Update

No planning submission from Banks yet, but here's a quick update on events since the last posting:

11th Jan - Doncaster Free Press article. The Public Enquiry for the Tween Bridge Wind Farm has started.

13th Dec - Presentation to Barnburgh and Harlington Parish Council.

9th Dec - Daily Telegraph article - 'Wind Farms are failing to generate the predicted amount of energy' - a report on a Study by the Renewable Energy Foundation. The report concludes that 'the most effective place to site turbines is a t sea near major cities where they can the greater power of off-shore winds without losing too much of the electricity generated in transmission through the National Grid'.

2nd Dec - Yorkshire Post article - 'A green Future for Coal' - a report on a green power generation scheme at Hatfield Colliery. The scheme will mine coal in the old Yorkshire seam, and in a new on-site power station, super-heat the coal (not burn-it!) to provide clean power generation - carbon emissions will be zero. The plant will generate power at a cost of £40/megawatt-hour as opposed to £140/megawatt-hour for wind-power (most taken up by subsidies). The scheme has a 40 year life, will provide a secure supply of power (not intermittent), many times the output of a Wind Turbine. The scheme is also a job creator for the Yorkshire area.

30th Nov Public Meeting Marr Lodge - over 50 people turned up for the Action Group update. The presentation was well received with a lively debate afterwards.

30th Nov - Press Article, South Yorkshire Times

Nov - RSPB confirmed that there are no grounds from a bird perspective to object to the Marr proposal.