Hampole Wind Farm

RWE npower renewables was awarded planning permission to build a four turbine wind farm on land to the west of the A1, near Doncaster.

Councillors discussed the possibility of approving the scheme if it was reduced from five to four turbines. Following a meeting with the planning authority, RWE npower renewables decided to reduce the scale of scheme, which is now due to start construction in Spring/Summer 2012 and we hope the turbines will be turning by Summer 2013.

Councillors voted unanimously to approve proposals for the four turbine wind farm at its committee meeting on 15th December 2009 at The Mansion House in Doncaster.

Once the Hampole Wind Farm is operational, it will produce enough green electricity to meet the average annual demand of up to 4,700 homes¹.  The wind farm will also provide a local community benefit fund for a minimum of £1,000 per megawatt for the life of the wind farm.

In 2011, community benefit investment funds, in association with projects we operate, invested £794,000 into communities across the UK.  Where an annual fund is offered, RWE npower renewables prides itself on, wherever possible, ensuring decisions about how funding is allocated are made by local people for the benefit of their own community.

Footnote:

¹"Energy predicted to be generated by the proposal is derived using wind speeds monitored in the local area and correlating to a Met. Office station providing longer term data. This enables a calculation to be made to estimate the average annual energy production for the site based on 4 turbines each of rated capacity 2 MW. The energy capture predicted and hence derived homes equivalent or emissions savings figures may change as further data are gathered."

"Equivalent homes supplied is based on an annual electricity consumption per home of 4700 kWh. This figure is supported by recent domestic electricity consumption data available from The Digest of UK Energy Statistics and household estimates and projections from the UK Statistics Authority."