Wind Farms in the UK

Wind Farms in the UK, Gian Sexsmith

Off the coast of southeast England there is a wind farm that has just opened to help with the use  of renewable energy to power homes. With not only the U.S trying to go "green" Britain is also fighting for finding alternative energy resources. With a deadline of 2020 coming closer and closer to having 15% of its power be from renewable energy sources, where right now its only at 3%.  The opening of this wind farm is one step closer to reaching their goal. Although there are many people who are in favor of this concept of putting as many wind farms that will fit too use the energy created from the farm. There are just as many people who are against the idea. People who live on the beach of where this wind farm just opened complain about the view it gives them now. Even though their view is not as important as global warming and finding alternative energy sources, it is something people complain about. One man, Mr. Wellington lives in Norfolk, England protested and dressed up as a rare pink footed goose because he is concerned with opening more and more of these farms it is going to end in the result of extinction of that species. There are only 250,000 more pink-footed geese and he doesn’t want to keep putting indents on the species population. Even though people are protesting the government is still pushing forward trying to meet the deadline. Off the southeast shore of England the largest off shore wind farm operated by a company called Vattenfall. This new wind farm can operate alone 200,000 homes just off of the energy it produces.  Britain now has 268 wind farms and are trying to think of new ways besides wind farms to produce alternative energy.  They are talking about hydropower generators and how they could produce way more energy than wind farms. They would produce more energy because wind is inconsistent change of wind direction and how hard it can be blowing. That hydropower could be a better approach.