KELBURN WIND FARM STARTS GENERATING - MAY 2012
RES is pleased to announce today the completion of Kelburn Wind Farm in North Ayrshire, Scotland. At 28MW the wind farm will deliver clean, green renewable electricity which is equivalent to the average needs of approximately 15,000 homes - 24% of the households in North Ayrshire. Kelburn Wind Farm Community Benefit Fund is now ready to start accept applications, for further details please see the community fund section
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May 2012 - Kelburn Wind Farm Community Fund ready for applications
Kelburn Wind Farm Community Fund is ready to receive applications from local groups in Largs, Fairlie and Cumbrae. Have a look at the community fund section for the application form, guidance notes and further information on the fund.
May 2012 - Kelburn Wind Farm Complete!
Construction at Kelburn Wind Farm is now finished and the 14 turbines are generating clean, green renewable electricity.
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February 2012 - Construction Update
All the turbines have been installed at Kelburn Wind Farm. We are now preparing the turbines so they are ready to start generating electricity and export it to the national grid. The construction team are also working on the habitat management plan and public access scheme to ensure everything is ready for when wind farm is finished in the spring.
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December 2011 - Construction Update
The wind turbines continue to go up at Kelburn Wind Farm, although erection is quite slow due the high winds we are currently experiencing! We hope to have the final turbine up before Christmas. All turbine deliveries along the public road are now complete and the railings on the Sharon Street/Roche Way in Dalry will be replaced over the next week. We would like to thank the local residents along the delivery route for their patience during the delivery period. Despite the weather delays we are still on track to finish by spring 2012.
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ACTION FOR RENEWABLES PANORAMA REBUTTAL
Action for Renewables has produced a video rebutting the claims made in the BBC's recent Panorama programme "What's fuelling energy price rises?". The video is presented by the Chair of A4R, Tony Juniper, and can be found below:
7 November 2011 - More Turbines Up!
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26 October 2011 - First Turbine
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6 September 2011 - First tower section in place - photos!
The first tower section was erected today.
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5 September 2011 - First Delivery to Kelburn Wind Farm
The first tower sections arrived today at Kelburn Wind Farm. The towers left Ayr Harbour at 5am on a specially designed heavy good vehicle with a police escort and arrived at the site at 7am.
August 2011 - Second Construction Newsletter Published
RES has published a second newsletter with information on what
has been happening on site to prepare for the delivery of the wind
turbines. The newsletter went out to over 7,000 households and
includes details of the turbine delivery route.
Newsletter (PDF)...
June 2011 - Construction Update
We reached a project milestone this month with the completion of the final turbine foundation. All of the foundations have now been backfilled and landscaped ready for the wind turbines to be installed. The civil works on site are nearly finished, the only remaining task is to install the final stone running surface on the site tracks. The electrical works are well underway with approximately half of the infrastructure now in place. We are continuing work on the control room and substation compound. This month has also seen the reseeding of the lower section of the construction site with local seed mix. The areas which were reseeded earlier this year are seeing good coverage and growth. We will shortly be sending out a newsletter to local residents with details of the turbine deliveries.
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13 June 2011 - RES Sponsors The Garden Party
RES is delighted to be the main sponsor of The Garden Party at Kelburn Castle, 2nd - 3rd July.
"Nestled between the behemoths of Glastonbury and T In The Park, the Garden Party is an affordable, friendly and stress-free weekend of dance-and-thought-inducing music, performance and activities set on the rugged West Coast of Scotland. Featuring a truly eclectic line-up of music plucked from across the spectrum of Scotland's rich musical cauldron, this year's programme caters for the tastes of all - from folkies, rockers and funk brothers to clubbers, dubbers and techno heads - there is something here for you. We have workshops, acoustic sessions, poetry (by the waterfall!), walks in the glen, mystery gigs in secluded spots, and much more besides. Come and witness the historic, psychedelic walls of Kelburn Castle reverberate to joyous festival sounds as they float around this spectacular natural playground in a fairytale setting. Behold this magical kingdom of light, colour, sound, fire, water and earth - adorned with crazy decorations and top class musical artistry. Revel in entertainment spread across 3 cosy stages, a dance tent, and numerous hidden nooks and pop-up spaces spread through the lush glen that forms this unique festival site. We are child-friendly, and encourage everyone to behave like big daft kids while they enjoy and explore the manifold delights of this quirky flight of fancy. Indeed, fancy dress is encouraged, as is participation in the ceilidh and rock-a-billy dancing sessions. You should certainly set aside some time to explore the weird and living delights of the Secret Forest, and the lush glen that overlooks the whole shebang, where surprises may lurk. So, come one and all, discover Scotland's quirkiest, funkiest boutique festival for yourself; come dance with us, and share in our dream, built with only you in mind." Kelburn Productions
If you would like to find out more visit: www.kelburngardenparty.com
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7 June 2011 - Wind Turbine Dry Run
On Wednesday 8 June, RES will be undertaking a wind turbine dry run for Kelburn Wind Farm. This is in preparation for the delivery of wind turbines to the site in July 2011.
