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The windfarm would deliver a large proportion of the local area’s electricity consumption from a clean, sustainable source significantly reducing carbon emissions. Each wind turbine could deliver electricity equivalent to the consumption of 1,600 homes. The total windfarm could supply up to one third of the electricity used by households in the local area - Pyle, Cornelly, Nottage, Porthcawl, Newton, Merthyr Mawr and Laleston.
Details Each wind turbine at Newton Down would be between 1.75MW (minimum) and 3 MW (maximum) generating capacity. The choice of turbine would depend on many factors including the wind measurements on the site that will take place. The total windfarm of three turbines would therefore be between 5.25MW and 9MW generating capacity. The forecast annual electricity production is set out in the table below. Each individual turbine could produce enough electricity to power up to 1,600 households. The whole windfarm could supply the equivalent of 4,800 households electricity consumption.
*Based on average consumption of electricity in the UK is 4.7MWh/yr Below are the number of households in local wards. The windfarm, despite only being three turbines, could provide enough electricity to meet the entire needs of several of the local wards. With the maximum turbine choice, the windfarm could supply power equivalent to the consumption of more than a third of the households in all the surrounding wards.
*Source ONS 2001
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