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Site address:
Old Gloucester Road, Earthcott Green
Building Since: November 2008
Number of turbines:3
Rotor diameter:70m
Hub height:64m
Capacity:6.9MW
Green electricity per year:16.75 million units
Homes powered (equiv):5,077
Tonnes of CO2 saved p.a.:7,204
Alveston, South Gloucestershire
Building a first for the county
This will be South Gloucestershires's first wind park! Three elegant turbines will be built in the region - almost twelve years after neighbouring Gloucestershire's first windmill.
And it's a great site - near the junction of the M4 and M5 motorways.
This is a vital step towards energy independence - securing our future energy needs, from our own local source - the wind.
Once up and running Alveston Wind Park will provide enough clean power each year for over 5,000 local homes - that's 5% of the homes in the district from just three turbines.
Construction Blog
First phase of construction complete - 26 March 2012
The first phase of construction, including the access tracks and crane pads, have been completed and the grid connection design is currently being undertaken. Once this has been finalised, we will be in a position to build the three turbines.
Carrying out assessments to prepare for build work - 28 September 2010
Since gaining Planning Permission we continue to carry out assessment of the site with the hope of construction on the site in the coming year.
South Gloucestershire's first wind turbines are on their way! - 13 November 2008
Hot off the press - we've just been granted permission for our Alveston Wind Park.
We're chuffed to bits. This is a great site for wind turbines. We'd like to thank those councilors that made this possible and all the local people who expressed their support.
