Scout Moor Wind Farm almost 3/4 Ready

Date article online: 09/05/2008

When completed the wind farm will consist of a total 26 wind turbines, each with a generating capacity of 2.5MW.
The wind farm therefore will have a total capacity of 65MW of electricity, which will be enough power to supply the average needs of 40,000 homes.
Turbine details:
Tower Height: 60m
Blade Length: 40m
Total Max Height: 100m
Manufacturer: Nordex
Model: N8O

Electricity will be exported to the National Grid via the newly built dedicated substation, shown below, located south of the A680 near Ashworth Moor Reservoir.

With all the gale force winds in January and early February construction was delayed.
Engineers made up for lost time in the second week of February thanks to fine calm weather conditions.
This resulted in daily deliveries of turbine tower parts by road.
By early March 2008 a total of eight towers had been completed.

By mid March 2008 a total of nine towers had been completed with a further two under
construction which was quite an accomplishment due to all the high winds the country had suffered at that time of year.

By the 19th of March 2008 Turbine Tower Nos 8,9,10,12,15,16,18,19,21 and 25 had been completed with just some internal work to be done.
April the 6th 2008
Turbine No 25 became the very first turbine to begin generating.
Early on Sunday morning technicians from the turbine manufacturer Nordex connected a laptop as part of the commissioning process which monitors more than 300 different parameters like temperature sensors, hydraulic sensors, pitch parameters, wind sensor set and power output.

April 13th 2008 and a milestone day on Scout Moor when the first turbine No 25 went live and began generating at full power.

May 3rd 2008
With the excellent weather conditions in April 2008 construction of Scout Moor Wind Farm picked up pace with 19 turbines erected, and works underway to complete the complex electronic, fibre optic and other control systems of each turbine. Once these systems are fitted each turbine will then be subject to rigorous testing and commissioning procedures, and once complete they will be ready for generation of electricity.

Turbines 25 and 15 are currently generating electricity, with Turbine 19 expected to begin generation very soon.

The commissioning of the installed turbines will occur at the same time as the remaining 7 turbines are erected and made ready for internal fitting out as described above.
This will result in some turbines generating electricity whilst others are being installed, and commissioned at other locations across the site.