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TURBINE DELIVERIES DUE AT WRYDE CROFT WIND FARM

 - Renewable energy equivalent to 15,000 homes and £3.25 million in community benefits move a step closer -

The thirteen wind turbines for RES’ Wryde Croft Wind Farm to the east of Thorney are due for delivery throughout July and August. This marks a major milestone for the project, which will be capable of generating enough clean, green electricity each year to meet the average needs of around 15,000 homes.

Construction of Wryde Croft Wind Farm began in September 2014, and it is expected to be fully operational by the end of 2015. Over the last few months, seven kilometres of on site tracks have been created and all thirteen of the foundations which will support the turbines are now complete.

Bob Wilson, RES Construction Site Manager at Wryde Croft Wind Farm, said:

“The wind farm is progressing to schedule and the team are looking forward to the turbines arriving. This site has excellent transport access and we do not anticipate any significant delays for local people during the turbine delivery period.”

The turbine components will start arriving on site the week commencing 29 June and deliveries will continue for approximately eight weeks. The  turbine delivery vehicles will travel along the A47, turn onto New Cut Road to the east of Thorney, then turn right to access the wind farm site via Wallace Drove. RES has agreed this delivery route in close consultation with Peterborough City Council, the police and relevant highways authorities. All turbine deliveries must follow the agreed route to site, avoiding local villages.

Specially designed vehicles will deliver the various sections of the turbines – including blades, two tower sections, hubs and nacelles. They will travel under escort from Immingham Docks, near Grimsby, arriving on site later the same day. The deliveries have been scheduled to minimise disruption and will take place Monday to Friday, with an occasional delivery on Saturday if required.

Wryde Croft Wind Farm is due to start generating electricity by the end of this year. Once the wind farm is fully operational, it will provide a community benefits package of £130,000 per year (index linked) or £3.25 million throughout the operational life of the project. 

The community benefits offered at Wryde Croft Wind Farm will comprise a Community Benefit Fund to support local charitable projects and RES’ innovative Local Electricity Discount Scheme (LEDS), which offers nearest neighbours an annual discount of at least £100 per year off their electricity bills. Eligible properties will be contacted directly later this year with details of how to claim the discount.

  1. The homes equivalent has been calculated by taking the predicted annual electricity generation of the site (according to RES studies, Wryde Croft has a capacity factor of 27.1%) and dividing this by the annual average electricity consumption figure of 4128kWh (DECC 2013).