West Durham Wind Farm

West Durham Wind Farm is a wind farm near Tow Law, County Durham, England.

West Durham Wind Farm
West Durham Wind Farm
Country	England, United Kingdom
Location	near Tow Law, County Durham
Coordinates	54.7680°N 1.8216°W / 54.7680; -1.8216
Status	Operational
Commission date	May 2009
Owner	ESB Group
Power generation
Units operational	26 × 2 MW
Make and model	REpower: MM82
Nameplate capacity	24 MW

History

Developed by County Durham-based company the Banks Group, the farm was planned as the largest wind farm in North East England. Construction of the farm began on the 11 July 2008. It was hoped that the commissioning of the turbines would make County Durham the first English county to hit its 2010 renewable energies target.^[1] The farm was commissioned in May 2009. In 2009 it was purchased by the Electricity Supply Board^[2]

Design and specification

The wind farm has a nameplate capacity of 24MW, containing twelve Repower MM82 turbines each rated at 2MW.^[3] It was the first wind farm containing turbines supported on driven steel tubular piles.^[4]