News: Energy Minister visits Rotherham wind farm
The Secretary of State for Energy & Climate Change, the Rt Hon Edward Davey MP, has been to visit the site of South Yorkshire's newest wind farm, in Ulley, Rotherham.
Mr Davey took a tour of the new £21.9m Penny Hill wind farm, which is located on green belt land to the west of the junction of the M1 and M18, alongside representatives of the Barlborough-based business behind the scheme, Banks Renewables.
The six-turbine scheme began generating renewable energy earlier this year, and is now making a significant contribution towards meeting Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council's renewable energy targets.
With an installed capacity of 20.4MW, the Penny Hill wind farm will produce enough energy to meet the annual electricity consumption requirements of over 12,000 homes – or around ten per cent of all the homes in the Rotherham area.
Around 30 jobs were created directly on site through the construction of the Penny Hill scheme, with related contracts worth over £1.1m awarded to businesses across Yorkshire and Nottinghamshire.
In addition to this, Banks has already made a further £50,000 investment to help establish a Warm Zone scheme across the Rotherham area. This scheme will deliver practical measures such as cavity wall insulation and loft insulation into local homes.
Ed Davey MP (pictured above, left), said: "I am delighted to have visited the Penny Hill wind farm, which has created jobs and delivered a range of community and environmental benefits in partnership with local people.
"We remain committed to the deployment of appropriately-sited onshore wind as a key part of a diverse, low-carbon and secure energy mix."
Phil Dyke, development director at Banks Renewables (pictured above, right), added: "We were extremely pleased to welcome the Secretary of State to our Penny Hill Wind Farm, and believe that the way in which it has been developed, built and now operates provides a model of best practice for the industry.
"The most recent Department of Energy & Climate Change figures shows that wind power generated 5.5% of the UK’s electricity needs in 2012, compared to 4% in 2011, but there remains an increasingly pressing need for us to generate substantially more of the energy we all use from such indigenous renewable sources, and we're extremely pleased to be playing our part in meeting this crucial objective."
Banks Renewables website
Images: Banks Renewables
Mr Davey took a tour of the new £21.9m Penny Hill wind farm, which is located on green belt land to the west of the junction of the M1 and M18, alongside representatives of the Barlborough-based business behind the scheme, Banks Renewables.
The six-turbine scheme began generating renewable energy earlier this year, and is now making a significant contribution towards meeting Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council's renewable energy targets.
With an installed capacity of 20.4MW, the Penny Hill wind farm will produce enough energy to meet the annual electricity consumption requirements of over 12,000 homes – or around ten per cent of all the homes in the Rotherham area.
Around 30 jobs were created directly on site through the construction of the Penny Hill scheme, with related contracts worth over £1.1m awarded to businesses across Yorkshire and Nottinghamshire.
In addition to this, Banks has already made a further £50,000 investment to help establish a Warm Zone scheme across the Rotherham area. This scheme will deliver practical measures such as cavity wall insulation and loft insulation into local homes.
Ed Davey MP (pictured above, left), said: "I am delighted to have visited the Penny Hill wind farm, which has created jobs and delivered a range of community and environmental benefits in partnership with local people.
"We remain committed to the deployment of appropriately-sited onshore wind as a key part of a diverse, low-carbon and secure energy mix."
Phil Dyke, development director at Banks Renewables (pictured above, right), added: "We were extremely pleased to welcome the Secretary of State to our Penny Hill Wind Farm, and believe that the way in which it has been developed, built and now operates provides a model of best practice for the industry.
"The most recent Department of Energy & Climate Change figures shows that wind power generated 5.5% of the UK’s electricity needs in 2012, compared to 4% in 2011, but there remains an increasingly pressing need for us to generate substantially more of the energy we all use from such indigenous renewable sources, and we're extremely pleased to be playing our part in meeting this crucial objective."
Banks Renewables website
Images: Banks Renewables
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