Sorne Hill wind farm
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The Sorne Hill Wind Farm is a wind farm
located in Buncrana, Inishowen Donegal
Ireland
and erected in 2006. The farm is run by Tapbury Management Limited.
E-70 2 [MW] with a 64 metre hub height and 71 metre rotor diameter giving a total capacity of 32 megawatts.
Phase 2 of the farm which is an additional 6.9 MW from three Enercon
E-70 2.3 MW turbines were installed in the autumn of 2007. This makes Sorne Hill Wind Farm, at 38 MW the third largest wind farm in Ireland as of August 2008.
It was announced previously, that VRB Power Systems Inc. had been contracted to supply a 1.5 MW × 8-hour vanadium redox battery
system (to enable surplus electricity to be generated when demand is low, and improve consistency of supply to the electricity network). http://www.windenergyinvesting.com/2006/08/30/ireland-windfarm-inks-vrb-energy-storage-system-purchase-agreement/ http://www.leonardo-energy.org/drupal/node/959. It is unclear if the Flow Battery will now be installed, as VRB Power Systems, Inc. has since appointed a receiver, filed for insolvency http://www.vrbpower.com/docs/news/2008/news_20081120.pdf and had its assets bought.
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...
located in Buncrana, Inishowen Donegal
Donegal
Donegal or Donegal Town is a town in County Donegal, Ireland. Its name, which was historically written in English as Dunnagall or Dunagall, translates from Irish as "stronghold of the foreigners" ....
Ireland
Ireland
Ireland is an island to the northwest of continental Europe. It is the third-largest island in Europe and the twentieth-largest island on Earth...
and erected in 2006. The farm is run by Tapbury Management Limited.
Turbines
Phase 1 of the farm has 16 gearless wind turbines, type EnerconEnercon
Enercon GmbH, based in Aurich, Germany, is the fourth-largest wind turbine manufacturer in the world and has been the market leader in Germany since the mid-nineties. Enercon has production facilities in Germany , Sweden, Brazil, India, Canada, Turkey and Portugal...
E-70 2 [MW] with a 64 metre hub height and 71 metre rotor diameter giving a total capacity of 32 megawatts.
Phase 2 of the farm which is an additional 6.9 MW from three Enercon
Enercon
Enercon GmbH, based in Aurich, Germany, is the fourth-largest wind turbine manufacturer in the world and has been the market leader in Germany since the mid-nineties. Enercon has production facilities in Germany , Sweden, Brazil, India, Canada, Turkey and Portugal...
E-70 2.3 MW turbines were installed in the autumn of 2007. This makes Sorne Hill Wind Farm, at 38 MW the third largest wind farm in Ireland as of August 2008.
Flow battery storage
Vanadium redox battery
The vanadium redox battery is a type of rechargeable flow battery that employs vanadium ions in different oxidation states to store chemical potential energy...
system (to enable surplus electricity to be generated when demand is low, and improve consistency of supply to the electricity network). http://www.windenergyinvesting.com/2006/08/30/ireland-windfarm-inks-vrb-energy-storage-system-purchase-agreement/ http://www.leonardo-energy.org/drupal/node/959. It is unclear if the Flow Battery will now be installed, as VRB Power Systems, Inc. has since appointed a receiver, filed for insolvency http://www.vrbpower.com/docs/news/2008/news_20081120.pdf and had its assets bought.