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News Release from: Dulas | Subject: Powergen Renewables
Edited by the Buildingtalk Editorial
Team on 05 January 2007
Powergen Renewables operational wind
farms
Powergen Renewables currently has 16 operational wind farms in the UK and Ireland.
Powergen Renewables currently has 16 operational wind farms in the UK and Ireland Another site is about to begin generating
This article was originally published on Buildingtalk on 21 Dec 2006 at 8.00am (UK)
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The move supports the Government's call for 10% of the UK's energy requirements to come from renewable sources by 2010, and any future plans to expand this further in the future.
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The increase in capacity would be enough to supply the annual energy requirements of around 660,000 homes, which will prevent the emission of up to 1.25 million tonnes of CO2 into the atmosphere every year.
Powergen's biomass business will begin with co-firing biomass crops at existing power stations.
With the Government supporting renewable energy, Powergen is looking for more help with the planning process for wind farms and, with biomass, help in establishing energy crops.
Since commissioning, Powergen Renewables wind farms have avoided the emission of almost 450,000 tonnes of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere.
The company's Blyth wind farm was the first offshore wind farm to be built in UK waters.
Its two 2MW turbines, sited 1km off the Northumberland coast, are the largest erected offshore anywhere in the world.
Operational sites are at:.
* Askam near Askam-in-Furness in Lancashire - seven 660KW turbines.
* Bessy Bell near Newtonstewart in Co Tyrone - 10 500KW turbines.
* Blood Hill near West Somerton in Norfolk - 10 225KW turbines.
* Blyth Offshore^ off the coast of Blyth in Northumberland - two 2MW turbines.
* Deucheran Hill near Carradale in Kintyre, Scotland - nine 1.75MW turbines.
* Great Eppleton near Hettonn-Le-Hole in Sunderland - four 750KW turbines.
* Lowca near Workington in Cumbria - seven 660KW turbines.
* Oldside near Workington in Cumbria - nine 600KW turbines.
* Out Newton near Easington in Yorkshire - seven 1.3MW turbines.
* Ovendon Moor* near Wainstalls in Yorkshire - 23 400KW turbines.
* Rheidol near Aberystwyth in mid-Wales - eight 300KW turbines.
* Rhyd-y-Goes near Holyhead in Anglesey - 24 300KW turbines.
* Royd Moor* - near Penistone in South Yorkshire - 13 500KW turbines.
* Siddick near Workington in Cumbria - seven 600KW turbines.
* St Breock near Wadebridge in Cornwall - 11 450KW turbines.
* Tursillagh near Tralee in County Kerry, Ireland - 23 660KW turbines.
The one site currently under construction is at:.
* Bowbeat Hill near Peebles in the Scottish Borders - 24 1.3MW turbines.
Powergen Renewables Holdings is a joint venture between Powergen Investments and Abbot Group .
^ = The project was developed by Blyth Offshore Wind , a consortium comprising Powergen Renewables, Shell, Nuon and AMEC Border Wind.
* = Sites developed by Yorkshire Windpower , a joint venture between Powergen Renewables and Kelda Group.
Under this partnership, the two wind farms are operated from Powergen Renewables' office in Coventry.
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