Royd Moor Wind Farm

Royd Moor Wind Farm

The Royd Moor Wind Farm is located at Penistone, South Yorkshire and consists of thirteen 500 kW turbines. The site is located approximately 6 km north west of Penistone, above the A628 trunk road between Sheffield and Manchester. The turbines are set in two parallel, staggered rows of six and seven, on a ridge in hilly fell land lying 320 m above sea level.

These turbines were completed in 1993 and are 35m in height to the hub and have a rotor diameter of 37m. The maximum output is 6.5 MW, equivalent to the annual energy required to power 3300 homes.

In March 2008, local historian and environmentalist Adam Lawrenson called on the Government to expand the wind farm.fact|date=April 2008

External links

* [http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?f=q&hl=en&q=&t=h&ll=53.53763,-1.688333&spn=0.005994,0.014634&t=h Satellite view of Royd Moor Wind Farm]
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=woMUknIstHw YouTube Video of Royd Moor Wind Farm]
* [http://www.eon-uk.com/libraries/uk/downloads/eonandyou/eonukrenewables.pdf Renewables: Building a Sustainable future for generations to come]



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