Windmills – Ανεμογεννήτριες , Destroying Life
Gentle footprint? Or Vandalism?
Massive Power Station Planned for Cefn Croes
An American backed company, the Renewable Development Company (RDC), wishes to build Britain’s largest wind power station yet in the heart of Mid Wales. RDC proposes to build 39 enormous turbines on Cefn Croes, a wild expanse of upland above the villages of Cymystwyth and Ponterwyd to the south of Pumlumon Fawr. At more than double the height of the existing wind turbines at Ystumtuen, the 328 ft. tall Cefn Croes turbines will tower over the Mid-Wales landscape. The project will also involve bulldozing tracks across the moorland and building miles of power lines across the hills. Part of the area proposed as the Cambrian Mountains National Park in the 1970s, the site is in the heart of a designated Environmentally Sensitive Area and a Special Landscape Area, and is next to one of the largest Sites of Special Scientific Interest in Wales. The 39 turbines will be clearly visible from many parts of Mid-Wales including Pumlumon, The Elan Valley Estate, Bryn Bras, Trisant, Pontrhydygroes and even Blaenplwyf and Waunfawr, and will make a cumulative impact in combination with the existing 69 smaller turbines already erected in the surrounding area.
The development is proposed to take place on land owned by the Forestry Commission and the National Assembly, and it seems to fly in the face of the National Assembly sponsored Mynydd y Ffynnon project which aims to develop agriculture in harmony with the landscape and environment. It also entirely disregards the guidelines of the Ceredigion Structure and Local Plans, but due to the enormous size of the project the final planning decision will be taken by the Department of Trade and Industry in London, rather than in Ceredigion or Cardiff. The County Council will be a consultee, and if it resolves to object, there would then have to be a local Public Enquiry.
Over 250 wind turbines are already visible from Pumlumon, and the beautiful Mid-Wales Landscape is rapidly becoming industrialised. Almost half of all the wind turbines in Britain are situated in Wales, and there are plans for hundreds more. Consent for Cefn Croes would signal that our heartland can be sacrificed. If we do not act now we may be looking at an entirely industrialised landscape in years to come.
Cefn Croes Wind Farm – Official Campaign Website
http://www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~hills/cc/index.htm
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Έτσι ρε, δεν αντέχω …
Έτσι ρε, δεν αντέχω άλλα παραφουσκωμένα – από αυτόν
1 Mwatt/hour isn’t …
1 Mwatt/hour isn’t enough???
omg ρε φίλος πάρτο …
omg ρε φίλος πάρτο χαμπάρι ΑΝΑΝΕΩΣΙΜΕΣ πηγές ενέργειας…
Για εσένα που δεν τις θες υπάρχει και η μανιβέλα και το γερό σου ποντικάκι που από ότι φαίνεται έχεις εξασκίσει και πολύ…
Έχει και άποψη ο gree(shit)herealworld…
Άποψη μου πάλι καλά που υπάρχουν και ανοιχτά μυαλά που βάζουν το χέρι στην τσέπη για να εφαρμοστούν τέτοιες ιδέες…Για όλους τους άλλους σαν εσένα uploader είπαμε…Μανιβέλα…
So, if you look at …
So, if you look at the numbers, these renewable energy sources save much more natural wealth than it would be wasted for the production of the equal “amount” of electrity.
Trust the engineers…..
These windfarms …
These windfarms provide so little energy they are hardly worth the cost. It would take thousands of square miles to replace 1 power plant that takes up less than a thousand acres.
These windfarms are nothing more than a scam and a needless destruction of nature. Perhaps its time to rethink Don Quixote.
If it is so …
If it is so difficult for “westerns” to understand that industry is industry and mountain is mountain and they cannot be mixed up I am very sorry for this “civilization” that will die very soon in the dirt and pollution. Clean energy for local needs is the answer and most important less excausts. What I am saying now…
Meanwhile Greek mountains are destroyed when some clevers westerns are geting very rich offering catastrophy to my land.
Attention stupid, …
Attention stupid, ignorant, naive Greek hippy; since you’ve deleted my comment to you, others will not be aware of what I’m angry with you about, but please, do not post LIES about my community on youtube. This development HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH YOU. I would have though you had enough trouble with forest fires in your own country, rather than spouting the usual anti-windfarm bullshit about something hundreds of miles from you. Your claims are non-scientific AND YOU HAVE NO CREDIBILITY!
If more people used …
If more people used home renewable energy systems,we would not need commercial wind farms.$500 million spent on wind farm subsidies could put a $5000.00 renewable system on 100,000 homes.Taking no more land,requiring no new power lines/sub stations ect..
Here in Germany the …
Here in Germany the Windmills are in Forest too 2km from my House,when they Build the Windmills not even a tree was touched….
Yes madness to …
Yes madness to destroy and turn mountains and forest for industrial zone. You call this western way of life but Al Gore and sientists giving only 50 more years to live in this madness that poisons and destroy life. Alternative you say. Home, neighborhood, village, town local green power or industrial zones for the monster machines. This is the legal way for the western way of life. Otherwise you mean something else.
MADNESS … guys …
MADNESS … guys there is no common sense on this
From the comfort of your sofa you place your laptop on you fat belly and declare your eco-sensitivity. are you prepared to give-up your western way of living?
“Windmills – Destroying Life” Do you mean to say that nuclear power and coal burning save life? This propaganda doesn’t make any good unless you have any better alternatives… Do you?
Enough with the …
Enough with the fary-tales about carbon the terror and propaganda. This catastrophy of mountains and environment is exactly the same as carbon and without any results to power. Land eaters, economic black holes and oil interrests are those behind the catastrophy. No objections if those monsters are in industrial zones without any free public money by citizens.
Get a grip guys – …
Get a grip guys – THESE ARE NOT FORESTS! They are plantations of alien species that provide zero benefits for Welsh wildlife, so what is your point?
Well done for …
Well done for documenting the destruction of our environment in a thought provoking manner.
I have visited the CEFN CROES windfarm since it was opened and the turbines are impressive constructions, but I would not like to see the whole of the Welsh uplands covered in similar sites. We need to find a means of sustainable energy generation but the key to this must be in using much much less energy than we are now.
Who is against …
Who is against energy? Only against catastrophy of mountains, spieces, life. Those construction offer almost nothing but destroy everything. Smaller scales plans are not terrible and offer the most for local needs. Those monsters are nature killers. Search for CEFN CROE Wales for this disaster. Write your comments to have your replies.
I would like to …
I would like to make some comments on the other 2 videos could you please open the comments so we can engage in dialogue?
There are things that are done wrong in this country this is trye but you cant be so against wind energy in general.
I do not know from …
I do not know from where those pictures are but they really should not let them cut trees.
Forest authorities dont allow trees to be cut in order to make access roads to a windfarm.
According to plans? Can you please post those plans by a link?
Also if on the top of a mountain there are trees it is a big no no for wind energy.
Because if you have a lot of trees there is no wind.
My friend from what …
My friend from what I can see 4 acres of forest are tottally destroyed for only one engine. From what I know the engine is only for 15 years period if it makes some electricity (?) but the catastrophy is permanent. Forests are not factory zones. In Greece according to plans of the vandals, 40.000 acres will be tottally destroyed on the top of the mountains with all catastrophical results. Pictures are talking no need for comments.
What you show here …
What you show here my friend is mainly the preconstruction phase.
All projects (even when you build a house) are like that in the preconstuction phase.
If you would be kind enough to open the comments on the other 2 videos i would me more than happy to comment some of the things you say there.