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Message: <blockquote data-quote="pratincol" data-source="post: 3302574" data-attributes="member: 65801">Thanks Barred Wobbler.Very interesting!-now we are getting to the nitty-gritty.I have always been sceptical about these claims especially when I see the local turbines  consistently breaking down.This  too will have a dent on the electricity production figures.The worst offender is a nearby  windfarm.It was trumpeted as a state of the art construction- when it was forced  upon on us against local opinion- about 10 years ago.The turbines were certainly  bigger beasts than we had seen before.Within a couple of years they started to break down and recently I have yet to see all six turbines working in unison in recent years.The best score in recent times, is four out of six and it is often less.It is now not unusual to see between none and two twirling around.I would love to know what the ACTUAL electricity production is,rather than the projected figures when it was first built.Is there any way to find this information?It is now a sad looking eyesore which presumably is a nice little earner for the farmer whose land it is built on.I don't mind green activists trotting out claimed figures for renewable energy but you would hope the numbers were honest and transparent.</blockquote>