Hampshire Group members to visit Reading wind turbine on 8th May

[Debbie Mauger]

The Hampshire Group to visit the controversial 280ft wind turbine situated in Green Park Business Park near the M4 in Reading.

Ian Gough, of Green Education consultancy, has kindly arranged for an AECB exclusive tour and teach-in session for the 8th May  6.30 p.m. to 8.00 p.m. including a Q & A session.

The Group will then proceed to a local pub for further discussions.

Since 2005, when it began producing energy, there has been much written about the lack of efficiency of this wind turbine which is capable of generating two megawatts (two million watts) of electricity.  AECB members have the opportunity of finding out whether this is true and will discuss wind turbines in general.

Assemble at base of the wind turbine.  Parking: Costco, 100 South Oak Way Green Park Reading Berks RG2 6UE

See http://aecb.net/news/2012/04/aecb-members-to-visit-reading-wind-turbine-on-8th-may/

[Debbie Mauger]

Some questions posed by Hampshire Group member, Philip Jordan:

1) What storage of electricity they provide i.e. to store energy/electricity when the wind blows, for use when it's calm?
 
2) How much of the year their records show they are becalmed?
 
3) How answers to 1) & 2) apply across the UK - really vital facts to refute all the anti-renewable energy hype going on!

Since it is not always windy everywhere, the weather varies according to location e.g. Cornwall is several hundred miles from Southend and has rather more than twice the rainfall, with East Anglia being UN classified as "semi-arrid" whereas no one would put Cornwall in that Category.  And of course Reading is more or less half way between.