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Tuesday 19 June 2012

Hydro Power in Bradford on Avon  - something's not right.

n.b. I am not Millbuilder or Northmill 

Given the name of the town and being home to one of the UK's most lavishly publicly funded provincial eco-activism groups -  I think not unreasonably - that a considerable fuss would have been made over the utterly miserable botching of licences for the two prominent water power developments in the town  - not so for some reason it seems....

There's something odd going on with hydro power schemes in Bradford on Avon.  Two stories in the Wiltshire Times archive about the Kingston Mills turbine have been deliberately removed - as in deleted (Their ghost lurks in Google). 

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Could it be that this scheme received similarly expert attention to that endured at North Mill from our friends at The Environment Agency?  Then... there's that project in Warwickshire which will be subject of another post at Old North Mill.

Part of the Environment Agency's remit / duty in the statutory licence process is to ascertain if a scheme is do-able prior to issuing an abstraction or impoundment licence. This includes legally adequate access provision for construction equipment, maintenance and inspection. 

Anyway - in all - odd ... very odd.....

Maybe we'll ask Linden Homes and  Dr.Rupert Gabriel what the score is with Kingston Mills

6 comments:

  1. Ability to do a hydro scheme does not matter to the EA just give a licence to who you like ! Or just give a paper LICENCE to a scheme that cannot be done about time they were all checked by someone with a bit of common

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  2. Maybe the EA are caught up in the "rush to renewables" and are not doing their jobs properly (obviously in this case) and rushing to the photo-opportunity / honeymoon phase of projects to be "seen to be green or greener than other government departments" given the title of the organisation?

    It looks like Avoncliff isn't an isolated incident.

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  3. Has anyone seen the article in Narrowbaot world

    http://www.narrowboatworld.com/index.php/leatest/4572-a-law-unto-itself?showall=1

    it's a corker

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  4. I was most impressed with what George Osborne said about moving planning constraints, obviously he has not heard of the Environment Agency

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  5. WELL ITS ONLY THREE YEARS NOW --- MANY JOBS LOST --- NO TAX DUE --- NO GREEN ENERGY --- HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS GONE FROM THE PUBLIC PURSE --- MORE TO FOLLOW ---THE ENVIRONMENT AGENCY CANNOT SEE THE WOOD FROM THE TREES -- MAKE THEM ACCOUNTABLE ---EASY TO SPEND OTHER PEOPLES MONEY --- NEVER MIND THE PUBLIC PURSE IS REALLY FLUSH ---

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Get it off yer chest - please keep it civil