Representatives from Saffron Housing and wind turbine company Windcrop with the new wind turbine behind Saffron's offices in Long Stratton
New 15 metre high wind turbine erected in Long Stratton
Dominic Bareham, senior reporter
Thursday, October 11, 2012
7:30 PM
A new 15 metre high wind turbine was erected near the offices of a Norfolk housing developer on Thursday as part of the company’s efforts to become more energy efficient.
Saffron Housing Trust, which has built over 4,800 homes in the south Norfolk area, already has solar panels at its offices in Swan Lane, Long Stratton and 800 of its homes, but has now also erected the turbine behind its offices to provide 14,000 kw/h of electricity annually.
The energy generated by the turbine, which is being installed by Windcrop Ltd, is estimated to cover 10-11pc of Saffron’s current electricity demands for its offices, which houses over 100 people and will also enable the trust to play its part in creating a sustainable future by saving over seven metric tonnes of carbon dioxide from being emitted into the atmosphere.
Jason MacCormick, survey manager at the trust, said: “We are very excited here at Saffron Housing Trust to be making our first moves into using wind power.
“As a site that is not on the gas grid we are continuously striving to reduce our dependence on mains fed electricity, heating oil and, of course, reducing the amounts of CO2 we release into the atmosphere. Windcrop have been extremely helpful in getting this project off the ground and I am looking forwards to seeing the wind turbine in action.”
John Moore, managing director at Windcrop Ltd, added: “Electricity generated from wind power is the fastest growing green energy source in the UK and our small wind turbines are ideal for organisations like Saffron to adopt renewable energy as part of their commercial strategy.
“As we install and maintain all our turbines free of charge they are a simple yet productive way for businesses to make substantial savings while providing a visible, yet unobtrusive, demonstration of a company’s commitment to the environment.”
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31 comments
CV I think you'll find that's possibly its only practical use. unfortunately it'll also be the most expensive mole preventer as all utility bill payes will share its subsidies.
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Windless
Wednesday, October 17, 2012
Seems that the subscribers have had their cage rattled as the contributions all amount to a load of hot air At least the new windmill will keep the moles away !
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Claire Voyant
Wednesday, October 17, 2012
"townie", then you used weapons I did the signal processing for - tested out and proven at Larkhill. Good job we gave you something to fight with. Serious congratulations in making it through Iraq, Bosnia and Africa although probably not in that order.
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Norfolk Dumpling
Monday, October 15, 2012
dumping we here at work have had much fun but we realize its not nice poking fun at a sad old man (the debate as to if you are captian mainwaring or scrooge is still going on) so we decided we will comment no more and let you have the last word bye bye dumpy
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townie
Monday, October 15, 2012
dumping in 20+ years service in the british army ive been to iraq bosnia and africa i now have my own company and am doing nicely thank you. i have seen poverty first hand not the type you think you are in really i don,t care if you single hand built tower bridge you are still a bigot.if as you rekon these wind turbines make no energy its not your problem now go back to you lego and build some more buildings and the nurse will bring you a nice cup of tea
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townie
Monday, October 15, 2012
dumping in 20+ years service in the british army ive been to iraq bosnia and africa i now have my own company and am doing nicely thank you. i have seen poverty first hand not the type you think you are in really i don,t care if you single hand built tower bridge you are still a bigot.if as you rekon these wind turbines make no energy its not your problem now go back to you lego and build some more buildings and the nurse will bring you a nice cup of tea
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townie
Monday, October 15, 2012
"townie" of benefits troll standing, the laugh is entirely on you if you look at the new Norfolk & Norwich hospital, Breydon Bridge, Norwich City Main stand, Channel Tunnel terminal or the Millennium Dome. Then you can go to Iraq, Qatar and Saudi for hospitals, dentistry hospitals and ports which are all my work. They certainly would not trust numpties like you. You really have no idea of what a Eur. Ing. [European Engineer, a legal title] implies, have you? So, I suggest you stop talking about things you have no hope of understanding. The derisive huge laugh is at your expense because my group knows exactly my capabilities and my position.
