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Orkney Sustainable Energy Ltd. - Renewable Energy Consultants
Five wind turbines proposed for Quanterness Farm, west of Kirkwall, Orkney
Hello and welcome to Orkney Sustainable Energy. Please have a look through the various sections of the website, where you can learn about our projects, our history and our development team.
April 2012 - a summary:
Orkney Sustainable Energy are pleased to provide information on the high levels of electricity production from the Hammars Hill project during the 2011-2012 winter. For the six months from October 2011 onwards the windfarm produced an average of 2000 MWh per month, resulting in a capacity factor of 65% over the winter. One consequence of these high production levels is increasing curtailment from the Orkney Active Network; the windfarm output was reduced by 20% on occasion due the local grid reaching maximum capacity.
The Thorkell project in Deerness, eastern Orkney, is now fully operational. This is a single Enercon E44 900kW wind turbine, and is predicted to provide 3500MWh of electricity per annum. This is an Orkney Renewable Energy development, and as with all their developments, was open for local investors; all capital costs were raised from investors and existing shareholders, with no requirements for bank borrowings.
In March 2012 Orkney Sustainable Energy completed the preliminary design of a large project on the outskirts of Kirkwall, with a Scoping Report issued for the Quanterness Wind Energy Project; this will likely consist of up to five 2MW scale turbines, located on a low lying site between Kirkwall and Finstown.
A live feed of renewable energy production on Orkney is now available. Wind energy generation is listed alongside the electricity demand in the isles, and during windy days it can be seen that Orkney now produces more electricity that it uses. It will be interesting to see how this changes as more renewable generation comes on stream in the coming months. |
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21 April 2012
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