Wind turbines and Opera music, they go together like peanut butter and jelly, or so says Peter Gardiner and the good people at Glyndebourne opera company in England. They think that there new 850kw turbine will supply 100% of the opera house’s annual energy needs.
Executive chairman Gus Christie said: “For the sake of future generations and for the sake of the beautiful Downs, we have to do something, we can do something, and I think this will send a very positive message to people who visit and people who live around the area.”(via)
The project was not without its detractors, who claimed it would change the natural beauty of the local environment.
Lewes planning officers had recommended the application be turned down, believing it would “cause serious harm to the natural beauty, character and tranquillity of the Sussex Downs and the proposed South Downs National Park”.