January 8, 2015

  IN an otherwise interesting article, Colette Douglas Home (“When onshore wind turbines blow an ill wind,The Herald, January 6) refers to figures issued by WWF claiming that renewables electricity supplied more than 100 per cent of our needs in six months of last year. The actual figures issued by Read more…

Those with an interest in windfarms may be interested to hear about the collapse on Friday 2nd January in light winds of an 80 metre tall 2500kW wind turbine. This turbine was one of eight in the Screggagh wind farm on Murley Mountain in County Tyrone. The industrial sized turbine, Read more…