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English: Wind pressure on the Lammermuirs Lowest wind generator of the Moneynut array above the conglomerate pinnacles of Burnhope. Increased run-off from the moor above due to access roads and drainage ditches will probably accelerate the demise of these pinnacles carved in the soft conglomerate. Curious that SSSI status for these Lammermuir deans, and their geology and flora, did not disturb the imperative to install a wind farm overlapping the SSSI area. On the day the photo was taken, the farmer downstream was busy trying to restore the river to its earlier route due to massive gravel outwash from the previous week's flash storms. He said that it was the worst gravel shift he had ever experienced there.
The bending of the rotor blades shows that it was a very windy day and the machines were probably operating at their maximum output. When they are not generating due to very high wind, the blades are feathered to reduce structural loading. These look stationary simply because of high shutter speed. The design output of this Moneynut wind farm array is about 19MW at a load factor of about 30%. By comparison, the design output of the adjacent Torness nuclear plant is about 1200 MW with a load factor of above 80%. |
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| Author | Keith Burns |
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This image was taken from the Geograph project collection. See this photograph's page on the Geograph website for the photographer's contact details. The copyright on this image is owned by Keith Burns and is licensed for reuse under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0 license.
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