That developer did not provide any evidence on climate change, no evidence how Navitus Bay would affect climate change.
The developer provided, as “evidence”, noise impact calculations. These were challenged by acousticians Dr Andrew Langley and Dr John Yelland.
The developer revised his calculations recognising that the noise levels onshore would be many times higher than his original “evidence”.
The most significant information on CO2 was presented by Dr Bratby, which showed that any windfarm requires a conventional power station, running as back-up, to cover the wild variations in output.
The back-up is forced to run inefficiently, producing more CO2 than when allowed to run at optimum.
In the worst case this combination produces more CO2 than with no windfarm.
JOHN SEARLE Irving Road, Bournemouth
Comments: Our rules
We want our comments to be a lively and valuable part of our community - a place where readers can debate and engage with the most important local issues. The ability to comment on our stories is a privilege, not a right, however, and that privilege may be withdrawn if it is abused or misused.
Please report any comments that break our rules.
Read the rules hereLast Updated:
Report this comment Cancel