Carscreugh Renewable Energy Park HOME NEWS PROJECT BACKGROUND SITE INFORMATION HOW A TURBINE WORKS TIMESCALE BENEFITS CONTACT US Site information The 18 turbine wind farm on Carscreugh Fell measures approximately 290.6ha in area. Each wind turbine has a maximum height to the blade tip of 70m and will use Gamesa G52 turbines, with an individual output of 850kW. The site is located partly in an area that Dumfries and Galloway Council have assessed as having high speed and “intermediate” potential for wind farm development. The site is outside any local, regional or national designations for landscape or ecology. In addition to the wind turbines, the proposed development will also include: • A control building housing switch gear, metering equipment and control equipment; • Access to the site via the A75; • On-site access tracks; • Underground cable routes; and • A meteorological mast. The meteorological mast will provide ongoing measurement of the wind speed at the site over the lifetime of the project and is 44m in height. There is also the capacity for a photovoltaic cell array. In addition to the above infrastructure components, construction will also involve the delivery of a temporary construction compound. Access to the site for construction will be via the A75, with the bulk of the construction traffic approaching from the west. In order to facilitate delivery of large turbine components a number of upgrades to the road system will be required and a Road and Transport Management Plan has been drawn up with Dumfries and Galloway Council, including a series of measures to mitigate against the temporary impacts of construction traffic. See the Traffic & site access page for further information. Carscreugh Renewable Energy Park · Providing details on the construction of a wind farm on Carscreugh Fell, near Glenluce Blog at WordPress.com. Follow