Blood Hill wind farm
Blood Hill is a wind farm near Hemsby in Norfolk, England. It is the smallest windfarm owned by E.ON; taking up 3 hectares.[1] It has a nameplate capacity of 2.25MW which is enough to power 1000 homes at peak. There are 10 Vestas V27-225 kW[2] turbines which are 30 metres tall and stand on top of Blood Hill. They are visible from the villages of Hemsby and Winterton-on-Sea. Blood Hill began operating in December 1992 and was one of the first windfarms in the United Kingdom.
Blood Hill wind farm | |
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Blood Hill Wind Turbines | |
Country | England, United Kingdom |
Location | Near Hemsby in Norfolk |
Coordinates | 52°42′43″N 1°40′1″E |
Status | Operational |
Commission date | December 1992 |
Power generation | |
Units operational | 10 |
Make and model | Vestas: V27 |
Nameplate capacity | 2.25 MW |
External links | |
Website | https://web.archive.org/web/20070402205350/http://www.eon-uk.com/451.aspx |
Commons | Related media on Commons |
In 2000 a much larger 65m 1.5MW Ecotricity turbine was built adjacent to the site.[3]
In 2015 a repowering of the site saw the original 10 turbines replaced with 2 two Turbowind T400 wind turbines.[4]
See also
- Wind power in the United Kingdom
- Sheringham Shoal Offshore Wind Farm
- Scroby Sands wind farm
References
- E.ON UK - Blood Hill Archived April 2, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
- "Blood Hill windfarm, United-Kingdom". Windpower database. Retrieved 2009-07-04.
- "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2009-03-03. Retrieved 2010-08-05.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
- "Great Yarmouth Borough Council". planning.great-yarmouth.gov.uk. Retrieved 2017-01-20.
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