A wind turbine for your store
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The photograph on this page of A wind turbine for your store by Lis Burke as part of the Geograph project.
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A wind turbine for your store
Image: © Lis Burke Taken: 5 Sep 2008
When I first saw this rotating structure I assumed it was intended to house some advertising or publicity. In fact it is a wind turbine designed to reduce the carbon footprint of the supermarket in whose car park it is located. In connection with similar scheme at another store a company spokesman said, "We have been looking at a few sites across the UK as locations for these turbines ... ... ...it may only provide a small proportion of the total energy used in the supermarket, but this is part of a UK-wide initiative that we are committed to. We need to try to provide renewable energy at as many of our stores as possible." http://www.energysavingtrust.org.uk/housingbuildings/funding/scottishbusiness/scottishnews/ The application for planning consent stated that the turbine would be capable of generating six kilowatts of electricity and have an estimated lifespan of 15 years.
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Image Location
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56.382258
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-3.433172