Royd Moor Wind Farm 2007

Royd Moor Wind farm is near Barnsley, in South Yorkshire, UK.
I made this quick clip because I love wind farms so much. The movies were recorded using a digital stills camera with a movie setting, so quality is not so great, and there's a fair bit of camera shake.

I've been back to this place and made a better video of it recently : http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=IZewUHnvdZE

The music is Anirog D9 by Squarepusher.

Category:

Travel & Events

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• Royd
• Moor
• Wind
• Farm
• Barnsley
• Sheffield
• South
• Yorkshire
• UK

[richardyingren]

Elecricity generation and distribution professional engineers with years of 'hands on' experience tell us that wind as as source of electricity generation is a fallacy. Here in the UK .... EU money fuels the greed for large scale wind turbines and has totally distorted any sane scientific discussion. Fact based on knowledge not 'green' whimsy.

[GFantastic]

Royd Moor has been generating power commercially since 1993.

[assoonas1]

Both nuclear plants and wind turbines are safer then continuing to give billions to the middle east, think about it.

[GFantastic]

Yeah - I think there's a green case for another look at nuclear. It's not without its problems but I think it's time to re-examine the idea.

Unfortunately I don't think there'll ever be a rational debate about it because so many people start hyperventilating the minute you even mention the words.

[rachfatcat]

PS The music is great, and very fitting.

[GFantastic]

Thanks Rach - it was picked because it was exactly the same length as the clip I'd edited. Sweet serendipity!

I was back up at this place yesterday at sunset. It was a beautiful afternoon, and really windy up there so the turbines were zooming round at a fair old rate. Awe inspiring!

[mrhippo79]

Wind goes in, megawatts come out, where's the fallacy?

For the last time, it's nothing to do with the EU.

There are very few valid objections to this source of electricity, most of them can be traced back to fear of change or nimbyism.

[MrSupervin]

I LOVE WIND TURBINES xxx

[cesarmm1989]

yeah! squarepusher

[MrBoen123]

My son loves this clip.. We watch it ten times a day=)

make more

[WockneysRedBarrel]

Presumably by saying "EU money fuels the greed..." you are referring to the Renewables Obligation. In fact 07/08 was the only year since the RO's introduction in 2002 that onshore wind received the largest share of ROCs. Even then wind received only 2% more ROCs than landfill gas (30% vs 28%). Therefore you should equally state EU money fuels the greed for landfill gas electricity. Personally I would say its a wise investment.

[nmack75]

Richardyingren...strange comment to make - windfarms DO produce many MW of electricity and do so economically. Do you really think that windfarms in the UK are 100% subsidised by EU / government money and are there for decoration? Your "Facts based on knowledge" make me think you don't know very much about the subject, still..on an open forum everyone has a voice.

[mvlty]

Cool music!!!!!!!!!