.
The National Grid is in the very early stages of working out how to link wind farms, such as those off the county coast, and other major renewable sources up to Britain's energy network.
Rupert Soames, the chief executive of Aggreko, the FTSE 250 emergency power generator, says the UK must prepare seriously for the danger of being hit by similar blackouts within the next decade.
"It has happened before in developed countries and we should not kid ourselves that it cannot happen here," he said in an interview with The Sunday Telegraph.
"The UK has an unacceptably high risk of interrupted power supply." ...sceptics worry that a so-called "intelligent grid" could also be used to ration consumers in the event of insufficient capacity.
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Miliband moves to address wind farms' grid connection woes
August 25, 2009 by James Murray in BusinessGreen
August 25, 2009 by James Murray in BusinessGreen
Energy and climate change secretary Ed Miliband today unveiled new proposals to tackle delays to grid connection. Hold-ups have left some UK wind farm projects facing waits of up to 14 years before they can start delivering power to the grid.
Under the current system, new energy projects are given a connection date on a first come, first served basis, which has resulted in about 200 projects with more than 60GW of generation capacity awaiting connection.