Nuon Renewables

Nuon Renewables
Type Company
Industry Renewable energy
Founder(s) NV. Nuon
Headquarters Amsterdam, Netherlands
United Kingdom
Area served Parts of the United Kingdom
Products Electricity
Parent NV. Nuon
Website Official Website[1]

Nuon Renewables is a subsidiary of NV. Nuon[2]. It generates renewable energy, primarily through wind farms[3] in the United Kingdom.[4]

Contents

History

Nuon Renewables was established in 2000 as A United Kingdom based subsidiary of NV. Nuon. It has since built many wind farms which form a potential annual power generation total of eight hundred megawatts[5]. They generate and distribute gas and electricity to millions of customers across the united Kingdom.[6].

Projects

The company owns and operates many wind farms, some as small as their ten megawatt Parc Cynog wind farm, to others as large as their current project, a two-hundred and ninety-nine megawatt development in Pen y Cymoedd Wind Energy[5].

Projects
Source[6] Project Location Windmills State Generating Capacity Total Height Equiv Homes
[7] Airfield Farm Airfield Farm
(in North West Bedfordshire)		 3 Active
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[8] Harrington Former RAF
Harrington Airfield		 7 Under
Development		 14 megawatts 126 meters 7,700
[9] Hirddywel Hirddywel 9 Under
Development		 27 megawatts 125 meters 15,100
[10] Llanbadarn
Fynydd		 North of Llanbadarn Fynydd
in Radnorshire, Powys		 17 Active 51 megawatts 126.5 meters 27,566
[11] Mynydd Waun Fawr Southwest of Llanerfyl
in Powys, Wales		 15 Proposed 37.5 megawatts 110 meters 20,000

Current project

Nuon Renewables is currently considering building a wind farm of seven turbines at the RAF Harrington airfield.[12]

Turbines In Operation Estimated Average
Generating Capacity		 Average
Tower Height		 Average
Blade Length		 Average
Turbine Height		 Estimated Yearly
Electricity Produced		 Estimated Equivalent
Homes Powered		 Estimated Yearly
Carbon Dioxide Saved
7 14 Megawatts 85 Meters 41 Meters 126 Meters 36,000,000 KiloWatt Hours 7,700 13 - 31 KiloTons per Year

References

  1. ^ Wind Fair. "Wind Fair Entry". Smart Dolphin. http://www.windfair.net/nuonrenewables/welcome.html. Retrieved 19 August 2010. 
  2. ^ MMC Centre. "Overview". Baobab Solutions UK Ltd. http://www.mmccentre.com/content/nuon_renewables. Retrieved 20 August 2010. 
  3. ^ Renewable Energy Association. "Renewable Energy Association". http://www.r-e-a.net/members/nuon_renewables/. Retrieved 18 August 2010. 
  4. ^ Nuon Renewables. "Nuon Renewables Home Page". ProntoCMS. http://www.nuonrenewables.com/. Retrieved 18 August 2010. 
  5. ^ a b Nuon Renewables. "About". ProntoCMS. http://www.nuonrenewables.com/about-us. Retrieved 19 August 2010. 
  6. ^ a b Nuon Renewables. "Projects". Pronto CMS. http://www.nuonrenewables.com/projects. Retrieved 20 August 2010. 
  7. ^ Nuon Renewables. "Airfield Farm Cite". ProntoCMS. http://www.nuonrenewables.com/projects/sapd1. Retrieved 23 August 2010. 
  8. ^ Nuon Renewables. "Harrington Cite". ProntoCMS. http://www.nuonrenewables.com/projects/hari. Retrieved 23 August 2010. 
  9. ^ Nuon Renewables. "Hirddywel Cite". ProntoCMS. http://www.nuonrenewables.com/projects/hiel1. Retrieved 23 August 2010. 
  10. ^ Nuon Renewables. "Llanbadarn Fynydd Citation". ProntoCMS. http://www.nuonrenewables.com/projects/nech. Retrieved 23 August 2010. 
  11. ^ Nuon Renewables. "Llanbadarn Fynydd Citation". ProntoCMS. http://www.nuonrenewables.com/projects/mywf. Retrieved 23 August 2010. 
  12. ^ {{cite web |url=http://www.nuonrenewables.com/newsite/projects/hari1/default.aspx|title=Nuon Renewables Project|author=[[Nuon Renewables|date=|work=|publisher=ProntoCMS|accessdate=18 August 2010}}

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