JOSE Rice should be aware that these wind turbines are to be built closer than the recommended government offshore distance.

These wind turbines are larger than most so far installed offshore.

These wind turbines will be within the operating area of the television mast on the Isle of Wight.

It is a known fact that wind farms scatter television signals for up to approximately 13km.

In other cases local residents affected by this, have been told that the only solution is to purchase Freesat televisions and aerials.

In the past the wind farm operators have provided a small contribution towards the cost.

Until the wind turbines are built we do not know what the effect will be on TV reception in Purbeck, but being installed closer than the recommended offshore distance will not help.

Solar energy received here in the UK is available every day.

It may vary according to whether the sun is shining or not, but wind is more fickle with days and even a week when no wind power is available and that is why windmills died out as soon as another source of energy was available.

It would have been better for the world if the money wasted on wind farms – many that have reached the end of the working life already – had been spent on research into developing new forms of storing electrical power.

The world receives in one minute enough energy to power it for a year. It is all about making that energy useful.

JOHN ROWLEY

Hoburne Park, Christchurch