Projects

Location

Orchard End, near Eagland Hill in Pilling, Lancashire.
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Summary of site

Cornwall Light and Power is submitting plans for a wind farm at Orchard End. The scheme could have a nominal capacity of 4MW and may produce up to 9460 Megawatt hours of clean electricity per annum. This would be the equivalent of the consumption of approximately 2,000 households based on the UK average domestic electricity consumption of 4700kWh.

An accurate calculation of Carbon Dioxide emissions prevented by any wind turbine is complicated by the fact that CO² generated by conventional power generation, including coal and gas, varies from year to year. The Orchard End turbines will prevent at least 3550 tonnes of CO² emissions per annum and a theoretical maximum would be 8400 tonnes per annum. Future changes in the power generation mix and fuel costs in the UK mean that this figure may change over time

Latest information

May 2008

Wyre Borough Council considered the plans for this site on 7 May 2008 and decided to reject the application.

Cornwall Light & Power are carefully considering all options before deciding on a course of action. A statement is available to view here.

A bulletin, detailing information on the proposals, can be downloaded from here. A non-technical summary is available here.

The development team welcomes the views of local people - contact details can be found here .