Blood Hill is a wind farm near Hemsby in Norfolk, England. It is the smallest windfarm owned by E.ON; taking up 3 hectares.[1] It has a nameplate capacity of 2.25MW which is enough to power 1000 homes at peak. There were 10 Vestas V27-225 kW[2] turbines which were 30 metres tall and stand on top of Blood Hill. They are visible from the villages of Hemsby and Winterton-on-Sea. Blood Hill began operating in December 1992 and was one of the first windfarms in the United Kingdom.
| Blood Hill wind farm | |
|---|---|
 Blood Hill Wind Turbines | |
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| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Location | Near Hemsby in Norfolk |
| Coordinates | 52°42′43″N 1°40′1″E / 52.71194°N 1.66694°E |
| Status | Operational |
| Commission date | December 1992 |
| Power generation | |
| Units operational | 10 |
| Make and model | Vestas: V27 |
| Nameplate capacity | 2.25 MW |
| External links | |
| Website | https://web.archive.org/web/20070402205350/http://www.eon-uk.com/451.aspx |
| Commons | Related media on Commons |
In 2000 a much larger 65m 1.5MW Ecotricity turbine was built adjacent to the site.[3]
In 2015 a repowering of the site saw the original 10 turbines replaced with 2 two Turbowind T400 wind turbines.[4]
See also edit
References edit
- ^ E.ON UK - Blood Hill Archived April 2, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Blood Hill windfarm, United-Kingdom". Windpower database. Retrieved 4 July 2009.
- ^ "Our Wind Parks - Ecotricity". Archived from the original on 3 March 2009. Retrieved 5 August 2010.
- ^ "Great Yarmouth Borough Council". planning.great-yarmouth.gov.uk. Retrieved 20 January 2017.
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