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Camilty Wind Farm
site access, temporary construction compound, hard standing areas, control building and
cabling, anemometry mast and other works and development ancillary to the main
development."
1.2.3 A key objective of the proposed wind farm is to generate approximately 46.46 gigawatt-hours
(GWh) of renewable energy per year (assuming a 26% capacity factor), thereby preventing
approximately 20,000 tonnes of CO 2 being emitted each year and producing enough energy
to supply up to 10,891 average households in Britain (see Chapter 6: Climate Change and
Atmospheric Emissions).
1.2.4 In summary, the proposed wind farm comprises the following elements, which are described
in more detail in Chapter 4: Description of the Proposed Development. The site layout is
presented in Figure 1.2, and the main elements of the proposed wind farm are presented in
Figures 4.1 to 4.8.
• Six variable pitch (three-bladed) wind turbines each to a maximum of 132 m to tip and
a generating capacity of up to 3.4 MW;
• Six circular reinforced concrete foundations typically up to 21 m diameter;
• Crane hard-standing areas adjacent to each wind turbine (approximate dimensions
45 m x 25 m);
• Underground electrical and SCADA 1
substation switchroom;
cabling linking each wind turbine with the
• A single-storey, pitched roof substation switchroom comprising 2 switchrooms,
SCADA room, meter room and store/ welfare facilities (typical dimensions are 6.3 m x
16.3 m x 5.5 m height). This would be located in a substation compound of 25 m x 12
m;
• One permanent anemometry mast at a height equivalent to the maximum hub height
depending on the selected turbine (see Section 4.3), therefore of up to 85 m high;
• Approximately 3.858 km of permanent access tracks (5 m wide) from the site entrance
to the turbines and ancillary development (of which 0.297 km is existing forest track);
• Four 40 m long passing places (8.5 m wide) in the order of 500 m apart, and forestry
crossing points along the access tracks to allow forestry workers to cross the access
tracks;
• A temporary hard-cored construction compound (approximately 50 m x 50 m to locate
a refuelling area, materials storage, batching facility and welfare facilities);
• Creating 2 watercourse crossings (see Appendix 13.3).
1.2.5 The final choice of turbine for this site will depend on which turbine models are available in
the UK market and the outcome of a competitive tendering exercise if planning permission is
granted. The site has been designed to accommodate turbines with an installed capacity of
3.4 MW. PfR has identified a number of possible turbine models with an ‘installed capacity’ of
up to 3.4 MW which are potentially suitable (‘installed capacity’ is the theoretical maximum
amount of electricity which can be produced at any one time), and has therefore assumed the
1 Wind Turbine ‘System Control and Data Acquisition’.
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Introduction
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