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Part of wind turbine at Flackwell Heath school fell off
2:11pm Tuesday 6th October 2009
A WIND turbine at a school in Flackwell Heath has been repaired after part of it fell off into the school playground.
A panel - about the size of a dustbin cover - fell off the back of the turbine at Carrington Junior School and the whole structure had to be taken down and repaired over the summer.
Bucks County Council says it happened on Sunday, July 26, so no children were in the playground at the time.
The 15-metre-high turbine was installed in 2005 at a cost of about £24,000.
Photographs and an anonymous letter were recieved by the Bucks Free Press saying: "If this can happen, the turbine is a danger and should not be installed anywhere near our children."
But Bucks County Council has assured parents the turbine is now in full working order and is not dangerous.
Spokesman Lucy Stratton said: "Health and safety went up there two weeks ago and checked that it was safe.
"It was looked at very closely and at the moment it looks quite promising."
School headteacher Jo Plaskitt was unavailable for comment.
Controversial plans for another £25,000 wind turbine at Highworth Combined School in Totteridge are currently being considered by Wycombe District Council.
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JP80, says...
2:59pm Tue 6 Oct 09
sw: sell-wind
DeepThinker, Wycombe says...
3:35pm Tue 6 Oct 09
JP80 wrote:It's good publicity stunt.
so.. how many useful kW has it generated since installation? how many kgs carbon saved, including the manufacture, transport and rebuild? what is its expected lifetime and maintenance cost over that time? one for the new 'carbon blogger' to cover perhaps :) sw: sell-wind
"We're doing for the children" ... "It makes the children aware of environmental issues and alternative sources of energy" ... etc.
No, it looks good when the school and the headteacher appear in the local paper.
Unfortunately it is a high price to pay for a small amount of learning, and lots of publicity.
Plus ça change..., Wycombe says...
3:47pm Tue 6 Oct 09
Including one of those...
bakerbill, High Wycombe says...
8:42pm Tue 6 Oct 09
A kids playground ,what a stupid dangerous place to put it . Get rid of it or move it to a safer location , children welfare is more important than this schools policy of jumping on the anti co2 bandwagon.
Steve Totteridge Hill, says...
11:11pm Tue 6 Oct 09
bakerbill wrote:Don't worry the school will probably soon sell off the land rather than do regular inspections...
So a part of it fell off into the school playground and luckily no children were in the playground at the time .The kids may not be so lucky if it happens again A kids playground ,what a stupid dangerous place to put it . Get rid of it or move it to a safer location , children welfare is more important than this schools policy of jumping on the anti co2 bandwagon.
Code words...fall-mast!!!
Plus ça change..., Wycombe says...
11:55am Wed 7 Oct 09
Then reverse rotation at half-time...
cezyboo, high wycombe says...
1:57pm Thu 8 Oct 09
trotskee, High Wycombe says...
2:23pm Thu 8 Oct 09
Also how enviromentally friendly is it that the Headmaster drives a large 4 x 4 car?
monkey girl, high wycombe says...
10:15pm Thu 8 Oct 09
cezyboo, high wycombe says...
4:48pm Sat 10 Oct 09
Quite promising. I expect to hear 100% safe. I won't be happy until I hear that.
The turbine is now up and running again
Repair work was carried out over the summer
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WycombeSuxers, Not Wycombe says...
2:45pm Tue 6 Oct 09
club-them (i wish someone would)