What happens when the wind farmis taken down (decommissioned)?
Airtricity will either choose to apply for planning permission to continue to operate the wind farm, or will restore the area (to a depth of one metre) to a condition comparable to its present condition. Wind energy technology is essentially reversible and compared to some other generation methods, decommissioning a wind farm is fairly straightforward and simple. An Arup report presented a view as to how the TAN 8 areamight be refined.
