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| Coal Clough Wind Farm | |
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 Coal Clough Wind Farm | |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Location | Burnley,Lancashire,North West England |
| Coordinates | 53°44′56″N2°09′07″W / 53.749°N 2.152°W /53.749; -2.152 |
| Status | Operational |
| Commission date | 9 December 1992 → (Re-com) 30 April 2015 |
| Owner | Scottish Power |
| Site elevation | 365 metres (1,198 ft) |
| Power generation | |
| Units operational | [present] 8 x 2 Mw |
| Make and model | [1992 - 2015] - Vestas: WD34 [2015 - present] Gamesa: G80 |
| Nameplate capacity | [Present = 16 Mw] |
| External links | |
| Website | scottishpowerrenewables.com |
| Commons | Related media on Commons |
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Coal Clough Wind Farm is one of the oldest onshorewind farms in England. The wind farm, which was built forScottish Power, produced electricity from originally 24Vestas WD34wind turbines. It had a totalnameplate capacity of 9.6 MW of electricity,[1] enough to serve the average needs of 5,500 homes. It is situated nearBurnley,Lancashire in the parish ofCliviger, near Coal Clough Farm, on the edge of Stiperden Moor in theSouth Pennines. For a few weeks it was the largest wind farm in the UK, until the much larger Penrhyddlan and Llidiartywaun wind farms (now called Llandinam) inPowys,Wales overtook it. It narrowly remained the largest inEngland until Coldham opened in Cambridgeshire in November 2005. The record was then taken yet again byScout Moor Wind Farm 7 miles (11 km) to the south west until May 2009 whereWhitelee Wind Farm took and now holds it with 215 units with a total output capacity of 539 Mw.
In 2009Scottish Power originally announced plans to replace the existing turbines with twelve 2 MW units with an estimated maximum height 110 metres (361 ft).[2]
After many years of ups and downs during the planning process, the announced proposal on re-powering the wind farm was soon granted permission after an agreement was met on installing only 8 units (instead of the original plan for 12) and the environmental & logistical issues were worked out and finalized.
From summer 2014 till spring 2015 work began on site which involved the decommissioning & removal of the existing 24 turbines (and foundations), the laying of new cabling and drainage, placement of the new turbine's foundations, upgrading/building service roads, new substation installation, the erection of the new turbines and the re-commissioning of the upgraded site.[3][4]
The new and improved Coal Clough Wind Farm is set to be in operation for its full 25 years "Usefulness" life span, and will then be decommissioned and removed from site to be either refurbished and sold on to businesses worldwide or sent to be recycled.[citation needed]
| Manufacturer | Gamesa |
| New Models | G80 |
| Tower height - G80 | 70 metres (230 ft) |
| Blade length - G80 | 40 metres (131 ft) |
| Total maximum height - G80 | 110 metres (361 ft) |
| Turbine weight | |
| Maximum turbineeffect | 2.0megawatts (2,700 hp) |
| Installed turbines | 8 |
| Total nameplate capacity (maximum output) | 16 megawatts (21,000 hp) |
| Electricity generated per annum | |
| Capacity factor | 30% |
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