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As I live in the most green part of Germany, with the first green County Minister ever, I am not against these blades. I am against atomic power stations.
You captured this windfarm nicely, the windmills make a great subject against a sky like this.
Johanna
You captured this windfarm nicely, the windmills make a great subject against a sky like this.
Johanna
Part of our landscape, Dougie, and a lot less menacing than having a nuclear plant next door. I find these rather majestic, sculptural, and a testimony to the power of nature.
As a footnote to Johanna's comment, we have close links with Schleswig-Holstein, which sources a third of its power from wind and is on target for 50%. There, turbines are held in trust for the local community, who get their electricity cheaply and share in the profits from the excess that is sold to the national grid. Villages are queueing up to have their own turbine. The approach is much less corporate, more community-related, and it works.
Moira
As a footnote to Johanna's comment, we have close links with Schleswig-Holstein, which sources a third of its power from wind and is on target for 50%. There, turbines are held in trust for the local community, who get their electricity cheaply and share in the profits from the excess that is sold to the national grid. Villages are queueing up to have their own turbine. The approach is much less corporate, more community-related, and it works.
Moira
The pov and composition do rather suggest an approaching fighter squadron as in something like Aces High - a powerful image indeed against the threatening sky.
It's extremely windy here today but the only wind farm (more of a smallholding really) is five miles downwind of us
Regards
Bill
It's extremely windy here today but the only wind farm (more of a smallholding really) is five miles downwind of us
Regards
Bill
Whether I like them or not depends on where they're placed. They can look majestic where the landscape's a blasted wilderness, but they can't half spoil the view in some places.
Which one is this Dougie - has the look ofr my local windfarm at Whitelee?
Fraser
Which one is this Dougie - has the look ofr my local windfarm at Whitelee?
Fraser
Happy Birthday to you Happy Birthday to you - superb picture hope you had a great day Dougie
hope you had a great day Dougie
Lovely, dramatic image. As you say a tiny bit of blur would be good but it still works really well as taken imho.
Alun
Alun
Yes, these things are a real worry! The Government, here, in Australia, is bending over itself to erect hundreds of these things everywhere. Many farmers and communities are complaining about them! It appears that the cost far outweighs the benefits of them!
Nicely captured!
Cheers
Phil
Nicely captured!
Cheers
Phil
Great combination with the stark figurine like turbines and that rather moody sky Dougie. Like the pylons I am one that will never get use to them I'm sorry although I don't think they look as ugly as the pylons.
I like the idea of harnessing the natural resources to provide power but think they should be putting more research into tidal and wave power to provide it...I have seen a project (in the menai strait I think?) where they have the turbines running underwater gathering power. Also when I was working one company from Scotland (called Ocean Power Delivery I think?) were developing a snake like structure that gathered energy from waves - I think they went under through lack of investment though.
PS Happy belated birthday greetings to you - if what Anne is says is correct
I like the idea of harnessing the natural resources to provide power but think they should be putting more research into tidal and wave power to provide it...I have seen a project (in the menai strait I think?) where they have the turbines running underwater gathering power. Also when I was working one company from Scotland (called Ocean Power Delivery I think?) were developing a snake like structure that gathered energy from waves - I think they went under through lack of investment though.
PS Happy belated birthday greetings to you - if what Anne is says is correct
Another year older Alan, Ann's quite right.
Like this. Been meaning to go out and take some off the turbines near Goole so this has just given me the inspiration to do so. The movement of the blades would make this great!
A fine dramatic scene Dougie!
Andy
Andy
I like it Dougie....you can feel the wind from here....
Don
Don
