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Roskrow Barton, near Penryn

Roskrow Barton, near Penryn, Cornwall

May 2008 - Probus Community Primary School visit our site at Roskrow Barton

At the beginning of May, CLP and Year 5 students from Probus Community Primary School came together for a visit to CLP’s latest wind project at Roskrow Barton, near Penryn.

With the aim of bringing learning to life, the students were shown around by Project Developer, Simon Pipkin, and Project Liaison Officer, Tristan Mackie.

The class of 30 pupils were given a hands-on lesson in renewable energy and even got a chance to go into the base of one of the turbines so they could see for themselves how the power is generated and passed to the sub-station.

The two turbines they visited have a combined capacity of 1.7 megawatts and produce enough energy for more than 1,000 Cornish homes.

The children left the visit feeling extremely enthusiastic about wind energy, and have since written letters on the subject to the power generating company E.ON.

To view a few of the thank you letters we received after the visit, click here

We also had a visit from Tregony Primary School in early June - they all had a wonderful time and thoroughly enjoyed discovering the wonders of wind farms for themselves. Click here to read Charlie and Milly's letters in support of the wind industry.