Generic Glasgow "Eco" Thread

james73 · Generic Glasgow "Eco" Thread

CATHKIN Braes on the edge of Glasgow is likely to be the site of Britain's first
council-run wind farm.

In February, the city council revealed plans for a £15million wind park with
five turbines which would power all the city's street lights.

Officials launched a detailed investigation into possible sites and have
opted for Cathkin Braes.

The site is also where the Castlemilk and Carmunnock Community
Windpark Trust wants to build its own project.

It has spent six years and £250,000 drawing up a scheme with the aim of
earning substantial profits from the sale of electricity which would be
ploughed back into the community.

And the local authority's executive committee has agreed to a joint
scheme with the trust.

The council would provide the land and the £2.6m cost of erecting a single
"space age" turbine which would be on trial for a year.

It would also operate and own the operation but the trust would get a
share of the saving in power bills that would be invested in the area.

James H

Xeno

First the council pull down one type of eyesore(tower blocks) and then replace them with another

poodiecat

I find them quite calming looking. Not as pretty as hills without manmade stuff on them, mind.

james73

HollowHorn

Hardly minor.

cybers

I take it the application for 1500 dwelling homes was deemed to fail and so they have opted for this plan instead ?

They want to be seen as green it scores.... brownie points with the E.U

The idea is a good one in theory and as our needs for sustainable energy increases its a road we need to travel down.
We are a power hungry civilisation and as that need grows it has to come from somewhere.

What we are forgetting when they want to plant these big flowers next to us is what are our other options !

Big Grey Turbine Nice and friendly parked where it can be seen from the household window. Doing no damage other than cosmetic to the atmosphere.
Yes please

Or a big nuclear plant stuffed into some beauty spot for its chernobyl day...
No thanks.

My only gripe is why is it not cheaper energy ?

Sir Roger DeLodgerley

Any mention of where they are proposing to build the nuclear power station necessary to provide back up for when the wind doesn't blow?

falseface

Its a well known Dogging and guy pick up spot. Just think of all that jizz flying all over the city

Fjord

Sir Roger DeLodgerley

james73

TV signal's gone with the wind

TV viewers are furious a new £150million wind farm is blowing away their
television reception and they can't even watch the tennis.

Householders in the East End of Glasgow have been forced to turn off their
TVs because they can't see their favourite programmes or watch the action
from Wimbledon.

Several engineers have visited retired caretaker Alexander Fleming's
home in Wellpark, Dennistoun, after he complained his TV picture and
sound quality was so bad.

But experts have been unable to sort the problem which they've blamed
on the giant Whitlee windfarm on Eaglesham Moor which is causing
prob-lems for the Darvel transmitter.

Alexander, 60, and his wife Delia, 57, had their aerial checked out which
was found to be working perfectly.

Mr Fleming said: "I've been having a lot of trouble with my TV reception. It
cuts out regularly, the sound goes and you can't hear what they are saying
and the picture breaks-up.

"Lots of other people in the area who are served by the Darvel transmitter
are having the same problem. I had an engineer out and he said it was the
windfarms that are causing it. It's got so bad you can't watch TV. My wife
just turns it off and goes to bed early."

The couple are now resorting to getting a £95 Sky connection which they
hope will solve the problem.

James H

james73

Green light for £600m windfarm (Evening Times)

EUROPE'S largest onshore windfarm has been given the go-ahead by
Scottish ministers.

The £600million Clyde project near Abington in South Lanarkshire will be
capable of powering up to 320,000 homes when fully operational.

Today's news means the Lanarkshire area will house the two largest
windfarms in Europe - Clyde and Whitelee.

First Minister Alex Salmond announced the green light ahead of his
appearance at the World Renewable Energy Congress at the SECC.

The 152-turbine scheme is expected to create 200 jobs during construction
and 30 staff once fully operational.

It will be built on both sides of the M74, with a total capacity of 548
megawatts when fully operational in 2010.

The windfarm being completed at Eaglesham will have a total capacity of
322MW.

James H

james73

£600m wind of change (Evening Times)

THE go-ahead for Europe's largest onshore windfarm to be built in South
Lanarkshire is a clear sign the Scottish Government wants to take its green
responsibilities seriously.

Yesterday's announcement endorsing the plan for 152 turbines near Abington
in Lanarkshire is the latest such project to be given the green light since the
SNP took office last year.

If campaigners have their way, Glasgow will soon be effectively ringed'
by a series of windfarms.

One planned development at Cathkin Braes, to the south of the city, could
power all the city's street and traffic lights saving the council millions of
pounds a year.

But even within the country's environmental movement, reaction to the
granting of more windfarm developments has been mixed.

The £600million Clyde windfarm near Abington, as reported in later
editions of last night's Evening Times, is expected to create 200
construction jobs and 30 full-time jobs. It will be capable of providing
electricity to more than 300,000 homes.

James H

james73

Glasgow gets first Scottish battery buses (Evening Times)

SCOTLAND is to get its first battery-powered buses - and they will hit the
roads in and around Glasgow.

Two diesel-powered buses are to be converted to diesel-electric
technology at a cost of £107,000.

The hybrid buses are powered by a battery pack that is kept charged up
by a conventional small car-size engine or a larger engine operating at
much reduced capacity.

They will be operated by Henderson Buses and will be used on the 310
service between Shettleston, Baillieston and Easterhouse and the 395
route from East Kilbride to Eaglesham and Newton Mearns.

Strathclyde Partnership for Transport will pay to convert the buses.

SPT decided to try the buses on routes that cover as large a mix of
urban, suburban and rural areas as possible.

The starting date has not yet been revealed but is said to be "soon".

James H

james73

£2.5m boost to get city on its bike (Evening Times)

GLASGOW is to receive a £2.5million boost to develop new cycle lanes to
the East End.

The cash, which will also be used to improve infrastructure such as
pavements and walkways in the city will become part of the legacy left by
the 2014 Commonwealth Games.

Transport bosses say the investment will make the East End more
accessible from the city centre.

The project will involve a major upgrade to cycling and walking corridors
along Clyde, London Road and Gallowgate connecting the Dalmarnock/Parkhead
Cross area with the Commonwealth Games venue and the city centre.

Additional proposals include a schools' bike loan scheme in seven East
End primary schools and a car sharing scheme for motorists in the area.

Glasgow's £2.5m share of an overall £15m pot, shared between seven
areas will also be used for community-based bicycle recycling and cycle
support schemes.

Barrhead in East Renfrewshire, Kirkintilloch and Lenzie in East Dunbartonshire
will get a share of the money on a raft of ideas which include personalised
travel planning, more pedestrianised zones, free trial bus and rail passes
and better walking and cycling routes.

The plan also includes "park and choose" initiatives, similar to park and
ride, but with choices including bus, rail, cycling or car trip-sharing.

Meanwhile, bike rental schemes pioneered in Paris are proposed
elsewhere in the country enabling people to pick up a bike at a rail or bus
station and use it free for half an hour.

The plan was announced as part of a Scottish Government drive to
showcase pollution-busting transport initiatives.

James H