Current Progress
- Enertrag UK have submitted a scoping request to Aylesbury Vale District Council for an Environmental Impact Assessment to construct a wind farm at Wing, Buckinghamshire.
Scoping Request
Enertrag UK have sent Aylesbury Vale District Council a request for a 'Scoping Opinion' which will detail the requirements of a subsequent Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA).
The scoping opinion is the first stage in the planning process to indicate what issues should be addressed in more detail. A thorough Environmental Impact Assessment will be carried out and is anticipated to take approximately 1 year, commencing after receipt of the Scoping Opinion provided by Aylesbury Vale District Council. Enertrag UK will look to submit a planning application and Environmental Statement (ES) after the completion of the EIA. There will be opportunity for public consultation during this process.
The Site
The proposed site is on land to the West of the village of Wing and will comprise of five turbines, each with a maximum output of 2MW. The proposed site location and layout is shown below. The exact turbine locations can not be confirmed until all the reports that form part of the Environmental Impact Assessment have been considered.
Proposed Site Layout
The Turbines
The specific model will not be finalised until after planning permission is granted. 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.
However each turbine will be a maximum height to the hub of 85m with maximum rotor diameter of 90m. The diameter of the tower at the base will be approximately 4m. The siting of the turbines is based on the following:
- The turbines will 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.
Energy Production and Carbon Savings
Indicative Displacement Calculations for a five turbine wind farm.
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Installed capacity per turbine
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Total annual output for wind farm (GWh)
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Equivalent number of households (consumption)
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CO2 Savings (tones per year)
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2MW
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26.28
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5,591
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11,300
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30% load factor;
CO2 saving of430g/kWh;
Average annual household electricity consumption of 4700 kWh.
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 consider the potential effects and impacts of the development on the following areas including; ornithology, ecology, archaeology, noise, geology, landscape, cultural heritage, traffic and access, shadow flicker and electromagnetic interference. 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.
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.
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