Swaffham II, Norfolk

Construction Swaffham's second wind turbine was completed on July 18th. Standing 85m high, it is the UK's tallest onshore wind turbine and was built at the request of local residents.

This is the second turbine to be sited at Swaffham and combined with the first turbine, erected in 1999, will supply 75% of Swaffham's total home electricity requirements, boosting Norfolk's total wind power by 30%.

 

 

Vote Yes to wind power in Norfolk
In autumn 2003 we mailed over 100,000 leaflets to households in Breckland and surrounding districts asking residents to vote Yes or No to local wind turbines. The feedback was fantastic with around 89% of the almost 9,000 respondents voting a big Yes to wind power.

Only 6.5% said No and 3.6% were either undecided or left their vote box blank. Find out what local people think...

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Site address -
Sporle Road, Swaffham, Norfolk

Installed - July 2003

Turbines - 1

Capacity - 1.8MW

Generation kWh - 4 million

Equivalent homes - 1,258 

Hub height: 85m

Rotor diameter - 70m

Carbon dioxide (CO2)
savings - 3,500 tonnes

Sulphur dioxide (SO2)
savings- 40 tonnes

Nitrogen oxide (NOX)
savings - 10 tonnes

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