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Rampion Wind Farm
- Thread starter Doc Lynam
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OK Grandad! Time for your horlicks.
Pogue Mahone
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- Apr 30, 2011
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It looks fine to me. We need much more of this sort of thing.
vegster
Sanity Clause
- May 5, 2008
- 27,892
A lot of the time the visibility will be so bad you will hardly see them anyway.
The Andy Naylor Fan Club
Well-known member
I think they are marvellous examples of modern engineering and design. They never fail to amaze me at there sheer size whenever I pass one by. Whether it's passing them in the English countryside, in a foreign country or driving down Wilson Avenue with the Rampion Wind Farm in the distance.
daveybgtt
New member
Tidal is much better and doesn't look shyte.
Machiavelli
Well-known member
Tidal is a good idea too, as is a wind farm which also, in my view, doesn't look shyte.
JJ McClure
Go Jags
yep I'm amazed that as an island nation we haven't spent more time and money in tidal energy projects.
Putting aside the aesthetics as that is a personal opinion, which form of energy doesn't destroy any wildlife in it's production, installation and operation ( although I'm not sure how wind power does that in it's operation anyway ) ?
They've stopped operating the wind turbine at our business park in Woodingdean (included in the development by planning condition) because it kept beheading pigeons and seagulls.
Apparently wind turbines shouldn't have three blades, it's just the way it's always been done.
https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/two-bladed-offshore-turbines-could-cut-cost-energy-50-jakubowski
Fignon's Ponytail
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I live right on the seafront in Saltdean & look out over the wind farm...personally I think it will look great when its finished. TBH, you cant even see it 75% of the time anyway - even on a clear day (on land) it can be difficult to see out there with off shore mists / cloud etc.
The Large One
Who's Next?
I think you've just made that up. Would love to know your alternative BTW.
The Large One
Who's Next?
The fact that 'they' won't doesn't alter the fact that 'they' could, and probably should.
Papa Lazarou
Living in a De Zerbi wonderland
I was down on Goring seafront last evening with the dog & kids and was marvelling at the view of the wind farm. My daughter (11) said she hated it, as it spoiled the view. So much for my generation trying to save the planet for our kids' !
vegster
Sanity Clause
- May 5, 2008
- 27,892
We could certainly do with less pigeons. Whack it back on !
The Large One
Who's Next?
Went out there today in a chartered boat from Shoreham. Interesting stuff.
They go fully operational early next year. They're all built, and are soon to be tested - just the last building of the substation to go.
Some stuff...
• there is half a kilometre between each turbine.
• the distance from the easterlymost turbine to the westerlymost is the same distance as shoreline to nearest turbine (about 7 miles).
• boats are welcome into the wind farm area provided they (a) don't go within 50m of the turbines and (b) don't go within 500m of any operational vessels.
• the shape of the sea bed is largely a downhill continuation of the Downs, with an ten foot 'cliff' running east to west from about the Palace Pier to Littlehampton
• There is a shipwreck within the Rampion Wind Farm area
They go fully operational early next year. They're all built, and are soon to be tested - just the last building of the substation to go.
Some stuff...
• there is half a kilometre between each turbine.
• the distance from the easterlymost turbine to the westerlymost is the same distance as shoreline to nearest turbine (about 7 miles).
• boats are welcome into the wind farm area provided they (a) don't go within 50m of the turbines and (b) don't go within 500m of any operational vessels.
• the shape of the sea bed is largely a downhill continuation of the Downs, with an ten foot 'cliff' running east to west from about the Palace Pier to Littlehampton
• There is a shipwreck within the Rampion Wind Farm area
Butch Willykins
Well-known member
Looks shit
Great pix, who was the charter with?
The Wookiee
Back From The Dead
If you are in the middle of the farm and you head back to land in a straight line, what part of the coast do you meet ? I’m guessing East Worthing ??