Hellrigg

Location Map Construction of Hellrigg was completed in September and the wind farm is now operational.

The wind farm, located south east of Silloth in Cumbria, consists of four turbines that can produce up to 9.2 MW of electricity – enough clean energy to power around 5,700 households each year¹.

RWE npower renewables’ has made a voluntary commitment to the local Community to create a new community fund which will support local projects and organisations.

RWE npower renewables is investing £15,000 in the fund each year, totalling more than £300,000 over the life of the wind farm. The fund is expected to be open for applications by the start of 2012.

Simon Thomas, RWE npower renewables’ Project Manager said: “Now the wind turbines at Hellrigg are starting to generate, the wind farm is offsetting the release of thousands of tonnes of the green house gas carbon dioxide each year, making a valuable contribution to the fight against climate change.

“The fund, which will soon be open, is an investment in the community by RWE npower renewables of £300,000. This will be available throughout the life of the wind farm to support local community projects.”

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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 four turbines each of rated capacity 2.350 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.