Hydrogen plant proposals fail to blow away concerns over wind farm project from today's Sunday Herald outlines the problem in Scotland in these paragraphs:
Of the Wind Hydrogen application Maund said: "There is no physical link between the hydrogen plant and the wind farm. When all the turbines are running, all the electricity goes into the national grid, so the hydrogen plant could be anywhere."
Charlie Woodward, manager of Clyde Muirshiel park, called the link between the two projects "fallacious" and said he the park had "grave concerns". He added that the wind farm project suffered from being on the edge of an EU special protection area, which has been noted in an objection raised by Scottish National Heritage.
There has also been an objection from National Air Traffic Control, which is concerned about the effect on aircraft radar.
A spokesman for Wind Hydrogen said: "This project will contain the UK's first grid-connected commercially sized prototype hydrogen balancing facility. The wind farm will generate the required amount of electrical power required to power the hydrogen balancing facility. Excess electricity from the wind farm is being utilised through transfer via the grid to the hydrogen plant. "
Some interesting comments on The Sunday Herald site which are worth reading.
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