Why Here?

 

Generating electricity from the wind is feasible in almost any location in the UK, however, not everywhere is appropriate.  Wind Direct operates a policy of only developing sites where negative impacts are minor.

 

The Kingspan site is one of only a handful of sites within the North of Wales that is suitable for large scale wind development supplying green energy direct to a large energy user.

 

It is anticipated that the wind turbine will supply a significant amount of Kingspans energy demand. When Kingspan do not require all the electricity generated by the wind turbines the excess electricity would be exported onto the local distribution network. These figures are subject to change dependant on the turbine model installed, demand from Kingspan and the wind resource.

 

Factors

Many different factors must be taken into account when considering a site, such as:

    * proximity to residential dwellings
    * impact on areas of ecological or cultural importance
    * impact on landscape
    * proximity to highways and utilities 
    * proximity to any locally designated sites
    * shadow flicker
    * noise
    * wind speeds
    * access
    * electricity requirements of business

Wind Direct are in the process of carefully reviewing all of these factors, and believe that the Kingspan site has the potential to be a suitable location for wind turbine development. However, it is of course up to the local planning authority to decide whether this assessment is correct.