Alltwalis Wind Farm

Wind farm in Wales

51°58′24″N 04°15′03″W / 51.97333°N 4.25083°W / 51.97333; -4.25083StatusOperationalConstruction beganNovember 2008Commission dateDecember 2009Owner(s)StatkraftPower generation Units operational10 x Siemens 2.3 MWMake and modelSiemens Wind PowerNameplate capacity23 MW

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The Alltwalis Wind Farm is a wind farm near Brechfa Forest located to the north of the town of Carmarthen in Wales.

The facility is composed of 10 wind turbines with a combined installed capacity of 23 megawatts. The expected annual production of electricity is around 65 gigawatt hours (GWh).^[1] The farm was built by Statkraft. Construction began in November 2008, and was completed in December 2009.

Noise pollution

Residents of the area have reported severe problems with noise pollution from the wind farm leading to health problems for people living in the area.^[2] Criticism has been levelled at Statkraft for not taking the residents' concerns seriously.^[3]

References

^ "Alltwalis Wind Farm". Archived from the original on 3 September 2011. Retrieved 4 December 2009.
^ "'We should not have to take drugs'". Carmarthen Journal. 7 March 2012. Retrieved 31 March 2015.
^ "Calls for Alltwalis Wind Farm to be shut down". Jonathan Edwards. 7 July 2010. Archived from the original on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 31 March 2015.

External links

Alltwalis Wind Farm website Archived 3 September 2011 at the Wayback Machine

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