Cotton Farm Wind Farm receives consent !
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Our planning application for Cotton Farm Wind Farm has been approved by the Planning Inspectorate and we are currently submitting planning conditions.
The eight turbine wind farm will be built on land between Graveley, Toseland, Great Paxton and Offord D'Arcy in Huntingdonshire.
The wind farm was the subject of a public inquiry in May 2010, which was held before a government Planning Inspector in Huntingdon.
On receiving the news, Melissa Read, Planning Specialist for RWE npower renewables, said: “We are delighted with the decision which the Inspector made after hearing nearly three weeks of evidence during the public inquiry.”
“Wind farms are essential to cutting UK carbon emissions and, once constructed, Cotton Wind Farm will make a substantial contribution towards renewable electricity generation - powering the equivalent of around 6,900 and 10,000 homes¹ with clean energy.
“We will of course continue to work with the local community to keep them informed throughout the next stages of development and as the wind farm is constructed. “
Notes
1. Based on an annual electricity consumption per home of 4700 kWh, which is derived from a total UK domestic electricity consumption of 117.589 terawatt-hours (TWh) and 25.2 million UK households giving 4,666 kWh per year per household. UK energy consumption is as stated for 2004 in The Digest of UK Energy Statistics 2005 The number of UK households is as stated for 2003 in the Mid-year Household Estimates published in 2004 by the Office for National Statistics.
The energy predicted to be generated by the proposal is derived from monitoring wind speeds in the area and correlating this data to wind speeds measured at Met. Office stations. This enables a calculation to be made to estimate the average annual energy production for the site based on 8 turbines each of rated capacity of between 2.0 and 3 MW. The energy capture and equivalent homes figure relating to this project may change as more information is gathered.
