DECEMBER 2007 
The beautiful southern fringes of the Exmoor National Park are under threat! Four developers are trying to build a total of
24 giant industrial wind turbines at the following sites which lie between Bishops Nympton, Rackenford, Molland & Oakford: 

Batsworthy Cross where npower are trying to build up to 9 x 103m 2.5 MW wind turbines 

Luckett Moor, site name Cross Moor where Devon Light & Power are trying to build 2 x 100m 2.5MW wind turbines

Paul's, Wester Bullaford and West Moors, site name Three Moors where Airtricity are trying to build 9 x 105m 2MW wind turbines 

Bickham Moor where Coronation Power are trying to build 4 x 110m 3MW wind turbines
 

Why is this happening? 

On top of the normal price for electricity, wind developers get around £236,520 per year per 2MW turbine which we pay for through an

un-itemized charge on our electricity bills. This "incentivisation" or subsidy is called the ROCs, Renewable Obligations Certificates scheme.  

For every single 2MW turbine we let them put up, over its life, we pay, around  £9,855,000 - two & a half times the cost of the electricity. 

What would we get in return for all four sites?

A reduction of less than 3 millionths of one percent of world CO2 emissions; a figure too insignificant to make a difference and a figure that OFGEM, the National Audit Office and the Carbon Trust say could be at least 10 times greater for the same money. 

Zero displacement of our conventional power stations unless you don't mind the lights going out while you're on the operating table.

Damage to the environment, ecology & economy; noise above the World Health Organisations' recommendations; and Vibro-Acoustic Disease. 

What can you do?

The Exmoor National Park borrows much of its landscape characteristics from it's southern fringes, making this area, which is rich in wildlife and steeped in history, an integral aspect of the Park. This precious piece of our heritage and the tourist's delight, deserves protection from industrial development and most especially from development that is so totally meaningless and nothing more than a feeble political gesture. Object using the button above.

Billions of pounds of your money should be spent to best effect on securing your electricity supply and reducing CO2 emissions; it is not being!