Tag Archive for: Wind

Booltiagh Wind Farm I

Booltiagh Wind Farm has a mean site elevation of 170m and an average wind speed of 8.5 meters/second. It lies approximately 15km west of Ennis in Co. Clare midway between the villages of Kilmalley and Kilmihil. The wind farm is based within a commercial forestry.

Booltiagh Wind Farm has an initial installed capacity of 19.5MW based on 13 GE 1.5MW machines. The original project was financed under an AER VI power contract and was commissioned in August 2005.

Project Summary
Consented Number of Turbines 13
Consented MW 22.5MW
 Commissioning Date 2005
 Current Owner Brookfield Renewable Energy Partners

 

Black Banks Wind Farm II

Black Banks II is the second phase of the Black Banks Wind Farm and consists of 8 Vestas V52 wind turbines. It lies immediately adjacent to the Black Banks I project.

The project added eight Vestas V52 machines to the existing project, bringing the total capacity to 10.2MW. The extension phase of the project was commissioned in December 2005.

Project Summary
Consented Number of Turbines 8
Consented MW 6.8MW
 Commissioning Date 2005
 Current Owner ESB Wind Development Ltd

 

Black Banks Wind Farm I

The Black Banks Wind Farm has a mean site elevation of 370m and an average wind speed of just over 8 meters/second. It lies approximately 20km south east of Sligo town and 5km south west of the village of Drumkeeran in Co. Leitrim. The land is used for sheep grazing and turf cutting.

The project utilised four Vestas V52 machines and was commissioned in 2001.

Project Summary
Consented Number of Turbines 4
Consented MW 3.4MW
 Commissioning Date 2001
 Current Owner ESB Wind Development Ltd

 

Bessy Bell Wind Farm

Bessy Bell was the first wind farm development undertaken by the directors of DP Energy. It was constructed in 1995 and was the sixth wind farm in the island of Ireland. The project was awarded a non fossil fuel obligation power purchase contract (NFFO I Northern Ireland) in 1994. Planning permission was awarded in 1994.

The project consisted of 10 Vestas V39 500kW turbines and is now owned and operated by SSE Renewables.

Project Summary
Consented Number of Turbines 10
Consented MW 5MW
 Commissioning Date 1995
 Current Owner SSE Generation Ltd