The proposed wind farm on land to the SW of the village of Linton would comprise of eight turbines having a maximum output of 3MW. The proposed site layout is shown below. The turbines would generate electricity that would be fed into the national grid via underground cables. Vehicle access routes will be provided between the turbines for construction and maintenance; these will follow current tracks and field boundaries where possible.
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 final arrangement for the foundations will be confirmed once the turbine manufacture is determined. The land around the turbine will be flat as the foundation will be buried. Once construction is complete, the land could continue to be famed right up to the turbine tower.
The planning application will describe the turbines in a generic form. The reason for this is that technology is 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. The various energy production and greenhouse gas savings are detailed below for a typical eight turbine wind farm:
Installed capacity
per turbine |
Total annual wind farm output (MW/hr) |
Equivalent No. households (consumption) |
CO 2 Saving (Tonne/Yr) |
SO 2 Saving (Tonne/Yr) |
NO X Saving (Tonne/Yr) |
| |
|
|
|
|
|
2MW |
42,048
|
8,900 |
31,161 |
420 |
126 |
2.5MW |
52,560
|
11,150 |
45,210 |
525 |
157 |
3MW |
63,072 |
13,400 |
52,241 |
630 |
189 |
The planning application will describe the turbines in a generic form. The reason for this is that technology is 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. The various energy production and greenhouse gas savings are detailed below for a typical eight turbine wind farm:
These figures are based on:-
30% load factor.
CO2 emission saving of 860g/kWh
SO2 emission saving of 10g/kWh
NO x emission saving of 3g/kWh
and average annual household electricity consumption of 4.7MWh
A copy of the Information and Consultation document regarding the proposed wind farm at Linton is available for download at the top of the page and also here. |
