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Glenkerie Windfarm Non Technical Summary GLENKERIE WINDFARM NON TECHNICAL SUMMARY INTRODUCTION Scottish Natural Heritage (SNH) and other statutory and non-statutory agencies. The ES Novera Energy plc (Novera) proposes to contains the environmental information develop a small wind farm at Kingledores Farm required for the determination of the Glenkerie in the Scottish Borders. The development site Wind Farm application and is structured as is located approximately 5km north west of follows: Tweedsmuir and 12km southeast of Biggar (Figure 1), and is to be known as the Glenkerie • Volume 1 - Environmental Statement Wind Farm. • Volume 2 - Technical Appendices A planning application for the ‘Glenkerie Wind • Volume 3 - Maps and Figures Farm’ has been submitted to Scottish Borders • Volume 4 - Non Technical Summary Council (SBC) for consent under the Town and Country Planning (Scotland) Act 1997. As NOVERA ENERGY PLC required by the Environmental Impact Assessment (Scotland) Regulations 1999, the Novera is one of the UK’s top ten renewable planning application is accompanied by a electricity generators. Novera invests in detailed Environmental Statement (ES). renewable energy generation across the UK that will contribute to the Government’s The planning application seeks consent for the renewable energy targets and, the country’s installation of 11 wind turbine generators and energy self sufficiency and CO2 reductions. associated ancillary equipment. The layout of Novera has professional experience across all the wind farm is illustrated in Figure 2 key disciplines including planning, (overleaf). The total maximum generating environmental services, wind turbine capacity will be dependant on the type of technology, law and financing. Through turbine selected but will be between 19.8MW careful attention to design, planning and and up to a maximum of 27.5MW. Each wind development and consultation with the local turbine will have an individual capacity to community, Novera has the proven ability to generate electricity of between 1.8MW and plan, build and operate wind farms in the UK. 2.5MW. Novera has a portfolio of landfill gas, water and Figure 1 - Site Location waste, hydro and wind assets, generating renewable power at 58 sites across the UK with a total installed capacity of 122 MW. Novera is one of the largest generators of renewable energy in the UK and with over 140 members of staff is one of the largest employers in the UK Renewables sector WIND – CLEAN ENERGY FOR A SUSTAINABLE FUTURE It is now widely accepted that global warming and climate change are a reality and have the potential to cause major adverse effects on sea levels, water supply and agriculture in the coming decades. Within the UK, we now clearly understand that climate change will have some or all of the following impacts: • Extremes in weather, with dry areas The scope of the ES was agreed with SBC, becoming drier and wet areas wetter; • Increased bouts of flooding; NOVERA ENERGY PLC NTS Page 1 of 12 GLENKERIE WINDFARM NON TECHNICAL SUMMARY • Increased erosion to coastal land, leading energy. Germany, Spain and Denmark lead to greater flooding to coastal townships way with installed capacities of 20,622MW, and loss of rare habitats; 11,615MW and 3,136MW. • Habitat changes will have a significant Whilst the UK, and Scotland in particular (at impact by altering the species composition over 25%), has the biggest wind resource of of about ½ of the statutory protected any country in Europe, statistics show the UK areas in the UK within 50 years, and currently lagging significantly behind many of • A decline in populations of wading birds the other EU members in its rate of installing and wildfowl which depend upon estuaries new renewable energy capacity (currently just in Northwest Europe, due to rising sea under 2,300MW). levels. WIND ENERGY IN THE UK – One of the major causes of global warming is SUSTAINABLE POWER the emission of carbon dioxide from power stations burning fossil fuels (coal, oil, gas) to The Scottish Executive, the Welsh Assembly generate electricity. and the UK Government are all strongly committed to developing wind power and other In order to combat the threat of global renewable technologies. warming, there is a need to obtain clean, diverse and sustainable supplies of energy from A market-based support mechanism for renewable sources such as wind. renewable energy was introduced in 2002 and it places an obligation on electricity suppliers to WIND ENERGY IN EUROPE buy an increasing proportion of electricity from renewable energy sources. In Scotland, this Within Europe, virtually all member states are mechanism is called the Renewables Obligation seeking to generate electricity from wind Scotland (ROS). Figure 2 – Layout of proposed Glenkerie Wind Farm Site entrance off A701 NOVERA ENERGY PLC NTS Page 2 of 12 GLENKERIE WINDFARM NON TECHNICAL SUMMARY Renewable energy has a key role to play in the tapered tubular steel tower and will consist of a UK Government’s Climate Change Programme. nacelle containing