Anyone stay near Baldovie turbines

[parcbara]

Dinnae live near them but worked in and around them going into folks houses for years, never heard anyone complaining about them really.

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.

[Returnofrros]

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.

Seen on the telly and that people speaking about flicker but I Cannae mind anyone complaining about them when I worked there.

I used to live AFF Arbroath Rd and some nights the noise from the docks just hammering an that seemed to carry for miles.

Where I live now in Angus you can sometimes hear the trains tooting......bizzare must be 6 or 7 miles from train line.

And the rangers fans at tannadice a few years back, clears as day, not just noise but every word of every song.

Strange how and when and why some noise carries

Allegedly you cud hear the wailing of dabs AHH over Scotland the night they got relegated at Dens, cudna verify that though eh was in England.

[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.

[parcbara]

Seen on the telly and that people speaking about flicker but I Cannae mind anyone complaining about them when I worked there.

I used to live AFF Arbroath Rd and some nights the noise from the docks just hammering an that seemed to carry for miles.

Where I live now in Angus you can sometimes hear the trains tooting......bizzare must be 6 or 7 miles from train line.

And the rangers fans at tannadice a few years back, clears as day, not just noise but every word of every song.

Strange how and when and why some noise carries

Allegedly you cud hear the wailing of dabs AHH over Scotland the night they got relegated at Dens, cudna verify that though eh was in England.

Great night. They never mention that when they boast of their achievements at our ground. Maybe it didnt happen. Arab ar53hole memory.

[deecom]

Seen on the telly and that people speaking about flicker but I Cannae mind anyone complaining about them when I worked there.

I used to live AFF Arbroath Rd and some nights the noise from the docks just hammering an that seemed to carry for miles.

Where I live now in Angus you can sometimes hear the trains tooting......bizzare must be 6 or 7 miles from train line.

And the rangers fans at tannadice a few years back, clears as day, not just noise but every word of every song.

Strange how and when and why some noise carries

Allegedly you cud hear the wailing of dabs AHH over Scotland the night they got relegated at Dens, cudna verify that though eh was in England.

About an hour after the final whistle, all the young lads in the Derry were still singing,
Police threatened to arrest them if they did'nt leave the ground !
Brilliant !

[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.

[Deeranged]

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.

[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.

[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.