I READ with interest your article (Daily Echo, February 26) concerning the proposed develop-ment by the Crown Estate to site 100 wind turbines in the Poole Bay area.

I understand the local council’s concern over the lack of consult-ation and the possible impact on tourism in the Isle of Purbeck.

However, as stated, the wind farm will be situated 10 miles offshore and well marked for shipping lanes in and out of Poole Harbour, and therefore will have no direct impact on the coastline.

Investment in clean, renewable and consistent energies greatly reduces the UK’s reliance on gas imports and the burning of other fossil fuels; the environmentally damaging mining of uranium, a vital component of the nuclear industry which in turn produces large and expensively maintained quantities of hazardous waste.

It is of vital interest for our future generations to invest in sustainable sources of energy.

M J K HAMILTON, Herston, Swanage