Campfield Farm Turbine
Nottinghamshire

Project

Case study

Type:
Farm Turbine

Status:
Operational

Owner:
Extensis

Comprising a single, farm-scale turbine manufactured in the Netherlands, the project has been carefully designed to fit within the constraints of the local environment.

Turbine

The project uses an EWT DW54-500kW direct drive wind turbine, with a rotor diameter of 54m and a maximum tip height of 79m.

500

Maximum generating capacity is 500kW

Landowner

The land for the turbine is leased from the owner of Campfield Farm.

2015

Commissioning

The turbine entered commercial operation in September 2015 and is expected to generate clean electricity for 25 years.

Overview

Campfield Farm Turbine is built on agricultural land around a mile to the east of Kirkby in Ashfield in Nottinghamshire. The project comprises a single EWT DW54 turbine and has generating capacity of 500kW. The grid connection is into a pre-existing 11kV line crossing the site.

Timeline

A planning application for the project (supported by a full EIA) was submitted to Ashfield District Council in April 2014 and consent was granted in November 2014.

The project was accredited for the then Feed-In Tariff scheme in December 2014 and constructed by Mi-Grid during 2015, entering commercial operation in September of that year. The project was acquired by xxx in yyy [Toby/Trev - can you figure out the details?]

Community

Toby/Trev? We'll need to change the title to something other than Community and figure out something else to write about here... Same will also apply to Pitts Down, Orrell and Bellevue. Though I see there was supposed to be a community benefit fund of £2.5k/MW/yr (i.e. £1,250/yr!!)

Location

53° 06′ 05″ North, 1° 12′ 24″ West

The impact

What is being delivered

thousand kWh/yr

On average, the wind farm generates around 1.4 million kilowatt hours of electricity a year. Enough charge 65 electric cars every day.

Based on a rolling average load factor of 31.4% to November 2024 and an electric car battery capacity of 58kwh (as found in a Tesla Model 3 or VW ID3)

Homes powered

The output from the wind farm is enough to meet the electricity needs of 425 average UK households.

Based on a rolling average load factor of 31..4% to November 2024 and DESNZ Subnational Electricity and Gas Consumption Statistics statistics showing that annual GB average domestic household consumption is 3,239kWh (updated January 2024).

Hours

During periods of high wind, the wind farm produces enough electricity in a little over six hours to supply an average UK home for a full year.

Tonnes of CO2 saved to date

The CO2 emissions saved by the wind farm are equivalent to planting 24,000 trees, or to removing 400 cars from the road.

Based on:

DESNZ's “all non-renewable fuels” emissions statistic of 437 tonnes of carbon dioxide per GWh of electricity supplied in the Digest of UK Energy Statistics (July 2024) Table 5.14 (“Estimated carbon dioxide emissions from electricity supplied”)
DfT's NTS0901 statistic (August 2024) of an average diesel car covering 8,300 miles per year and manufacturer's published emissions data for a VW Golf 2.0 TDi of 115g/km
EcoTree estimate that a typical tree absorbs 25kg CO2 per year