Anyone stay near Baldovie turbines

[BCram]

I live about a mile and a half from them. At night, later on, if they are spinning fast, there is a kind of thudding noise, but it isn't anything disturbing. It has to be quiet and it is faint. I sometimes walk that part of the Dighty with the dog, and they are not noisy right up close. I might try sailing down the burn on a shopping trolley one day as there are quite a few at anchor along that stretch.

Thanks parcbara. That's my inly experience of them. Was on holiday in Orkney and went up to a bird watching area that had a few turbines near the carpark. No significant noise and they didn't seem to affect the bird population.

Would like to know that this is a sensible strategy, to try to generate enough energy to replace gas central heating. Odd that SNP has today abandoned the idea of replacing gas central heating with heat pumps, on the basis that it will make people poorer. Not going to save money by switching to all electric. Calculation must be that Green fox has been shot, and next Holyrood election would be total disaster if an SNP energy strategy was so heavily based on Green ideology.

[islaydarkblue]

Thanks parcbara. That's my inly experience of them. Was on holiday in Orkney and went up to a bird watching area that had a few turbines near the carpark. No significant noise and they didn't seem to affect the bird population.

Would like to know that this is a sensible strategy, to try to generate enough energy to replace gas central heating. Odd that SNP has today abandoned the idea of replacing gas central heating with heat pumps, on the basis that it will make people poorer. Not going to save money by switching to all electric. Calculation must be that Green fox has been shot, and next Holyrood election would be total disaster if an SNP energy strategy was so heavily based on Green ideology.

There is a wind turbine in the garden of the house next door to us on Islay.
We never received neighbour notification about the planning application for this wind turbine as the clowns in the Argyll and Bute Council planning department had used an out of date Google map.
Our house did not exist on their map.
When it was windy weather the noise from the spinning blades were very noisy and sounded like a helicopter overhead.
People living the house on the other side who were much closer to the offending wind turbine complained to the Argyll and Bute Council Environmental Health.
After measurements were taken over a period of time the owner of the wind turbine was instructed to switch off his 2.5kw Provan wind turbine during windy weather.
That was no use as the rope to switch off during windy weather had broken and Provan had one bust.
The only other alternative was to move the wind turbine to the furthest away part of his very large garden which cost my neighbour thousands of pounds as it had to be sunk in concrete or it would have to be permanently switched off.
I was delighted when my next door neighbour had to move his wind turbine.
Incidentally, standing directly underneath a wind turbine you do not hear the noise from the spinning wind turbine blades.
I seem to remember reading when it was announced that the Michelin factory was closing down that Michelin were keeping the income from the feed in tariff from their wind turbines which incidentally move position throughout the day to avoid flicker from the sun shining through the spinning blades.

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There is a wind turbine in the garden of the house next door to us on Islay.
We never received neighbour notification about the planning application for this wind turbine as the clowns in the Argyll and Bute Council planning department had used an out of date Google map.
Our house did not exist on their map.
When it was windy weather the noise from the spinning blades were very noisy and sounded like a helicopter overhead.
People living the house on the other side who were much closer to the offending wind turbine complained to the Argyll and Bute Council Environmental Health.
After measurements were taken over a period of time the owner of the wind turbine was instructed to switch off his 2.5kw Provan wind turbine during windy weather.
That was no use as the rope to switch off during windy weather had broken and Provan had one bust.
The only other alternative was to move the wind turbine to the furthest away part of his very large garden which cost my neighbour thousands of pounds as it had to be sunk in concrete or it would have to be permanently switched off.
I was delighted when my next door neighbour had to move his wind turbine.
Incidentally, standing directly underneath a wind turbine you do not hear the noise from the spinning wind turbine blades.
I seem to remember reading when it was announced that the Michelin factory was closing down that Michelin were keeping the income from the feed in tariff from their wind turbines which incidentally move position throughout the day to avoid flicker from the sun shining through the spinning blades.

Hardly a surprise that you were happy when your neighbour had to spend thousands to move their wind turbine. That's exactly how you are, happy to see others suffer as long as you're OK. I'm sure your neighbour will be happy to wait however secure in the knowledge that, as you're always saying, good things come to those who wait and every dog has its day. Long live karma.

Do you honestly believe that wind turbines 'move position during the day to avoid flicker from the sun shining through the moving blades'? If you do it speaks volumes for your much vaunted (but only by you) research skills.

[islaydarkblue]

Hardly a surprise that you were happy when your neighbour had to spend thousands to move their wind turbine. That's exactly how you are, happy to see others suffer as long as you're OK. I'm sure your neighbour will be happy to wait however secure in the knowledge that, as you're always saying, good things come to those who wait and every dog has its day. Long live karma.

Do you honestly believe that wind turbines 'move position during the day to avoid flicker from the sun shining through the moving blades'? If you do it speaks volumes for your much vaunted (but only by you) research skills.

We suffered noise pollution as a result of this wind turbine being installed in the wrong place.
I was a member of the Islay Energy Trust Steering Group from September 2004 until November 2006 and I learnt a lot about wind turbines, solar panels and micro hydro electric schemes as sources of renewable electricity.
I also discovered that householders and businesses such as Michelin who install wind turbines and solar panels receive a feed in tariff payment for each kilowatt of electricity they produce with the cost being paid by the daily standing charge on electricity bills.
When solar panels were first installed by homeowners they were receiving a feed in tariff of 44p per kilowatt hour of electricity produced paid for by the standing charge on electricity bills.
That is why the standing charge on a electricity bill is almost double the standing charge on a gas bill.
There are plenty of other things I learnt during my time as a member of the Islay Energy Trust Steering Group regarding renewables.

