DORSET CPRE
Dorset Draft Renewable Energy Strategy
Dorset CPRE has commissioned the leading Energy Expert, Colin Godfrey, Managing Director of CLG Energy Consultants Ltd., to do a critique of the Dorset draft County Renewable Energy Strategy. This had a key scenario of around 180 wind turbines, each potentially up to 400 feet tall. He found:
Dorset CPRE has commissioned the leading Energy Expert, Colin Godfrey, Managing Director of CLG Energy Consultants Ltd., to do a critique of the Dorset draft County Renewable Energy Strategy. This had a key scenario of around 180 wind turbines, each potentially up to 400 feet tall. He found:
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A Failure to take account of landscape assessments that results in potential onshore wind capacity being vastly overstated.
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A Failure to update landscape assessments following recent detailed assessments by Local Authorities
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A Failure to take account of recent planning decisions which render the success of planning applications in some potential areas highly unlikely.
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A Failure to take account of off-
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A Failure to follow National Guidance and consult with English Nature over designated areas and sensitivity to birds.
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A Failure to consider what is economically viable or subject to development constraints and modify the potential capacity accordingly.
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A Failure to properly assess likely generation levels from onshore windfarms and associated savings in CO2 emissions.
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In Summary: A Failure to produce an unbiased report which fairly sets out the realistic potential and the associated issues.
“The failures outlined above lead to the report seriously overstating the practical potential for development of onshore windfarms in the area. When account is taken of landscape assessments and separation distances (we are equally concerned at the assumption of 600 metre separation from residential homes, when Scottish and many European guidelines suggest a minimum of 2,000 metres.) it is highly unlikely that Dorset can practically achieve anything close to these levels of deployment.”
The recently released Government Energy Roadmap substantially changes the basic assumptions of the document, and we advocate that the Draft Strategy is re-
Please click on this link to view the critique for Dorset CPRE of the Report
‘Refreshing the Renewable Energy Strategy for Bournemouth, Dorset and Poole’ produced by the leading Energy Expert, Colin Godfrey, Managing Director of CLG Energy Consultants Ltd
Useful links:
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CPRE Northamptonshire’s paper on ‘Windfarms time to change direction?’
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List of articles published in the Dorset Echo.
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