Wind farm gets approval

A wind energy project along the coast of Essex that has stirred controversy is set to obtain approval despite the protests the project has received from the locals living in the surrounding location where the wind farm is planned to be situated. The firm behind the wind energy project along the coast of Essex is Npower Renewables.

Npower Renewables has made an application to set up 5 wind turbines each rising to a height of four hundred and ten feet. The firm also made an application to build a substation on Earls Hall Farm close to Clacton-on-Sea.

The plan by Npower Renewables is projected to generate enough electricity to meet the requirements of between five thousand and six thousand households. However there is strong opposition especially from a protest group calling itself the South Tendring Acting to Protect Our Local Environment or STAPLE.

Officers from the Tendring District Council have made the recommendation that the wind energy project get the approval. It is understood that Tendring District Council will meet soon to make a decision on the wind farm.

The location for the proposed wind farm is adjacent to Little Clacton and St Osyth villages and is close to the north western side of Clacton. A report by the local authority has already determined that the wind energy project would not adversely affect the environment in the area. Npower Renewables is hoping to obtain planning permission that will last for two and a half decades which is the projected lifespan of the wind energy turbines.

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