Nuon Renewables

Nuon Renewables

Type	Company
Industry	Renewable energy
Founder(s)	NV. Nuon
Headquarters	Amsterdam, Netherlands United Kingdom
Area served	Parts of the United Kingdom
Products	Electricity
Parent	NV. Nuon
Website	Official Website[1]

Nuon Renewables is a subsidiary of NV. Nuon^[2]. It generates renewable energy, primarily through wind farms^[3] in the United Kingdom.^[4]

History

Nuon Renewables was established in 2000 as A United Kingdom based subsidiary of NV. Nuon. It has since built many wind farms which form a potential annual power generation total of eight hundred megawatts^[5]. They generate and distribute gas and electricity to millions of customers across the united Kingdom.^[6].

Projects

The company owns and operates many wind farms, some as small as their ten megawatt Parc Cynog wind farm, to others as large as their current project, a two-hundred and ninety-nine megawatt development in Pen y Cymoedd Wind Energy^[5].

Projects

Source[6]	Project	Location	Windmills	State	Generating Capacity	Total Height	Equiv Homes
[7]	Airfield Farm	Airfield Farm (in North West Bedfordshire)	3	Active	?	?	?
[8]	Harrington	Former RAF Harrington Airfield	7	Under Development	14 megawatts	126 meters	7,700
[9]	Hirddywel	Hirddywel	9	Under Development	27 megawatts	125 meters	15,100
[10]	Llanbadarn Fynydd	North of Llanbadarn Fynydd in Radnorshire, Powys	17	Active	51 megawatts	126.5 meters	27,566
[11]	Mynydd Waun Fawr	Southwest of Llanerfyl in Powys, Wales	15	Proposed	37.5 megawatts	110 meters	20,000

Current project

Nuon Renewables is currently considering building a wind farm of seven turbines at the RAF Harrington airfield.^[12]

Turbines In Operation	Estimated Average Generating Capacity	Average Tower Height	Average Blade Length	Average Turbine Height	Estimated Yearly Electricity Produced	Estimated Equivalent Homes Powered	Estimated Yearly Carbon Dioxide Saved
7	14 Megawatts	85 Meters	41 Meters	126 Meters	36,000,000 KiloWatt Hours	7,700	13 - 31 KiloTons per Year

References

1. ^ Wind Fair. "Wind Fair Entry". Smart Dolphin. http://www.windfair.net/nuonrenewables/welcome.html. Retrieved 19 August 2010. 
2. ^ MMC Centre. "Overview". Baobab Solutions UK Ltd. http://www.mmccentre.com/content/nuon_renewables. Retrieved 20 August 2010. 
3. ^ Renewable Energy Association. "Renewable Energy Association". http://www.r-e-a.net/members/nuon_renewables/. Retrieved 18 August 2010. 
4. ^ Nuon Renewables. "Nuon Renewables Home Page". ProntoCMS. http://www.nuonrenewables.com/. Retrieved 18 August 2010. 
5. ^ ^{a b} Nuon Renewables. "About". ProntoCMS. http://www.nuonrenewables.com/about-us. Retrieved 19 August 2010. 
6. ^ ^{a b} Nuon Renewables. "Projects". Pronto CMS. http://www.nuonrenewables.com/projects. Retrieved 20 August 2010. 
7. ^ Nuon Renewables. "Airfield Farm Cite". ProntoCMS. http://www.nuonrenewables.com/projects/sapd1. Retrieved 23 August 2010. 
8. ^ Nuon Renewables. "Harrington Cite". ProntoCMS. http://www.nuonrenewables.com/projects/hari. Retrieved 23 August 2010. 
9. ^ Nuon Renewables. "Hirddywel Cite". ProntoCMS. http://www.nuonrenewables.com/projects/hiel1. Retrieved 23 August 2010. 
10. ^ Nuon Renewables. "Llanbadarn Fynydd Citation". ProntoCMS. http://www.nuonrenewables.com/projects/nech. Retrieved 23 August 2010. 
11. ^ Nuon Renewables. "Llanbadarn Fynydd Citation". ProntoCMS. http://www.nuonrenewables.com/projects/mywf. Retrieved 23 August 2010. 
12. ^ {{cite web |url=http://www.nuonrenewables.com/newsite/projects/hari1/default.aspx%7Ctitle=Nuon Renewables Project|author=[[Nuon Renewables|date=|work=|publisher=ProntoCMS|accessdate=18 August 2010}}

External links

• Project Website
• Location Of New Windmills

Coordinates: 52°20′15.91″N 4°55′15.04″E / 52.3377528°N 4.9208444°E / 52.3377528; 4.9208444