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Wind powered turbines in the forest
A recent post casually mentioned wind farms.
Does anyone have experience of turbines being built and operating in or near forests containing established ski trails. We have one remaining race venue in Scotland at Clashindarrock Forest which has unique snow collection and retention capabilities. Its a forest area on moorland with a challenging climb/descent and a rolling high level route. Harvesting and replanting to preserve the ski tracks has been a perfect example of forestry and the public working together, long before the currrent craze for custom built mountainbike trails. That interesting top track is in danger of being lost following proposals by the power industry to clearcut to erect 3 turbines with several others sited just outside the perimeter fence and serviced by a new approach road built over the moorland. We have lots of these power stations in the UK but no experience of their effect on forest conditions, in terms of plant growth, turbine blades icing up, wind pattern disturbance on falling snow, or generating snowmelt. Have you experienced these things in your area? Mike |
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Wind powered turbines in the forest
Hey Mike,
Here in the Blackforest/Germany they are everywhere and we have heaps of snow and heaps of good trails. Lat year, one of mates and I went looking for an area where we heard there were some groomed trails and we got lost, ending up in an area where there about 5 windmills on an open meadow. There was definately no shortage of snow and the snow cover was no less/more than the places without the windmills. Keep in mind that the windmills are being driven by the wind that is already there. The don't generate any extra wind. As a further point, yet somewhat unrelated to your question, windmills could be viewed eyesore but I would much rather have a few windmills than the nuclear plant, or a big coal eating smokestack or something similar. Skiing is great but the environment is much more important in my eyes. Anyway, better environment though less pollution = better skiing long term, right? my 2 cents Bob "Taywood" schrieb im Newsbeitrag ... A recent post casually mentioned wind farms. Does anyone have experience of turbines being built and operating in or near forests containing established ski trails. We have one remaining race venue in Scotland at Clashindarrock Forest which has unique snow collection and retention capabilities. Its a forest area on moorland with a challenging climb/descent and a rolling high level route. Harvesting and replanting to preserve the ski tracks has been a perfect example of forestry and the public working together, long before the currrent craze for custom built mountainbike trails. That interesting top track is in danger of being lost following proposals by the power industry to clearcut to erect 3 turbines with several others sited just outside the perimeter fence and serviced by a new approach road built over the moorland. We have lots of these power stations in the UK but no experience of their effect on forest conditions, in terms of plant growth, turbine blades icing up, wind pattern disturbance on falling snow, or generating snowmelt. Have you experienced these things in your area? Mike |
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