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19th July 2006
WHARRELS HILL WIND FARM COMMENCES CONSTRUCTION
Construction of the wind farm Wharrels Hill, Bothel, Cumbria will start during August
2006. The wind farm comprises 8 no. 1.3 MW N60 turbines manufactured and erected by
Nordex UK Ltd.
Each turbine is 76 metres high to blade tip, and together they can provide electricity to
meet the needs of 5,815 homes. This in turn enables the reduction of some 23,860 tonnes
of greenhouse gas emissions every year.
The construction work under contracts awarded by Nordex UK, will comprises of
reinforced concrete turbine foundations, access tracks, hard standings used for turbine
assembly, cable installation and the construction of a control building. Work will be carried
out by Story Construction Ltd of Carlisle and electrical work on site will be completed by
Econnect Construction of Hexham.
The grid connection to the local 33kV grid has already been installed in part along the A595
during the winter of 2005/ 2006 by United Utilities who will also supply and commission the
high voltage switchgear for the site.
Wind Prospect Ltd have been engaged to act as owners engineer during the construction
and operation of the site. Bruce Allan, Operations Director stated “This is a significant project
for Wind Prospect to manage on our doorstep from our Cockermouth base and the first 10 year
operations agreement we have signed across the world. It continues our success in Cumbria since
establishing here in 1995.”
Construction will take approximately 11 months. The installation of the turbines is
expected to take place in two phases, the first during March 2007 and the second phase
during May 2007. Handover of the project will be conducted in July 2007 from Nordex UK.
The site is under a lease from a number of local landowners and the wind farm will establish
links with the local community as previously arranged by the project developer npower
renewables, from whom the site was purchased.
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Notes For Editors
WIND PROSPECT
Founded in 1995 in Cumbria and owned by its staff, Wind Prospect develops, constructs
and operates wind energy projects and provides expert advisory services in the UK, Ireland,
Australia, Canada, New Zealand, Hong Kong and China.
To date, Wind Prospect has developed 312 MW of wind farms in the UK and 630MW in
Australia. Its Engineering Group has been involved in the construction of 343 MW in the
UK & Ireland, on projects developed by Wind Prospect and on behalf of third party Clients.
Wind Prospect have currently project managed the construction all of the wind farms
within the Allerdale area to date, and are currently managing the construction of the
Voridian Wind Turbines in Workington.
For more information please visit www.windprospect.com
WHARRELS HILL LLP
The owners of the wind farm are a group of equity investors managed by FIM Ltd of
Oxfordshire. FIM provides specialist investments in a range of products based on forestry,
agriculture, renewable energy and the rural land market. FIM have recently identified a
number of potential investments and Wharrels Hill is the second site to be financed,
constructed and operated with Wind Prospect Ltd.
FURTHER INFORMATION
For further information please contact:
Colin Aimers,
Engineering Manager
Wind Prospect Group
T: 01900 898100
Richard Crosbie Dawson
Managing Director
FIM Ltd
T: 01451 844655
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