Pembrokeshire Onshore Wind Farm
Pembrokeshire UK
Harnessing energy from the wind is fast becoming a solution to the nation’s fight to reduce carbon emissions, and the recent approval of a new wind farm development in Pembrokeshire is another milestone towards a future of clean, renewable electricity.
Located at Wear Point, near Milford Haven, the £12.5 million onshore wind farm is due to be operational by the end of 2012. Its four turbines will be connected to the national electricity network and will generate enough energy to power over 5,500 households each year, the equivalent of 11 per cent of homes in Pembrokeshire.
As industry leaders in both the onshore and offshore wind farm sectors, Royal Haskoning was commissioned by wind farm development company Infinergy in March 2008 to complete an Environmental Impact Assessment, and Environmental Statement, to gain approval for the scheme. The process involved considerable research and consultation, as well as extensive design reviews, to take into account the ecology of the area as well as the noise impacts, potential health and safety issues, and visual implications of the development.
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