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Norfolk Dumpling
Monday, October 15, 2012
hey dumping why don,t you call saffron and ask them Why is it called Saffron Housing Trust Limited and what association does it have with Orwell Housing? and while you are at it get the facts about what they do in south norfolk
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townie
Monday, October 15, 2012
ha ha ha oh dumping i really got to you have i not you can,t have been a good Chartered Engineer if as you claim you are now in fuel poverty oh wait did you not say you also paid Corporation Tax? I sincerely hope you do not end up with serious health problems and fuel poverty in your retirement and-or old age or you will be very ill and depressed after paying a lifetime into the NI and tax system. You ought to think about that maybe you will need saffrons help one day if you don,t give a damm about your fellow man then stop moaning and let saffron do their job
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townie
Monday, October 15, 2012
And, "townie", something for you to think about. Do you know what energy density identifies? Because the energy densities of wind and solar generation make them both obsolete technologies not worth a candle when it comes to supplying the whole UK to scale with secure electricity generation. With Load Factors ranging from 7-21% they cannot compete on a level playing field with fossil fuels or nuclear with LFs of greater than 90%. I inform you of this knowledge as a retired Chartered Engineer because that is what I did for 45 years. Now lets hear your further arguments. And no, it is not unfair that I have that knowledge - it is what I studied 5 years for. I don't just sound off, I make sure I know about the subject as much as you clearly do not.
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Norfolk Dumpling
Monday, October 15, 2012
"townie", my last comment not properly legible. It is NOT "free energy" because we, electricity bill payers all, pay for it through covert subsidies on our bills. See DECC Feed-in Tariffs, Pages 33-35 which does a typical calculation AND identifies who finances this political scheme intended to drag us all down to financial penury. I sincerely hope you do not end up with serious health problems and fuel poverty in your retirement and-or old age or you will be very ill and depressed after paying a lifetime into the NI and tax system. You ought to think about that. No, I have not lost the argument. All your writings prove i have won it. Why is it called Saffron Housing Trust Limited and what association does it have with Orwell Housing?
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Norfolk Dumpling
Monday, October 15, 2012
ee the Government booklet DECC Feed-in Tariffs and read and digest Pages 333435 which will do the sums for you and state how the FiT scheme is financed. And if I were you I would get over that rent-paying tenants are trodden on and in desperate need of charity. Only a few may be the case.
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Norfolk Dumpling
Monday, October 15, 2012
Ingo agree with you about the planners at sndc
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townie
Sunday, October 14, 2012
Ingo you are right the tennants recive free energy with the money earned by the energy feed back to the grid used to pay for the panels and compared to other housing assoc are still producing homes at a good rate all charities need to survive that is a requirement of the charity comission i still say they are doing a good job in south norfolk so the need to knock them? The 10 % cut in hb won,t really affect saffron as the vast majority of their tennants are over65
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townie
Sunday, October 14, 2012
Ahh norfolk dumping getting personal a sure sign that someone has lost the argument so should be pleased that you no longer have to fund council housing i am happy to fund the less well off but you seem to have a case of i am alll right jack oh a i asked a safffron tennant who gets the money from the solar panels fitted to their home and they do
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townie
Sunday, October 14, 2012
Townie, you are wrong, tenants do not receive the full amount off their bills, some of it is declared as income by saffron, read their accounts.
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ingo wagenknecht
Sunday, October 14, 2012
Further to this, Saffron's pay, whilst the public sector had to be contend with a freeze, is a healthy 3% this year and their reserves are very healthy as well. Solar panels alone do not make for green housing and unless the code for sustainable housing is adopted in full by the board, it will continue to build very little housing itself, preferring to buy homes under S106 agreements from house builders. The charity is concerned with its own survival first and it has no say in the political nature of the 10% cut in housing benefit next year.
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ingo wagenknecht
Sunday, October 14, 2012
Ahh norfolk dumping getting personal a sure sign that someone has lost the argument so should be pleased that you no longer have to fund council housing i am happy to fund the less well off but you seem to have a case of i am alll right jack oh a i asked a safffron tennant who gets the money from the solar panels fitted to their home and they do
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townie
Sunday, October 14, 2012
Saffron is earning oodles from deficient old generation solar panels foisted ion their tenants roofs. Its OK for them to operate wind turbines, whilst communities having the same wish are refused . Planners are biased and out of date, just as their cllr.s
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ingo wagenknecht
Sunday, October 14, 2012
If nothing else, this proves there is very little desire for ANY money turbine in Norfolk, even a piddling little hair dryer such as this! Hopefully be impossible soon when the hated subsidies are finally removed.
