Last night I visited the website from the Islay Energy Trust and had a closer look at their goals and objectives regarding renewable energy on the Islay of Islay. What is The Islay Energy Trust? A statement from their homepage:
Although everybody will probably agree with the need for sustainable energy, putting up a wind turbine park near Port Ellen is quite a radical way to provide this "green" energy. Wind turbine parks are, certainly in some areas, very controversial. I only have to refer to the huge wind turbine park which will be built on the Island of Harris on the Outer Hebrides. Wind turbines provide a fair amount of electricity but they have their disadvantages as well. They make noise, they kill birds and they change the landscape dramatically. Although some will say they like a landscape with wind turbines, I personally think wind turbines disturb the landscape too much and am therefore a strong opponent (picture top right) of wind turbines in such delicate areas. I can imagine, with the strong currents in the Sound of Islay, that tidal energy could be a possible solution as well, or even build an off-shore wind turbine park which provides energy for Colonsay, Jura and Islay.
Islay Weblog
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