Cold Blow Wind Turbine

Clyro Community Council - 7pm, 27th November 2013

free wind ltd• Medium, commercial-scale wind turbines• Significant experience of renewable & wind energy • Stakeholders - land owners, communities, LPA’s• Deliver well considered and appropriate projects• Abundant free energy source across the UK• Benefits for all

A clean and secure supply for a sustainable future

Project Selection• Sites – landowner enquiry or map search?• Wind speed• Constraints - neighbours• Designations• Visuals• All the ‘ologys• Aviation & RADAR• Access and Transport• Communication links

Viable Rate – 1 in 10

Cold Blow Project

• Selected & started early 2013• Site potential, 500kW• Screened 87m tip ht, applied 84m• 12 possible locations, down to 2• Drop in Session 21st Aug 2013• Consultation; select final location• Non – EIA application• Application submitted 21st Oct• Validated 29th Oct

Cold Blow Project

Environmental Report

• Planning and Policy Statement

• Design and Access Statement

• Landscape and Visual Impact Assessment (LVIA)

• Cultural Heritage Assessment

• Ecology Appraisal

• Aviation Assessment

• Noise and Shadow Flicker Assessment

• Transport and Access Report

• Communication infrastructure Consultation

• Television impact Report

Projects that satisfy Planning Policies should succeed

Current Policy• International, European, National and Local Policy

• Reducing CO2; RE sources; A range of RE targets

• TAN8 Target pa - by 2010 - 4 TWh & by 2020 - 7 TWh - 2010 target not yet reached

• Planning Policy Wales (Ed 5) – Para 12.8.9 confirms that local planning authorities should facilitate the development of all forms of renewable and low carbon energy to move towards a low carbon economy to help tackle the causes of climate change

• Powys UDP – March 2010 – many relevant policies, but one of the key ones is E3 - Wind Power, which will be supported so long as the projects satisfy a long list of criteria, which we believe we have done in this application

• UK Climate Change Act 2008 - reduce GG emissions by 34% by 2020 & 80% by 2050

The Project has been presented to comply with all relevant policies

Subsidies – DECC & ODI• £112 of the average £1287 family dual fuel bill = Green policy

• £37 = renewable subsidy (£30 ROCs and £7 FiT) < 3% of average bill.

• £47 = ECO and energy saving measures tackling fuel poverty.

• £24 = pensioners discount & other measures.

• UK is 5th subsidiser of f-fs – independent think tank, 7th Nov 2013.

• £280m were given to oil and gas producers through tax breaks.

• Several billion pounds of reductions on VAT on f-fs – 2011

SUBSIDIES – a level playing field ???

Thank you

Community Fund• £20,000 at start of operation

• £1,000 per annum

• divided between the key communities

• I am Tristan Mackie – one of the founding directors of free wind ltd• I would be pleased to take any questions, at the discretion of the Chair