When your brewery produces more than a billion pints of beer a year like AB InBev, your energy consumption is going to be pretty hefty. And if your corporate commitments include brewing all your beers with 100% renewable electricity by the end of 2021, you’re going to need some large-scale wind or solar generation. Our … Read more
Our turbine development for Accolade Wines in Avonmouth was distinctive for several reasons. But what made it truly unique was that it was the first to be constructed for a business that did not own the property the turbine was built on. Most large enterprises lease their land and buildings – as Accolade Wines does … Read more
Maximising renewable energy with Babeleigh Barton Farm in the south west Between 2010 and 2015 Devon and Cornwall saw some of the UK’s most rapid growth in the deployment of both solar and wind energy, and the counties boasted a renewable generating capacity of nearly 1,500 MW. But upgrades to the distribution infrastructure failed to … Read more
The adjacent sites of Boghead and Craigthornhill in South Lanarkshire had both received planning permission before CleanEarth’s involvement, but the projects had been abandoned after being deemed unviable by previous developers. Each is now home to a 500 kW EWT turbine. Bringing these two projects to completion required a mix of lateral thinking and persistence … Read more
Despite seemingly impossible deadlines and atrocious weather conditions, the Castell Llwyd turbine in south Wales went from planning approval to installation and commissioning in just 25 days. Various delays in the planning process meant the project had lost the chance to be pre-accredited – allowing a 12-month period to complete. Rather than giving in to … Read more
CleanEarth acquired an existing planning permission for a turbine at Craigannet Farm, and saw the project through to completion by securing an alternative grid connection with the local District Network Operator (DNO). The original grid connection called for 12 km of routing for the 11 kv cable, which rendered the project unviable and led to … Read more
The Greensplat turbine is located on top one of the highest, man-made tips within the Imerys mining landscape near St Austell, Cornwall. As a result of this prime, elevated location, it is the highest producing 500 kW EWT turbine in the UK, seeing capacity factors of over 80% during some of the windier winter months. … Read more
The Blackpool Quarry turbine is located within the former china clay workings owned by Imerys Minerals Ltd. The turbine is connected directly to Imerys’ private 11kv network via a local high voltage substation, providing low cost, low carbon electricity for the long term. In order to meet the electrical distribution company’s requirements, CleanEarth installed export limiting equipment … Read more
After a decade of unsuccessful attempts by other developers, CleanEarth’s planning and project management teams overcame a host of challenges to get the Nant Bach turbine in north Wales operational. An 11-turbine wind farm had previously been approved at the site, but after a number of setbacks and a lack of grid export in the … Read more
Forty-five gigawatt hours. That’s the amount of low-cost, low-carbon electricity being generated every year by Rigmuir Windfarm. CleanEarth conceived of, secured through planning, built, and energised the windfarm on a former landfill site just outside East Kilbride. The brownfield site is now home to three 150m wind turbines, each sporting 68-metre blades. Components of such … Read more