CLARK Cross (Letters, February 28) raises legitimate concerns about the
prospect of the tallest wind turbines in the world being deposited in East
Ayrshire.
In answer to his question of whether or not Banks Renewables will provide
audited figures on the amount of harmful emissions that this development
will create and how many years it will take to cancel out these emissions,
I would have to say I very much doubt it or the game will be up!
Harmful emissions from the full life cycle of a wind farm include those
which occur during production, transportation, erection, operation,
dismantling and removal of turbines, degradation of peatland and backup
power generation. No wind farm developer would ever want to accurately
calculate those figures on a site by site basis and make them publicly
available for fear of revealing the true extent of these environmentally
damaging monstrosities.
Aileen Jackson, Uplawmoor.
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