Carland Cross

Carland Cross is a location in Cornwall, England, UK about six miles (10 kilometres) north of Truro at OS grid reference OS grid ref SW846539

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Road junction

Immediately north of the settlement, Carland Cross traffic roundabout is the junction of the A39 and the A30 trunk road. To the east of the roundabout, the A30 is a dual carriageway road: to the west the A30 is single carriageway and to the south the A39 is also single carriageway.[1] There is motorists' services area, including a filling station, by the roundabout.

Wind farm

Carland Cross wind farm is north of the A30 with road access from the roundabout. It is one of the oldest windfarms in the UK[2], and was built in 1992. It has 15 turbines manufactured by Vestas with a capacity of 6MW.[2] Plans by the Spanish owned operator, Scottish Power, to upgrade and expand the wind farm to 20MW are opposed by a local pressure group called RATS (Residents Against Turbines).[3]

References

  1. ^ Ordnance Survey, 1:25000 'Explorer' map, sheet 106, ISBN 978-0-319-24016-9
  2. ^ a b "New Turbines For Cornish Windfarm". Press Release. Scottish Power. 19 February 2008. http://www.scottishpower.com/PressReleases_1634.htm. Retrieved 27 March 2011. 
  3. ^ "Residents Against TurbineS Website". http://www.r-a-t-s.org.uk/. Retrieved 27 March 2011. 

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