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That probably explains the way I am then.:mosher: You're right though, they are now recognised as potentially bad for the health.

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Putting the blades on the 10th windmill.
The blades.
All 10 windmills

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I was absolutely stunned to see the view of this thing from the playing fields nr Fern Gore shops. They seem to be far larger turbines than those on Scout Moor. They do really over shadow the town now.

My only hope is that they are temporary and in 10 or 20 years time we will have a found a more effective source of energy, nuclear fission or the like, and these can be taken down and the site returned to nature.

However, they have set up a community fund. This doesn't sound like a vast amount of money but if anyone is interested.
Community Fund : HyndburnWindFarm

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It is a little early to be applying for funding. Money from the wind farm will not be given to Prospects until the wind farm is producing. The method of application, assessment, monitoring etc is not yet in place.

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Good grief, from Spider61s photos they look enormous, the blade lying on the low loaders really shows it.
How high are the erected ones?

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They are 80m tall with 42m long blades

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I call them the Ossy Triffids.

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Windmills in the mist - this morning


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Love that 2nd pic.

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Them Windmills have a lot to answer for

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Very eery - they have me thinking of alien invasion!

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Windfarm from Holden Wood, Duke of Wellington mid photo

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Forgive me if this is aired somewhere else, but, the actual amount will be £100,000 per year for the next 25 years and is not dependant on the amount of electricity actually produced. Its based on the theoretical capacity of each turbine.
With match funding from other sources this means a total income of £5,000,000 for Prospects over the next 25 years.
There seems to be a silence on how this largesse will be allocated around the Borough. The turbines are turning so, one assumes, the cash will shortly be bolstering Prospects bank balance.
There is also silence on how Prospects were selected to receive this money.

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This is the wrong place but seeing as you asked I will try and help.

No silence on how Prospect were selected, Energie Kontor have posted the information here Community Fund : HyndburnWindFarm. As far as I know they approached The Prospects Foundation several years ago and invited them to submit a proposal for a community fund.

The actual amount will not be £100,000 a year. It is index linked and could increase each year.

No idea where you come up with the figure of £5 million income for prospects. If you read the link I posted it explains that money will be available for local groups to apply for. When and how that bidding process will work has not yet been decided.

If you want any more information I suggest to contact the charity manager on this page http://www.prospectsfoundation.org.u...age=contact-us

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Neil,
Regarding the £5m, I was taking into account match funding that would be available from other sources. I'm sure you are aware that this is how many charities accumulate funds to do their work. So £100,000 x 25years = £2.5m + £2.5m (match funding) = £5m.
Energiekontor quoted the £100,000 figure in their Project Update April 2009, a figure which has not been disputed by Energie or Prospects when it has appeared in the local press, This equates to £3,500 per installed megawatt (i.e.the design capacity of the turbine, not the actual amount of power supplied.)
As you say there is an annual inflation increase written into the agreement, so we could say Prospects have the prospect of a steady annual income which over the next 25 years will have totaled £5m + inflation.
I may have missed it, but I query whether any other organisation, along with Prospects, was considered to oversee the spending of this significant amount of community money.

Of course this will be indirectly added to all our electric bills, but I don't think we need to go down that road on this thread.