On the last working day before Christmas break - they waved through the application to extend - even though there is no viable scheme for Weaver's Mill. The owners of North Mill have not been advised of the decision - a predictable gesture from officials whose bias and bad faith have polluted the last 6 years at Avoncliff.
I originally claimed that the EA didn't send out advisory emails to participants in the statutory consultation.
This was not true.
The email for some reason got classified as spam by my service provider .... apologies to anybody at the EA who might have been incensed by a false accusation ....
The decision document can be read HERE
Why put a condition on a license - and when that condition is clearly broken it's waved away with an unspecified explanation and some coaching of the applicant...
Perhaps a few people might take a few minutes to read this piece on the state of hydro power on our rivers and streams - by somebody with 30+ years of experience in the matter. Not much has changed at the EA in the 20-ish years elapsed since Mr. Goring submitted his memo....
The ROI from here might just make Weaver's Mill think twice about a scheme...
50 years to break even at that rate?
(assuming zero maintenance)
FYI at the moment HSBC will generously give you about half that ROI
- on the same investment
- so maybe it's a bargain
The decision document can be read HERE
Why put a condition on a license - and when that condition is clearly broken it's waved away with an unspecified explanation and some coaching of the applicant...
Perhaps a few people might take a few minutes to read this piece on the state of hydro power on our rivers and streams - by somebody with 30+ years of experience in the matter. Not much has changed at the EA in the 20-ish years elapsed since Mr. Goring submitted his memo....
The ROI from here might just make Weaver's Mill think twice about a scheme...
50 years to break even at that rate?
(assuming zero maintenance)
FYI at the moment HSBC will generously give you about half that ROI
- on the same investment
- so maybe it's a bargain
Interesting construction stuff going on in the pub garden.
ReplyDeleteNot sure I'd want to live in a house that's overlooked by several hundred people in a pub garden.
hmm... bit of a development there then - have to take a look at that - thanks.
DeleteI noted in the decision statement that the owner of Weavers Mill had removed trees to give access for the equipment required to install the proposed turbine. This if all very well but how are they going to get under the canal. The bridge is extremely low. Only just over 7ft high at the apex of the curve with restricted width. A minor challenge.
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