The exact turbine locations can not be confirmed until all the reports that form part of the Environmental Impact Assessment have been considered.
The Turbines
Each turbine will be a maximum of 85m high to the hub and the rotors will be a maximum of 90m diameter. The diameter of the tower at the base will be approximately 4m. The siting of the turbines is based on the following:
- The turbines would produce electricity to be fed back into the national grid via underground cables.
- Enertrag UK site all turbines a minimum of 700m from any residential property, this is not a requirement of any planning legislation but a figure that Enertrag have found reasonable to counteract any issues with noise or shadow flicker.
- The turbines have to be sited a set distance from each other as recommended by the manufacturer to enable each turbine to generate the maximum amount of electricity.
- Vehicle access routes will be provided between the turbines for construction and maintenance; these will follow the existing tracks and field boundaries where possible.
- The final arrangement for the foundation will be confirmed once the turbine manufacture is determined.
- The land around the turbine will be flat as the foundation would be buried. Once construction is complete, the land can continue to be farmed right up to the turbine tower.
The planning application will describe the turbines in generic form. The reason for this is that the technologies are constantly moving forward and at the time of placing the contract for the turbines Enertrag would want to take advantage of the turbine that best suits the site.
Energy Production
A typical wind turbine unit will provide around 4.7 million units of electricity per year. This is enough to:
- Provide electricity for around 1,000 homes per year
- Boil enough water for 170 million cups of tea
- Run a computer for 1,620 years
- Save 4,000 tonnes of carbon dioxide being emitted into the atmosphere, equivalent to taking 1,333 cars of the road.
(Source: http://www.bwea.com/edu/calcs.html)
Planning Process
As part of the planning process, Enertrag UK will provide opportunity for the public to demonstrate their views and get involved with the public consultation. A consultation document will be available during this time. If you have any comments or queries please use the comments form available on this website.
Enertrag UK will also hold public consultation sessions in the area to give members of the community a chance to meet the team and have their questions answered. Dates of these sessions will be published in due course.
A copy of the scoping request can be accessed from ‘downloads’ at the top of this page or is available here.
As part of the planning process, Enertrag UK are required to produce an Environmental Statement (ES). The process of producing this is known as an Environmental Impact Assessment and will cover the effects and impacts of the development including ornithology, ecology, archaeology, noise, geology and landscape. Enertrag UK will work very closely with experts in these fields in order to produce the ES. Once the ES is complete, Enertrag UK will submit a planning application to the local authority.
Current Progress
- The first public consultation exhibition will be held on 14th May 2008 from 3-8pm in Baumber Village Hall.
- The surveys for the Environmental Impact Assessment are underway.
- The scoping request has been submitted to East Lindsey District Council.
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