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Article: Yard's fresh bid for wind turbine.
- Article from:
- Shields Gazette (South Shields, England)
- Article date:
- December 5, 2007
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GREEN campaigners today welcomed news that plans for a controversial riverside wind turbine will be resurrected in the new year.
A&P Tyne at Hebburn was forced to scrap its original plans for the turbine - which would have been as tall as six Angels of the North stacked on top of each other - following objections from residents, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) and Newcastle International Airport.
But now new plans are set to be submitted to South Tyneside Council for a redesigned wind turbine.
The move has been welcomed by borough officials of Friends of the Earth (FoE), who say they will back the scheme all the way.
David Skentelbery, ...