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€17m wind farm completed
26.11.10
MORE Inishowen wind
power is being supplied to businesses across Ireland
following completion this week of a new €17 million
windfarm at Drumlough Hill, seven kilometres north
of Buncrana.
The wind farm has been built by Energia, an
all-Ireland player in the provision of renewable
energy. Energia managing director for renewables,
Peter Baillie said: “With Drumlough Hill completed
and operating successfully, we look forward to
supplying this new green electricity to businesses
throughout Ireland. Demand for renewable electricity
is growing rapidly among Irish business and new
developments such as this are crucial if we are to
meet this need.” The power produced at Drumlough
Hill is being generated by 12 state-of-the-art
Spanish Gamesa wind-powered turbines. This brings
the total output at the site to 15mw. The company
said the value to the local community its
contribution to creating clean energy as well as
local employment created through the maintenance and
ongoing upkeep of the wind farm and the turbines. |
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Energia renewables managing director,
Peter Baillie at the Drumlough Hill windfarm, seven
kilometres north of Buncrana. |
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Each turbine unit is 55
metres high, with the blade diameter of each unit
measuring 52 metres. Each turbine has the capacity
to produce 850kW of green electricity. Meanwhile,
14km of cable has been laid underground to connect
the turbines to the national grid. Mr Baillie added:
“Energia has consistently been one of the largest
investors in Ireland’s renewable sector and
currently has 255mw of operational renewable
electricity capacity contracted within its energy
portfolio, with a further 484mw of wind farm
projects currently in development across Ireland.
The green electricity generated by these wind farms
will be supplied to businesses across Ireland by
Energia which has 17%, rising to 25% by 2012, of the
all-island renewable electricity connected supply.” |
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