Onshore wind farms for Scotland, Suffolk, Yorkshire, Cumbria
REpower UK, the UK subsidiary of India’s Suzlon Group, has signed four new turbine contracts to supply turbines for new wind farms at Clashindarroch in Aberdeenshire, Eye Airfield in Suffolk in the South East of England, Hampole in Yorkshire and Westnewton, located in Cumbria.
The 37 MW Clashindarroch Wind Farm, being developed by Vattenfall, is situated in the Clashindarroch Forest near Huntly, Aberdeenshire, and will comprise 18 of REpower’s MM82 turbines. Construction is due for completion by March 2015.
The 6.8 MW Eye Airfield Wind Farm, being developed by the Ventus funds and managed by Temporis Capital, will consist of two REpower 3.4M104 turbines, currently the most powerful onshore wind turbine in the UK, according to the company. Construction at Eye is due to start this month and should be completed in April 2014.
The 8.2 MW Hampole Wind Farm, being developed by Good Energy, will comprise four MM92 turbines. Construction at Hampole has started, the turbines will arrive in January 2014 and the site is scheduled for completion by July 2014. Finally the 6.2 MW Westnewton Wind Farm, being developed by Broadview Energy, is located in Cumbria between the villages of Aspatria and Westnewton and will consist of three MM82 turbines. Work is due to commence this winter and will be completed by March 2014.
Meanwhile, Energy Minister Fergus Ewing has refused planning consent for the Harelaw Renewable Energy Park proposed wind farm within planning authority areas of East Ayrshire and East Renfrewshire Councils. The Energy Minister concurred with the findings of the Public Inquiry Reporter that the design of the wind farm, in combination with the number and height of the turbines, would appear out of scale with the surrounding landscape and that it would have significant adverse landscape and visual impacts. The original application submitted by Gamesa Energy UK was for a 117 MW, 40-turbine farm, to be built on Glenouther Moor, south of Neilston.
Last on wind matters, and moving offshore, Ofgem has appointed Blue Transmission London Array as owners of the high voltage transmission link to the London Array (Phase 1) offshore wind farm. Four bidders competed to own and operate the £459mn transmission link. The licence grant marks a key milestone for the world’s largest offshore wind farm and the competitive offshore regime, says Ofgem, as the regime has led to the cost of running the transmission link being a quarter less than the seven previously completed licence grants.
The Blue Transmission consortium, comprising Barclays Infrastructure Funds Management and a UK subsidiary of Mitsubishi Corporation, will now maintain and operate the links for the next 20 years.
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Journal title: Energy World
Subjects: Onshore wind power, Wind power, Wind farms, Offshore wind farms, Onshore wind farms
