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Turbines
Turbine capacity
Home equivalent
Low Spinney
The Low Spinney wind farm is situated on working farm land between the villages of Ashby Magna, Gilmorton and Dunton Bassett, near Lutterworth in Leicestershire. The proposal received planning approval in late Spring 2010 and construction commenced in October of the same year. The four REpower wind turbines went into operation generating clean renewable energy in September 2011 and are expected to generate enough electricity to meet the annual needs of 5,000 households in the region. Click here to see photos of construction and of the open day at the Low Spinney wind farm.
Project Manager: Matt Kelly
- Status: Operational
- Number of turbines: 4
- Turbine capacity: 2MW
- Turbine supplier: REpower MM92
- Annual home equivalent (1 home = 4,700kWh ? ): 5,000
- Approx project capacity (MW): 8MW
- Hub height: 80m
- Blade length: 45m
- Tip height: 125m
- Local planning authority: Harborough District Council
- Grid reference: SP559892
- 10.10.2011 Low Spinney wind farm turbines are named
- 27.09.2011 Low Spinney wind farm open day
- 12.09.2011 Low Spinney wind farm soon to be generating