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Construction photos

These photos show the different phases of construction of the UK's tallest wind turbine at Swaffham in Norfolk. Building work was completed in July 2003. Click on the image links to view each photo in full with a brief description.

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Vital Statistics

Swaffham II, Norfolk

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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