Projects
Proposed location
Denzell Downs, near St Eval and St Mawgan, Cornwall
Background to the site at Denzell Downs
Cornwall Light and Power (CLP) is currently looking at the potential to place wind turbines on land at Denzell Downs, near St Eval and St Mawgan in Cornwall. This site is adjacent to the existing operational Bears Down wind farm.
Electricity generated by turbines at this site would go into the local distribution network, and based on one possible layout could be sufficient to power over 5,500 households in the surrounding communities each year, and save the equivalent of up to 23,000 tonnes of CO2 from being released into the atmosphere.¹
What’s happening?
March 2010
CLP are working through the comments made at the exhibition in December and will be using these in developing a planning application. Initial evidence suggests that a scheme that comprises fewer, slightly larger turbines would be more popular and we are now embarking on a number of other studies that will also feed into the final design process to confirm which site layout is most suitable. These studies include a series of ecological surveys, as well as assessments of sound levels at Denzell Downs. CLP will also be reviewing the suggestions made by local residents on the creation of a community fund.
A further event will be held in the local area once studies are complete, and before a planning application is submitted to Cornwall Council.
December 2009
Initial plans for Denzell Downs were presented to the public at an exhibition at St Mawgan Community Hall on 11 and 12 December 2009. If you were unable to attend these exhibitions, please see ‘Site resources’ below to view the exhibition panels that were on display.
More information on the proposals will be available from this site in due course.
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Site resources
- Denzell Downs exhibition panels (on display at December 2009 exhibitions) – 1.8MB PDF
¹ Based on an example scheme consisting of five 2 megawatt turbines. Figure for numbers of households potentially served based on Government figures for average household consumption