Did you know that a wind park of 4 turbines, each 120m/393ft tall, is being planned for Berkeley Vale near Stinchcombe (which is a conservation area in an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty) in Gloucestershire?
These colossal structures are each the same height as Salisbury Cathedral, and the same height as the towers on the old Severn Bridge. The diameter of just one of the rotating turbine blades will be 80m - 10m bigger than the monitoring mast (that has already been erected)! The overall height of each turbine is nearly twice that of the existing mast (x1.7 mast height)!
This website has been produced by concerned residents in Stinchcombe and we would like to thank all of you who have supported the Save Berkeley Vale Campaign to date with carefully considered views reflecting the facts and likely consequences of the proposed Turbines.
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Mast/Turbine Comparison Photo
You've seen the mast , now see how it compares to just ONE TURBINE!
Click the image to see the full size version
Ecotricity claim that "This proposed development is not expected to have any significant impacts on any of the nearby conservation areas or their settings". This is just spin and bureau talk!
We live here and we will draw our own conclusions about the impact of this development on our environment. Take another look at that comparison between the mast and ONE TURBINE before you sign off, the evidence is simple common sense.
Ecotricity Show - Our Response
Well the Ecotricity show of the year is over!
Following on from the Prince of Wales venue, the library two week display was a non-event. Few people I spoke to in Dursley were even aware of it. As for the Prince of Wales exhibition - it can only be summarized as the standard display of how insignificant the wind industry would like you to think that these 120m high monsters turbines are.
The photomontages on display were totally misleading, none showed any reference objects to give you any idea of scale. The photographs were too small with inadequate viewing distances for a public display. Who wants to stand less than 330mm to a display board to see its content?! In fact their quoted viewing distance was too big for the size of the image. It should have been nearer 220mm, based on an image 127mm high...!
The only useful purpose these Ecotricity photomontages serve is to show you the approximate position of the turbines in the landscape. As for the true scale of these monsters just look at the real life 70m high mast from along side Standle Lane or any where else you can see it and use this photograph (click!) to estimate what its true impact upon the landscape will be...
Ecotricity Propose Solar Panels
Ecotricity have recently submitted a “Request for an Initial Screening” document (663195.pdf and 663194.pdf) to Stroud District Council concerning the development of land behind the Prince of Wales Hotel as a solar panel park. The exact number of panels is, at this stage, unclear.
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