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Wednesday, March 9, 2011

Gedling Solar farm proposal

9 Mar '11: I just picked this up from the Nottingham Evening Post pages:

"Plans for 'sunshine farm' on former Gedling Colliery site
By Winnie Agbonlahor

"RESIDENTS are having their say on plans for an £11 million state-of-the-art "sunshine farm" on the former Gedling Colliery site."
"The project would produce energy for up to 1,300 homes in the surrounding area, as well as creating jobs."
"A public consultation is being held on the proposals for the solar farm, which would cover around 30 acres of the 350 acres site."

Click on the link to read more detail. Well done Gedling!
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  1. Paul DayMarch 10, 2011 at 7:06 AM

    I am all for the use of renewable energy, and have just signed up for a Solar PV Installation to my own roof. The sunshine farm seems a great environmentally friendly reuse of part of the former colliery site and should be encouraged. Paul from Lambley

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  2. David Nicholson-ColeMarch 10, 2011 at 9:50 AM

    Its good to hear from you Paul. In case there is a nimby lobby building up against it, dont forget to sign something or make your opinion known in favour, as it always seems to be noisy objectors who get the limelight.
    There are some people who are against PV because they dont think the UK doesnt have enough sun, or that the feed in tariff is somehow coming from the taxpayer. Neither are the case. The UK is the country we have chosen to live in, and if we dont like it we can go live in Spain or Libya.... meanwhile, if we are staying here, let's use the sun we have. Less efficient than in Libya, but which do you prefer to live in?
    There are people far more northerly than us who make good use of solar energy, even in Finland and Sweden.

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