GLENLORA WIND TURBINE - Renfrewshire Council

3.9 Safety
Background
GLENLORA WIND TURBINE
Wind turbines have a proven track record for safety. A very small number of turbines
have been known to lose parts of the rotor assembly through accidental damage
such as lightning or mechanical failure. There is no record of a member of a member
of the public being injured by an operational wind turbine in the UK.
Nonetheless aspects of a project of this nature still have the potential to create
hazards to contractors and the general public. The greatest hazards occur during the
scope of each life phase of a wind farm:
• Site Development and Planning;
• Design, Specification, Manufacture & Assembly;
• Construction, Commissioning (and demolition); and
• Operation And Maintenance
Construction Best Practice
Construction Best Practice would be adopted to maintain site safety and protect the
interests of ecology and hydrology.
All personnel working on the site would undergo an induction covering topics
including health & safety, environmental protection and pollution prevention,
control and response.
A project Health, Safety and Environmental Plan would be developed to ensure a
coordinated approach. This plan would highlight the health, safety and
environmental considerations related to the proposed works and define the controls
to be implemented to ensure a safe system of work.
3.10 Items Scoped Out of Environmental Assessments
Shadow Flicker
PAN45 1 suggests that shadow flicker should not pose problems beyond 10 rotor
diameters (480m). As no sensitive receptors have been identified within 480m of
the turbine location no further assessment or mitigation in relation to shadow flicker
was considered necessary with the overall level of impact would be negligible or
zero.
1
Scottish Executive Planning Advice Note, PAN45 (revised 2002): Renewable Energy Technologies,
Wind Power, http://www.scotland.gov.uk/library/pan/pan45-04.asp, para. 64, 01/11/05
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