the gearbox, generator and Renewable energy sources produce low or associated equipment to which is attached a negligible levels of pollutants such as carbon hub and rotor assembly including three dioxide and other 'greenhouse gases' and so by glass/carbon fibre-reinforced polyester blades. displacing conventional sources of energy, they can help the UK meet its climate change The maximum height from the turbine base to targets. the top of the blade tip will be 105m when the blades reach their highest point, for 6 of the WIND ENERGY IN SCOTLAND – turbines, and 120m for 5 of the turbines on the GOVERNMENT TARGETS lower parts of the subsidiary ridgelines. The turbine hub height will be up to 70m for 6 of In November 2007 the Scottish Executive set a the turbines, and up to 85m for 5 of the target of 50% of Scotland’s electricity to be turbines on the lower ground. generated by renewable sources by 2020. A new interim target of generating 31% of The estimated on-site construction period for Scotland’s electricity by renewable sources by the wind farm is 9 months. Normal hours of 2011 was set following the successful early operations for construction purposes will be attainment of generating 20% by 2010. This between 07:00-19:00 over a Monday to Friday committed renewables strategy will aid the UK week. target of generating 10% of electricity by renewable sources by 2010. In achieving this target, it is expected the UK will save around 2.5 million tonnes of carbon emissions annually. THE GLENKERIE WIND FARM The Glenkerie site area is approximately 360ha and is made up of heath, grassland and small conifer and broadleaved plantations on the lower areas. The components of the Wind Farm that will be on site for 25 years are: Table 1 - Glenkerie Wind Farm Components 11 wind turbines 8km of new access tracks from A701 The final design for the turbine foundations 1.3km of upgraded tracks and the quantities of concrete needed will be determined by the ground and rock conditions Crane hard standing next to each turbine at each location. However, it is anticipated that up to 300m3 of concrete per turbine base Control building will be required. Concrete will be imported to Underground cables to each turbine the site ready mixed. The foundations would be approximately 15.7m square and up to Permanent anemometer mast 3.1m deep, in the form of an ‘inverted T’ design. Temporary construction compound The design of the access route onto and within the site will meet the requirements of the Each wind turbine will be mounted on a Highway Authority, SNH and SBC with regard NOVERA ENERGY PLC NTS Page 3 of 12 GLENKERIE WINDFARM NON TECHNICAL SUMMARY to visibility, construction materials, surface recognises that onshore wind power is water drainage, gradient and safety of other expected to make the most significant road users. The main site access will be contribution towards meeting national energy directly from the A701, as indicated on Figure 2 targets. (Page 2). The proposal to generate electricity from wind Electricity generated by the individual turbines power at Glenkerie arises as a direct response will be transmitted along underground cables to the above UK Government’s and Scotland’s to the on-site control building (Figure 2), from policies and targets. The benefits of this wind where it will be exported from the site. The farm are: connection from the site control building to the local electricity grid will take the form of an Table 3 - Benefits of Glenkerie Wind Farm underground cable and the use of existing wooden poles to a grid connection point which Displace the emission of over 1,680,000 has yet to be finally determined by Scottish tonnes of carbon dioxide and other Power. polluting gases over the wind farms expected 25 year existence SITE SELECTION Add over £15M to the local economy The selection of an appropriate site with the potential to support a wind farm development Provide enough electricity to power over is a complex and lengthy process. 15,000 households, equivalent to over 30% of the households in the Scottish Borders The Glenkerie site was selected as appropriate Council area to support a wind farm development due to the following attributes: Assist in the delivery of Scotland’s climate change commitments and sustainable Table 2 - Glenkerie Selection Attributes development strategy High mean annual wind speed Make a significant contribution towards the Scottish target of generating 31% of its No ecological or landscape designations of electricity from renewable sources by 2011 national or regional importance and generating 50% by 2050. The site is well contained by surrounding SOCIO-ECONOMICS hills which limit the visual impact of the proposal The Glenkerie Wind Farm will contribute not only to the Scottish economy, but also to the Nearest turbine is 1000m from the closest local economy with opportunities for local property contractors during the construction phase and through the use of local services both prior to, Sufficient grid capacity during and after construction of the site.
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