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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planning application for this wind turbine as the clowns in the Argyll and Bute Council planning department had used an out of date Google map.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.

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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.