Wind Power for Dagenham
Big fans at Dagenham
The construction of London's first wind park at Ford's Dagenham estate is nearing completion. Once the 35-metre long blades are fitted this month, the wind turbines will, at 120 metres tall, be twice the height of Nelson's Column!
Work began at the start of the year preparing two sites at Ford Dagenham for the turbines, designed by Sir Norman Foster.
The building of the 85-metre high turbine is now entering its final phase. A crane equipped with special lifting gear will lift each tower's metal sections, 80-tonne generator unit and blades - all in under four days per turbine. Blades will be fitted together and lifted onto the western turbine, on Kent Avenue, on April 22. The second blade lift is scheduled to take place the following week.
Ford of Britain chairman Roger Putnam said:"Once installed, Ford's wind turbines will change the Dagenham and East London skyline forever. There were good business and environmental reasons for embarking on this project - green power from Ecotricity is fully competitive with our forecast energy prices and there are huge non-financial benefits too. Thousands of tonnes of power station emissions are saved by switching our electricity source for the Dagenham Diesel Centre to wind power."
Oh, no, they're not.
Power stations can't be switched on and off. They have to remain on to provide backup for calm days.
Wind power is a nonsense. Even the green vikings have now cottoned on and stopped funding them with government grants........
Roger Putnam said: green power from Ecotricity is fully competitive with our forecast energy prices and there are huge non-financial benefits too. Thousands of tonnes of power station emissions are saved by switching our electricity source for the Dagenham Diesel Centre to wind power."
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Does anyone else see the irony in using "clean" electricity to power a factory that turns out the dirtiest engines in european production
Andy
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