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Orkney Sustainable Energy Ltd. - Renewable Energy Consultants
The Balnamoon Enercon E48 Wind Turbine, north of Keith in Moray
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.
January 2012 - a summary:
Orkney Sustainable Energy can now provide the 2011 annual production for the Hammars Hill project, achieving 18,817 MWh of renewable-sourced electricity, an annual capacity factor of 46%. This remains an excellent project, and we are pleased to be part of this development. The windiest month was October 2011, when 2199 MWh was produced, a monthly capacity factor of 65%. These last twelve months has been an exceptionally windy period, with three significant gales reaching windspeeds well above 100 mph, and it is very encouraging that the technology continues to function as well as it has.
The Thorkell project was delivered to site in the late summer of 2011, with a Statcomm unit delivered in December. Generation has been delayed, as it is quite difficult to construct and commission wind energy developments over the winter months, however the last stages are now complete and switch on should occur during the last week of January 2012. This project is a single 900kW Enercon wind turbine, and is located in Deerness, at the eastern side of Orkney. This project is owned by Orkney Renewable Energy Ltd, and the project was open for investors; all capital costs were raised from investors and existing shareholders, with no requirements for bank borrowings.
Orkney Sustainable Energy has ensured that there is a readily available supply of wood pellets for consumers in Orkney, and this year we have organised transport in conjunction with The Streamline Shipping Group. Stocks of wood pellets are ready for delivery, and during 2012 the cost is £265 + 5% VAT per tonne delivered to Mainland Orkney customers; please follow the link to the wood pellet section if you want to buy pellets.
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. |
This online resource is being continually updated - please remember to return to these pages.
13 January 2012
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