Dorchester Dorset
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These are the abridged details of the remaining wind energy project over which I maintain control. I prepared a full environmental impact assessment about twelve years ago with advice and assistance from the planning department of West Dorset District Council. With the help of ETSU we also undertook a public consultation exercise and gained support from the likes of the CPRE, Ramblers Association and British Horse Society. At that time I was involved as General Manager with West Coast Wind Farms Limited in Devon and our first wind project was to be in the north of that county. We were successful in obtaining a generating contract worth some £6.5 million a year under NFFO 2 and I obtained a loan agreement from an overseas bank worth USD$10 million. We unsuccessfully took theplanning process through 2 public enquiries, to judicial review and then the court of appeal. At this point our funds became depleted and it was not posible to follow on with this project. The only good that came from all of this was that my environmental assessment was used by Bournemouth University as a teaching aid in their environmental department! The Dorset site benefits from a 32 KV line that passes through it and a higher than average mean annual wind speed. We obtained consent for a wind data logger on the site but the data was stolen. I firmly believe there is merit in the Corton project. I seek someone with the will and enthusiasm to fund planning and take a share of whatever future business may come from it. The small pictures on the right will lead you to the pages of the abridged version of the environmental assessment/planning application and each page can be accessed from the previous one. Gerald Duke
Tel: 01305 889555 |
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