Carno wind farm
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Carno
Wind Farm
started operation in October 1996. It covers an area of over 600 hectares on Trannon Moor, a plateau to the west of the village of Carno in Powys
, Mid Wales
, 400 metres (1,312.3 ft) above sea level.
Carno currently has the largest production capacity in Wales.
Originally consisting of 56 wind turbine
s each of 600 kilowatts (kW) maximum output, the combined maximum power of 33.6 megawatts (MW) made Carno the largest Wind Farm in Europe at the time of its construction. The total project cost was approximately £26 million.
Information:
Public footpaths cross the site and are waymarked on Ordnance Survey maps.
In 2008 an extension designated "Carno 2" was completed, bringing the total number of turbines to 68, comprising 12 new Siemens
1.3MW wind turbines with a hub height of 49 m, blade length of 30 m and rotor diameter of 62 m giving a tip height of 80 m.
Carno
Carno is a village in Powys, Mid Wales. It is located on the main A470 road between Llanbrynmair & Caersws.The local railway station, on the Cambrian Line, closed as part of the Beeching closures in the 1965. An ongoing campaign started in August 2009 for its reopening, with the Welsh Assembly...
Wind Farm
Wind farm
A wind farm is a group of wind turbines in the same location used to produce electric power. A large wind farm may consist of several hundred individual wind turbines, and cover an extended area of hundreds of square miles, but the land between the turbines may be used for agricultural or other...
started operation in October 1996. It covers an area of over 600 hectares on Trannon Moor, a plateau to the west of the village of Carno in Powys
Powys
Powys is a local-government county and preserved county in Wales.-Geography:Powys covers the historic counties of Montgomeryshire and Radnorshire, most of Brecknockshire , and a small part of Denbighshire — an area of 5,179 km², making it the largest county in Wales by land area.It is...
, Mid Wales
Mid Wales
Mid Wales is the name given to the central region of Wales. The Mid Wales Regional Committee of the National Assembly for Wales covered the counties of Ceredigion and Powys and the area of Gwynedd that had previously been the district of Meirionydd. A similar definition is used by the BBC...
, 400 metres (1,312.3 ft) above sea level.
Carno currently has the largest production capacity in Wales.
Originally consisting of 56 wind turbine
Wind turbine
A wind turbine is a device that converts kinetic energy from the wind into mechanical energy. If the mechanical energy is used to produce electricity, the device may be called a wind generator or wind charger. If the mechanical energy is used to drive machinery, such as for grinding grain or...
s each of 600 kilowatts (kW) maximum output, the combined maximum power of 33.6 megawatts (MW) made Carno the largest Wind Farm in Europe at the time of its construction. The total project cost was approximately £26 million.
Information:
- Number of turbines: 56 (extended to 68 with Carno 2 in 2008)
- Turbine manufacturer: Bonus Energy A/S, Denmark
- Turbine rating: 600 kW.
- Combined maximum power: 33.6MW
- Tower height to hub: 31.5m
- Blade number and diameter: 3 blades, each 44m long
- Annual production: 90 million units
- Wildlife information: 37 species of birds. 512 species of insects & spiders, including one Red Data Book entry, the nationally scarce Trechus rivularis ground beetle.
- Archaeological features: Bronze AgeBronze AgeThe Bronze Age is a period characterized by the use of copper and its alloy bronze as the chief hard materials in the manufacture of some implements and weapons. Chronologically, it stands between the Stone Age and Iron Age...
cairnCairnCairn is a term used mainly in the English-speaking world for a man-made pile of stones. It comes from the or . Cairns are found all over the world in uplands, on moorland, on mountaintops, near waterways and on sea cliffs, and also in barren desert and tundra areas...
s, standing stones and a possible Roman road crossing from east to west.
Public footpaths cross the site and are waymarked on Ordnance Survey maps.
In 2008 an extension designated "Carno 2" was completed, bringing the total number of turbines to 68, comprising 12 new Siemens
Siemens AG
Siemens AG is a German multinational conglomerate company headquartered in Munich, Germany. It is the largest Europe-based electronics and electrical engineering company....
1.3MW wind turbines with a hub height of 49 m, blade length of 30 m and rotor diameter of 62 m giving a tip height of 80 m.