Blood Hill wind farm explained

Blood Hill wind farm
Coordinates:52.7119°N 1.6669°W
Country:England, United Kingdom
Status:Operational
Commissioned:December 1992
Ps Units Operational:10
Ps Units Manu Model:Vestas: V27
Ps Electrical Capacity:2.25 MW
Website:https://web.archive.org/web/20070402205350/http://www.eon-uk.com/451.aspx

Blood Hill is a wind farm near Hemsby in Norfolk, England. It is the smallest windfarm owned by E.ON; taking up 3 hectares.[1] It has a nameplate capacity of 2.25MW which is enough to power 1000 homes at peak. There were 10 Vestas V27-225 kW[2] turbines which were 30 metres tall and stand on top of Blood Hill. They are visible from the villages of Hemsby and Winterton-on-Sea. Blood Hill began operating in December 1992 and was one of the first windfarms in the United Kingdom.

In 2000 a much larger 65m 1.5MW Ecotricity turbine was built adjacent to the site.[3]

In 2015 a repowering of the site saw the original 10 turbines replaced with 2 two Turbowind T400 wind turbines.[4]

See also

Notes and References

  1. http://www.eon-uk.com/451.aspx E.ON UK - Blood Hill
  2. Web site: Blood Hill windfarm, United-Kingdom . 2009-07-04 . Windpower database.
  3. Web site: Our Wind Parks - Ecotricity . 2010-08-05 . https://web.archive.org/web/20090303102217/http://www.ecotricity.co.uk/wind-parks/ . 2009-03-03 . dead .
  4. Web site: Great Yarmouth Borough Council. planning.great-yarmouth.gov.uk. 2017-01-20.