On 24 Aug 2016 at 8:30am CountrysideLover wrote:
You know the Glynde wind turbine........every time I go to Glynde it's barely turning! Sometimes it's completely motionless.
Is it a trial by Glyndebourne or is it going to be there forever, does anyone know?
Can't believe David Attenborough supported it.
On 24 Aug 2016 at 9:08am Jane S wrote:
Apparently the turbine produces around 90% of Glyndebourne's annual electricity needs.
On 24 Aug 2016 at 10:25am Ed Can Do wrote:
I've never really understood the people who don't like the Glyndebourne windmill. As Jane says it generates almost all the electricity Glyndebourne use and I quite like the look of modern wind turbines. Even if you don't like the look of them, that particular hillside is covered in whacking great electricity pylons anyway so it was hardly a scene of undisturbed pastoral beauty to start with. The only downside to the turbine is that it is pretty noisy when it gets going but it's no worse than the constant, background traffic noise round here anyway.
On 24 Aug 2016 at 11:09am Earl of Lewes wrote:
I drive past it must days and during the colder months it's often going live the clappers, which neatly coincides when they'll be using more heating. As Ed says, it is pretty noisy on a windy day and I wouldn't want to live too near one.
On 24 Aug 2016 at 12:29pm @Earl of Lewes wrote:
I don't think Glyndebourne has much electric heating - they installed a biomass boiler a while ago (see link) and I imagine the rest of the estate remains on oil. Possibly some top up electric heating, but negligble by comparison.
Imo a good effort by Glyndebourne to get themselves off of conventional heat and power.
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On 24 Aug 2016 at 1:10pm Maybe it's because wrote:
I'm a Londoner from a better part of the Capital that I like to think that my emissions from the 4x4's are offset by Glyndebourne's windturbine. Of course the electricity the train consumes bringing me to Lewes Station is a different matter.
On 24 Aug 2016 at 6:00pm Noise? wrote:
Ed - do you live in Glynde? You say the wind turbine is no different to the constant background traffic noise 'round here' - do you mean in Glynde? We have been offered a house to rent there; are Glynde villagers bothered by the noise of the A27 that divides Glynde and Firle?
On 24 Aug 2016 at 9:49pm Q wrote:
It's actually a couple of miles from Glynde, almost in Ringmer. Nearest houses quite some distance from it.
On 24 Aug 2016 at 10:30pm Windman wrote:
Not sure people are going to be so keen on the new huge wind farm off Brighton.
On 25 Aug 2016 at 1:42am Peasant wrote:
The Glyndebourne turbine is not almost in Ringmer: it IS in Ringmer. Of the 43 turbines of its type in the UK, it is the 43rd most efficient. The reason is its unsuitable location in an un-windy part of the country, on a little hill hidden behind a big hill. As the wind blows mostly in the winter and the Glyndebourne Festival means their peak electricity consumption is on summer afternoons, it mainly feeds the grid which in return feeds Glyndebourne's coffers, using the subsidy you provide through your fuel bills. It isn't visible from Glyndebourne, but is very visible from Ringmer and a surprising number of other places. However, when navigating one's 4 x 4 across the Weald, it does help with the navigation.
On 25 Aug 2016 at 6:48am Countrybumpkin wrote:
I live close to the turbine - can see it from my window. Only way I get to hear it is if the wind's in the right direction and I'm standing pretty close to it. Perhaps I'm going a bit deaf but don't understand all the whingeing about noise....
On 25 Aug 2016 at 10:32am Ed Can Do wrote:
I was referring to the general level of background traffic noise to be honest, you can hear the by-pass from pretty much anywhere in Lewes for example and you can hear the A27 from Glynde and Firle although it's more of a quiet background hum than anything, you mainly notice it later in the evening, I do anyway. The turbine is both visible from Glyndebourne and pretty loud from there too and despite what Peasant thinks, actually provides the majority of Glyndebourne's electricity throughout the summer too. In fact in winter it often can't operate as it's too windy so the brakes have to be applied to stop it spinning off its mount.
I suppose the people who are anti-wind turbines would prefer a nice coal-fired power station in the area or a nuclear reactor? I'm not sure nuclear waste is a preferable option to an occasionally noisy windmill but each to their own.
On 25 Aug 2016 at 9:58pm Lewes wrote:
I think it looks great and my little daughter is always very excited to see it when we drive past to visit nanny and grandad. The fact that it provides electricity for glyndebourne seems a great example of renewable energy that more businesses should adopt where possible.
On 27 Aug 2016 at 9:34pm lewes resident wrote:
Hate wind turbines , a blight on the landscape.
On 29 Aug 2016 at 8:08pm skepticalgreen wrote:
if it's an unsuitable site why is it called Mill Plain?