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Construction
Issues - Traffic, Roads and Windfarm Infrastructure
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Countryside
Damage
Apart from excavations for the pylon bases and
huge concrete bases, the infrastructure of windfarms
requires roads, cables, electricty pylons to take
the elctricity away and substations. |
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Preparing the Site
These photographs were taken during November
2009, and show some of the proposed locations
for wind turbines at Ingram Grange.
Most people accept that our climate is changing, and that we
are experiencing more frequent spells of very
wet weather.
What will need to be done to make sites such
as these suitable for wind turbines and an electricity
sub-station?
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Transport
& Construction Traffic
This photograph shows components of the turbines
for Scout Moor wind farm being transported. These
turbines are 100 metres tall. 10 metres shorter
than the ones proposed for Appleton Wiske.
The developers of the proposed site at Bullamoor
of 4 turbines of similar sizes to those proposed
at Appleton Wiske estimate, 17,000 vehicle movements
over a 9 month period.
That could mean over 38,000 movements in our area
to build the Ingram Grange 9 turbine site.
Will these monsters be able to use the existing
roads?
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Damage
to local roads
This photo show the turbine blades for Scout Moor
being transported
In some cases,
the developers "straighten" bends to accommodate
the transportation of the enormous components
Sometimes trees have to be cut down |
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Electricity
substations
A substation will need to be built to transform
the electricity produced by the turbines to a
voltage which can be transported by either underground
cables or pylons |
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Pylons
The electricity needs to be "carried" away and
that might mean huge pylons. |
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Cable
laying
It will be necessary to lay cables from the turbines
to the electricity substation. |
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Roads
within the wind farm
For access a network of roads will need to be
built within the windfarm. |
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Construction
Equipment
Heavy construction equipment will need to brought
in. |
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