- Milton Keynes Wind Farm
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Milton Keynes Wind Farm Vestas V90 turbineOfficial name: Milton Keynes Wind Farm Country England Region Buckinghamshire District Milton Keynes Municipality Milton Keynes Council Coordinates 52°8′10.4″N 0°39′52″W / 52.136222°N 0.66444°W Website: http://www.miltonkeyneswindfarm.com/ Milton Keynes Wind Farm is a wind farm currently under construction, located 2 miles east of Emberton in the District of Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, UK. It was developed by Your Energy Ltd and is owned by Mistral Windfarms. The wind farm comprises seven turbines 125m to the blade tip, and will have a total installed capacity of 14 MW. It is estimated they will produce approximately 38 GWh of electricity per year.
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Development and Construction
A planning application was submitted in August 2006 to Milton Keynes Council by Your Energy Ltd, and was granted planning permission in January 2008.
The decision was challenged and upheld three separate times during 2008 by objectors to the project. It is the only wind farm to go as high as the House of Lords.
The main contractor for civil and electrical works was Morrison Construction, part of the Galliford Try Group. Danish company Vestas supplied the turbines, Vestas V90-2MW machines. Engineering Renewables Ltd are Project Managers for construction and operations.
The turbines were delivered to the Port of Hull, where they continued their journey to Milton Keynes by road. Construction commenced in November 2009 and is completed by September 2010.
Community Benefit Fund
£190,000 will be contributed towards community projects over the life of the wind farm.[1] An additional £50,000 is being directed toward improving the biodiversity of the surrounding area and local footpath networks over the first five years.
A similar fund is in place at Burton Wold Wind Farm, also developed by Your Energy Ltd.
See also
- List of onshore wind farms in the United Kingdom
References
- No risk wind farm is on the way Milton Keynes Citizen, 19 November 2009
- ^ "Wind farm appeal blown out of court". MK News,. 15 October 2008. http://www.mk-news.co.uk/mknews-news/displayarticle.asp?id=357921.
External links
Categories:- Wind farms in England
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