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Windless
Sunday, October 14, 2012
No, you don't fund my winter fuel allowance. 50 years of my payments into the system of Income Tax, Corporation Tax, Value Added Tax and National Insurance contributions have funded this as well as the education of people like you who still seem unable to spell correctly or read the Queen's English or calculate the costs. Who do you think financed the housing for the rent-paying tenants? People like my wife and I who have been paying South Norfolk Council tax since 1976. Now get your benefit blinkers off.
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Norfolk Dumpling
Saturday, October 13, 2012
Norfolk dumping well in diss saffron provide dennycentre for the elderly taylor road community centre have paid for play areas for kids in the town and given thousands of pounds in community grants oh and don,t i fund your winter fuel allowance to cover you so called poverty and it was the rent paying tenants who voted to dump the council maybe you need to do a little research before you sound off about a chosen subject
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townie
Saturday, October 13, 2012
Norfolk dumping well in diss saffron provide dennycentre for the elderly taylor road community centre have paid for play areas for kids in the town and given thousands of pounds in community grants oh and don,t i fund your winter fuel allowance to cover you so called poverty and it was the rent paying tenants who voted to dump the council maybe you need to do a little research before you sound off about a chosen subject
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townie
Saturday, October 13, 2012
"townie", perhaps you are single and can afford to throw away your money but there are many of us in South Norfolk who are State pensioners in fuel poverty. What charitable works do Saffron do for us except steal our cash via the Feed-in Tariff schemes? Charity definitely begins at home in this economic climate. And don't forget that many of us when working have contributed to charities for something like 50 years. I started collecting door-to-door for cancer research at the age of 9. And who gave our councillors the right to hand over our Council housing stock in 2004? We certainly did not.
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Norfolk Dumpling
Saturday, October 13, 2012
Norfolk dumpling you may not realise saffron are a charity with all profit being spent on homes and projects in the community so i have no problem with them doing a project that will help them save money to spend in our communites
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townie
Saturday, October 13, 2012
So, come on, "Thoreauwasright-Thoreauwasexceedingly wrong", Jason McCormick of Saffron and John Moore of Windcrop, through the auspices of the EDP and perhaps this blog, in front of everyone, I challenge you to prove me wrong. If you can, I will apologise but, if you cannot, you will become the brunt of never-ending derision amid accusations of being cash-cow scam merchants and snake-oil salesmen.
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Norfolk Dumpling
Saturday, October 13, 2012
It is noticeable that Saffron are rather coy at identifying the financing of this obsolete wind folly technology, just as Saffron has not given away the financing of the solar panel systems. So my guess is that it and they are financed by the Feed-in Tariffs scheme [probably not ROCs scheme]. Guess who finances that? WE DO, so Saffron are using other electricity bill payers to finance their office bills. DO YOU THINK THAT IS A FAIR SITUATION? There is NO saving of carbon dioxide emissions because all these solar panels and this wind turbine enforce fossil fuel backup generation from the National Grid. If Saffron are so confident of their installations let them cut themselves off from the generation security provided by the National grid. Come on Saffron, some of us are not quite as stupid as you think we could be.
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Norfolk Dumpling
Saturday, October 13, 2012
It is noticeable that Saffron are rather coy at identifying the financing of this obsolete wind folly technology, just as Saffron has not given away the financing of the solar panel systems. So my guess is that it and they are financed by the Feed-in Tariffs scheme [probably not ROCs scheme]. Guess who finances that? WE DO, so Saffron are using other electricity bill payers to finance their office bills. DO YOU THINK THAT IS A FAIR SITUATION? There is NO saving of carbon dioxide emissions because all these solar panels and this wind turbine enforce fossil fuel backup generation from the National Grid. If Saffron are so confident of their installations let them cut themselves off from the generation security provided by the National grid. Come on Saffron, some of us are not quite as stupid as you think we could be.
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Norfolk Dumpling
Saturday, October 13, 2012
Thoreauwaswrong, idiocy! As much use at generating electricity as a Mars Bar!
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windup
Friday, October 12, 2012
Stupidity
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Windless
Friday, October 12, 2012
Excellent.
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Thoreauwasright
Friday, October 12, 2012