TALLENTIRE

WIND FARM Construction Newsletter 1 June 2012

Welcome to the first in a series of newsletters from RES designed to keep the local community informed throughout the construction process of Wind Farm.

We are delighted to announce that Tallentire is now ready for construction and work will start in early July. Since receiving consent to build the six turbine wind farm in February 2011, we have been preparing the project for construction. We have submitted our detailed Construction Method Statement to Borough Council and this has been approved, together with all pre-construction planning conditions. The wind farm will begin generating electricity next Spring, and this will see the start of the community benefit fund of £25,000 per year for 25 years for local people to invest in local projects. You can learn more about the construction programme, how a wind farm is built and the community benefit fund inside.

Allonby Aspatria Solway Firth

A596

Crosscanonby

Gilcrux B5301

Maryport Tallentire Blindcrake A594 Flimby

A595

Cockermouth Seaton A66

Tallentire Wind Farm – Key Facts Location: Tallentire Hill, between the villages of Tallentire and Gilcrux Number of turbines: 6 Installed capacity: 12MW Homes Equivalent: Approximately 7,700 houses* Community Benefit Fund: £25,000 per year for 25 years *The homes equivalent has been calculated by taking the predicted annual electricity generation of the site (based on RES studies Tallentire has a predicted capacity factor of 32.3%) and dividing this by the annual average electricity consumption figures from the Department of Energy and Climate Change 2010 (4370 kWh)

Construction at RES’s Hill of Towie Wind Farm, Moray HOW DO YOU BUILD A WIND FARM?

Access to the site Making tracks Firm foundations Access is one of the key considerations One of the first things we do on site is The six turbines at Tallentire Wind Farm when selecting a potential wind farm to prepare the access tracks which will will stand on concrete foundations. site. Transporting people and materials allow the turbines to be delivered, Once the turbine towers arrive on site generally involves only very minor erected and serviced. At Tallentire we they will be bolted into place. Work on additions to local traffic levels. will be constructing approximately the foundations will start in summer 6.9 km (4.3 miles) of tracks and this 2012. These solid foundations give the The entrance to Tallentire Wind Farm work will take place following the turbines a firm base on which to stand will be located on the A595 between completion of the site entrance. for the 25 year life of the wind farm. the Redmains junctions. To minimise disruption to other road users during The top of each concrete foundation the construction and turbine delivery, lies up to one metre below the normal a traffic management plan has been Footpaths and Bridleways ground surface and is then covered developed and agreed in advance with In order to facilitate the construction with soil, so the land right up to the Allerdale Borough Council and the process, footpaths and bridleways will base of the turbine can used. police. Initially when work starts at the require temporary closures and wind farm, our first task will be diversions. The routes that will be creating a safe entrance to the site affected are shown in the map below. which will take 3-4 weeks. The layby off Clearly marked diversion routes and Work on site will take place the A595 has been closed in signs have been put in place for all between Monday and Friday preparation for this work (and will these routes. Maps of the diversion from 7:00am to 7:00pm and remain closed for the next 12 months). routes are available on our website Traffic management measures, such as and on Gilcurx and Bridekirk Parish Saturday 7:00am to 1:00pm. temporary traffic lights, to ensure the Councils’ notice boards. safety of the construction staff and other road users might be required for Reproduced from Ordnance Survey digital map data © Crown copyright 2012. All rights reserved. License number 0100031673 short periods whilst we undertake this work. These will be arranged between 9:00 and 17:00 and will be limited to short durations to minimise disruption. We apologise in advance for any inconvenience caused to local residents during this period. T4 We will be directing the construction T5 T6 vehicles bringing materials and equipment to site not to go through T3 the villages of Tallentire and Gilcrux. T2

T1 Safety first For your own safety, we must ask you not to drive into, or park at, the site entrance on the A595. Please do not Turbines attempt to slow or stop along A595 Footpath order to view the construction Bridleway Site Entrance activities. This is to reduce inconvenience to other road users and to minimise the chance of an accident.

July 2012 Commence site entrance works August 2012 Construction of site tracks and crane hardstandings starts September 2012 Control building/Substation construction October 2012 Turbine preparation works November 2012 Electrical works January 2013 Turbine delivery and erection Spring 2013 Electricity generation begins June 2013 Finish on site Building a wind farm is a highly complex process that requires a lot of thought and care. Here are some of the tasks that the RES construction team will be performing over the next 12 months.

Going up Community Benefit The wind turbines are delivered in RES believes that communities should parts and assembled on site using a benefit directly from hosting a wind crane. The delivery of the blades, farm. We have been looking at how towers and nacelles for Tallentire to manage and distribute the

Wind Farm is expected to begin in Access Track at Kelburn Wind Farm, North Ayrshire community benefit fund associated January 2013. The nacelles are the with the project which will provide boxlike structures at the top of the £25,000 per year in to the immediate, tower, which house the gear box and local community every year for 25 generator that enable the movement years - or £625,000 over the lifetime of the blades to be converted into of the wind farm! Further details on clean, green electricity. The turbine the community fund will be made parts will be transported on special available later in the year and the heavy goods vehicles with a suitable funding will start when the wind farm escort vehicle. We will keep the is finished in Spring 2013. community fully informed on the delivery process. In addition to the access tracks and Blade installation at Kelburn Wind Farm, North Ayrshire Community Liaison Group the six turbines, there will be a We are continuing to hold Community number of support structures put up Liaison Group meetings and we are on the site. Some, like the RES works to the highest keen to keep the local community construction offices and stores, will be quality, environmental and informed as construction progresses. temporary. Others like the control safety standards when Please have a look at our website building and substation, which takes undertaking any construction (www.tallentirewindfarm.com) and the electricity from the turbines and your parish notice board for the date, feeds it into the grid, will be project and is fully registered time and location of the next permanent. under ISO9001:2000 (Quality) meeting. The meetings are open to and 14001:2004 everyone in the community and if (Environmental). Should you see you would like further details please anything that concerns you contact Rachel Anderson. please let us know immediately.

Construction of a turbine at RES’s Wolf Bog Wind Farm, Northern Ireland RES Meet the team RES is one of the world’s leading independent renewable energy Bob Wilson developers. We play a vital role in Construction Site Manager developing and constructing projects that contribute to the UK’s energy Tel: 07765 860 741 supply. RES has developed and/or Email: [email protected] built over 6.5 GW of wind capacity worldwide. In the UK, we are Bob is in charge of the construction of responsible for the development the wind farm and can be contacted if of around 10% of the current wind you have any concerns during the energy capacity. construction period. At RES we are proud of our reputation for designing projects that optimise power performance whilst minimising any effects on local people and the environment. We work closely with communities, local Rachel Anderson authorities and independent experts Community Relations Manager to ensure our wind farms are built to Tel: 07795 680 803 the highest standards. We want to be good neighbours and listen to and Email: [email protected] address any questions or concerns you may have. Please contact Rachel Rachel is the Community Relations Anderson in the first instance. Manager for Tallentire Wind Farm. Rachel handles the local community liaison and is your point of contact for information about the wind farm, the community fund and any media enquiries.

Benefits of Wind Energy Wind energy works! By utilising this subject to fuel price rises or the abundant and free resource we can uncertainty of international fuel generate electricity without the need markets, and has no requirement for for fossil fuels and harmful emissions fuel transportation, drilling or mining. such as carbon dioxide. Wind is a tried Wind generates clean and secure and tested way of generating electricity and contributes to legally electricity. In terms of energy security, binding renewable energy targets. wind energy is inexhaustible, is not

Blade installation at Kelburn Wind Farm, North Ayrshire

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