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There are plenty of other things I learnt during my time as a member of the Islay Energy Trust Steering Group regarding renewables.

And I can guarantee that at no point did you 'learn' that wind turbines move position during the day to avoid flicker from the sun shining through the rotating blades. Once again you've made an incredibly stupid comment then attempted to deflect with a completely pointless response when you've been called out on it.

It's what you do right enough so no surprise really.

[BP33]

There is a wind turbine in the garden of the house next door to us on Islay.
We never received neighbour notification about the planning application for this wind turbine as the clowns in the Argyll and Bute Council planning department had used an out of date Google map.
Our house did not exist on their map.
When it was windy weather the noise from the spinning blades were very noisy and sounded like a helicopter overhead.
People living the house on the other side who were much closer to the offending wind turbine complained to the Argyll and Bute Council Environmental Health.
After measurements were taken over a period of time the owner of the wind turbine was instructed to switch off his 2.5kw Provan wind turbine during windy weather.
That was no use as the rope to switch off during windy weather had broken and Provan had one bust.
The only other alternative was to move the wind turbine to the furthest away part of his very large garden which cost my neighbour thousands of pounds as it had to be sunk in concrete or it would have to be permanently switched off.
I was delighted when my next door neighbour had to move his wind turbine.
Incidentally, standing directly underneath a wind turbine you do not hear the noise from the spinning wind turbine blades.
I seem to remember reading when it was announced that the Michelin factory was closing down that Michelin were keeping the income from the feed in tariff from their wind turbines which incidentally move position throughout the day to avoid flicker from the sun shining through the spinning blades.

This post sums this clown up, a nasty bitter sad man.

[islaydarkblue]

This post sums this clown up, a nasty bitter sad man.

I was not the person who complained to Argyll and Bute Council Environmental Health Department about the noise from the spinning blades of their next door neighbour?s wind turbine.
The person who installed their wind turbine could not hear the noise when they were standing underneath it because the wind blows the noise away.
People living down wind of a wind turbine are affected by the noise of the spinning blades. In our case we heard the noise from the spinning blades when the wind was blowing from the north.
Scottish Renewables who are the mouthpiece of the Renewable industry in Scotland never mention all the pitfalls of installing wind turbines including noise pollution and flicker from the spinning blades.
They are quick to tell us that on a sunny, windy day on a Sunday that renewables produced 100% of the electricity required in Scotland but they never tells what percentage of electricity was produced by renewables in a cloudy day in December with no wind blowing because an area of high pressure covers Scotland.

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I was not the person who complained to Argyll and Bute Council Environmental Health Department about the noise from the spinning blades of their next door neighbour?s wind turbine.

But you are the one that's on here stating you were delighted that your neighbour had to fork out thousands to move it. Most normal people would have said 'unfortunately' or 'as a result of an error by the council' but no, you were 'delighted'. What does that make you?

[islaydarkblue]

But you are the one that's on here stating you were delighted that your neighbour had to fork out thousands to move it. Most normal people would have said 'unfortunately' or 'as a result of an error by the council' but no, you were 'delighted'. What does that make you?

My next neighbour never told us that he was planning to erect a wind turbine next to his house and the first time we found out about it was when we driving down the road towards our house and noticed that the wind turbine had been erected.
The following morning I phoned Argyll and Bute Council Planning department and spoke to Tim Williams who was the planning officer responsible dealing with my next door neighbour?s planning application to erect a 2.5KW Provan wind turbine next to his house.
Tim Williams told me that our house did not exist on his plans.
I replied “If our house is not situated on your plans then I will stop paying our Band E council tax to Argyll and Bute Council with immediate effect”.
Tim Williams then sheepishly admitted that he had used out of date plans and he had found our house which had been built over three years before on new his plans!
Yet another shambles by Argyll and Bute Council staff.
I was astounded that my next door neighbour had installed his wind turbine as he is an ornithologist (Bird watcher) and it was a well known fact at the time that the spinning blades of wind turbines cut birds to ribbons.

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My next neighbour never told us that he was planning to erect a wind turbine next to his house and the first time we found out about it was when we driving down the road towards our house and noticed that the wind turbine had been erected.
The following morning I phoned Argyll and Bute Council Planning department and spoke to Tim Williams who was the planning officer responsible dealing with my next door neighbour?s planning application to erect a 2.5KW Provan wind turbine next to his house.
Tim Williams told me that our house did not exist on his plans.
I replied “If our house is not situated on your plans then I will stop paying our Band E council tax to Argyll and Bute Council with immediate effect”.
Tim Williams then sheepishly admitted that he had used out of date plans and he had found our house which had been built over three years before on new his plans!
Yet another shambles by Argyll and Bute Council staff.
I was astounded that my next door neighbour had installed his wind turbine as he is an ornithologist (Bird watcher) and it was a well known fact at the time that the spinning blades of wind turbines cut birds to ribbons.

Absolutely incredible response