Scout Moor Wind Farm is the largest onshore wind farm in England. The wind
farm, which was built for Peel Holdings, is powered by 26 Nordex N80 wind
turbines. It has a total nameplate capacity of 65 MW of electricity,
providing 154,000 MWh per annum, enough to serve the average needs of
40,000 homes. The site occupies 1,347 acres (545 ha) of open moorland
between Edenfield, Rawtenstall and Rochdale, and is split between the
Metropolitan Borough of Rochdale in northern Greater Manchester and the
Borough of Rossendale in south-eastern Lancashire. The turbines are visible
from as far away as south Manchester, 15-20 miles (24-32 km) away. A protest
group formed to resist the proposed construction, and attracted support from
botanist and environmental campaigner David Bellamy. Despite the opposition,
planning permission was granted in 2005, and construction began in 2007.
Although work on the project was hampered by harsh weather, difficult
terrain and previous mining activity, the wind farm was officially opened on
25 September 2008 after "years of controversy", at a cost of £50 million.
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Today's selected anniversaries:
904:
Sergius III came out of retirement to take over the papacy from the deposed
antipope Christopher.
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pope_Sergius_III>
1845:
The Raven, a narrative poem by American poet Edgar Allan Poe about a talking
raven's mysterious visit to a distraught lover, was first published in the
New York Evening Mirror.
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Raven>
1856:
The Victoria Cross was created, originally to recognise acts of valour by
British and Commonwealth military personnel during the Crimean War.
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victoria_Cross>
1886:
German engine designer and engineer Karl Benz filed a patent for the
Motorwagen, the first purpose-built, gasoline-driven automobile.
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karl_Benz>
1944:
World War II: At least 38 people were killed and about a dozen injured when
the Polish village of Koniuchy (present-day Kaniūkai, Lithuania) was
attacked by Soviet partisan units.
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Koniuchy_massacre>
2002:
In his State of the Union Address, U.S. President George W. Bush described
governments he accused of sponsoring terrorism and seeking weapons of mass
destruction as an "axis of evil", specifically naming Iran, Iraq, and North
Korea.
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/axis_of_evil>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
waddle (v):
To walk with short steps, tilting the body from side to side
<http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/waddle>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
The fear of freedom is strong in us. We call it chaos or anarchy, and the
words are threatening. We live in a true chaos of contradicting authorities,
an age of conformism without community, of proximity without communication.
We could only fear chaos if we imagined that it was unknown to us, but in
fact we know it very well. --Germaine Greer
<http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Germaine_Greer>