Lindhurst Wind Farm is a 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...

 located in Mansfield, England. The wind farm, which was built for Npower Renewables, produces electricity from five 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. It has a total nameplate capacity

Nameplate capacity

Nameplate capacity, also known as the rated capacity, nominal capacity, installed capacity or maximum effect, refers to the intended technical full–load sustained output of a facility such as a power plant, a chemical plant, fuel plant, metal refinery, mine, and many others.For dispatchable power,...

 of 9 MW of electricity, providing enough power to serve the average needs of 5,400 homes. The site occupies land between Mansfield

Mansfield

Mansfield is a town in Nottinghamshire, England. It is the main town in the Mansfield local government district. Mansfield is a part of the Mansfield Urban Area....

 and Rainworth

Rainworth

Rainworth is a village which is split between the Newark and Sherwood and the Mansfield districts of Nottinghamshire, England.To the north of Rainworth is the village of Clipstone and to the east are the villages of Bilsthorpe and Farnsfield. Mansfield lies two miles to the west. The village of...

 in Nottinghamshire

Nottinghamshire

Nottinghamshire is a county in the East Midlands of England, bordering South Yorkshire to the north-west, Lincolnshire to the east, Leicestershire to the south, and Derbyshire to the west...

.

The wind turbines stand 125 metres (410.1 ft) high, making them the tallest in the UK.

History

Lindhurst Wind Farm was approved by the planning committee at Newark and Sherwood District Council in September 2007. Councillors voted 8-3 in favour of the application, which had been recommended for approval by the council's planning officer.

Preparatory work for the site began in 2008, with the wind turbines being erected in August 2010. The turbines went live on 10 September 2010.

See also

• Energy use and conservation in the United Kingdom
  Energy use and conservation in the United Kingdom
  Energy use in the United Kingdom stood at 3,894.6 kilogrammes of oil equivalent per capita in 2005 compared to a world average of 1,778.0. In 2008, total energy consumed was 9.85 exajoules - around 2% of the estimated 474 EJ worldwide total...
  
  

External links

• http://www.rwe.com/web/cms/en/310162/rwe-npower-renewables/sites/projects-in-construction/wind/lindhurst/the-proposal/
• http://www.thisisnottingham.co.uk/news/Construction-starts-wind-farm/article-1749386-detail/article.html
• http://www.energysavingtrust.org.uk/Resources/Energy-saving-news/Permission-granted-for-Lindhurst-wind-farm/(energysavingtrust)/11104