Re: Windfarm anyone?
I don't know how long they last but that was the first time I have seen the big crane working up there and I go over once or twice a month.
I found this article in the Todmorden news and pasted part of it.
Coal Clough wind turbine proposal - half numbers, but higher in the sky
Published on Wednesday 21 January 2009 08:34
PROPOSALS to renew wind turbines on moorland above Todmorden are being submitted to neighbouring Burnley Council, a scheme which will cost around £30 million.
Scottish Power Renewables are looking to make changes at the site, at Coal Clough, Cliviger - land which although it falls under the Lancashire council's jurisdiction borders Kebs Road above Cornholme and can be clearly seen from several parts of Todmorden.
The company is proposing to reduce the number of turbines, from 22 to 12, but the replacement turbines, although fewer in number, will be up to 100 metres high as opposed to the current turbines which are around 60 metres when the blade tip is at its highest, said a spokesman.
Mr Christie said the existing turbines, which had been in place since about
1992, had reached the end of their life and improvements in technology meant the new turbines would be taller but fewer in number.
Mr Christie said the existing turbines had a 9.4 megawatts of energy capacity while the new turbines would have a capacity of about 20 megawatts of power, the equivalent of 11,500 homes.
Coal Clough, he said, was "a very, very good windfarm, producing some very good figures
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