A specialist haulage contractor, McFadyens Transport, will drive the route using a specially modified articulated vehicle. The overall length of the vehicle will be approximately 45m to imitate a 40m long wind turbine blade. A police escort will come before and after the abnormal load to warn other road users, and direct traffic (where necessary) to enable the vehicle to safely negotiate the route. The dry run will be filmed from a following vehicle.
The vehicle will leave Ayr docks at 5.00am; it will travel along the A79 Allison Street and turn onto the A719 Whitletts Road. The vehicle will join the A77 and continue onto the A78. At the Chapelhill roundabout the vehicle will travel along the B780 to Dalry. Once through Dalry the vehicle will head north on the B784 to join the A760 and travel west to the site entrance.
It is expected to arrive at the site at approximately 7.00am. It is not our intention to cause any traffic hold-ups, we will do our best to minimise this by taking advice from the police, and where possible making sure that vehicles travelling in both directions are given the opportunity to pass safely along the way. Please feel free to contact Rachel Anderson if you have any questions or would like further information.
May 2011 - Construction Update
Despite the recent wet weather, construction at Kelburn continues! The 9.6km site track is now complete and we will shortly be pouring the last of the turbine foundations. Work is progressing well on the control room and substation structures. The cabling work on the interconnector route to the Scottish Power connection point and the work Scottish Power undertaking on the fibre optic cable link are both nearly finished. We are now gearing up to the delivery of the wind turbines, which will take place later in the summer - more details to follow soon!
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5 May 2011 - RES sponsors the Largs Agricultural Show
RES is pleased to be supporting the Largs Agricultural Show again this year. The show takes place on Saturday 11 June at Ardgowan Policies, Inverkip.
April 2011 - Construction Update
The main wind farm substation has reached ground floor slab level and nine of the fourteen foundations have been concreted. The majority of these have now been backfilled with topsoil and are approaching completion. The site track works have progressed quickly with the good weather this month with 8.5km of 9.6km now complete. The top and subsoil continues to be stripped and stored to one side with the vegetation replaced on top to encourage rapid re-vegetation (as pictured). In addition, reseeding with a locally harvested seed mix in all areas disturbed by the construction process is to commence imminently to take full advantage of the good germination and growing conditions. Minor junction improvement works are taking place in Dalry in order to facilitate the delivery of the wind turbines during summer 2011.
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March 2011 - Construction Update
With the fair weather seen throughout the last month here at Kelburn Wind Farm, progress across the site has been good. A further four reinforced concrete turbine bases have been installed taking us past the half way mark, and an additional kilometre of site track has been constructed as the work front moves south towards Langside Hill. The completed turbine foundations are being back filled and landscaped. As we move in to the Spring growing season a locally harvested seed mix is to be sown to accelerate the regeneration of all disturbed areas, and works on the habitat enhancement plan will commence shortly. Works by Scottish Power on the Fairlie to Saltcoats fibre optic cable link continue to progress.
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February 2011 - Construction Update
Works continue to progress steadily at Kelburn Wind Farm; the main track has progressed round to the far side of Sheep Hill with over 7.5km of track installed in total. Four of the reinforced concrete wind turbine foundations have been installed and construction activities on the main substation control room have commenced. The Scottish Power works on the fibre optic cable are well advanced with limited disruption between the Fairlie Primary Substation and the Saltcoats Primary Substation. The wind farm remains on target to be complete by early 2012, with the coming month seeing further progress on site tracks, the installation of additional turbine foundations and work on the control room.
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January 2011 - Construction Update
After a break for the festive period work continues at Kelburn Wind Farm. Over 7km of access tracks have been completed and work has started on the turbine bases. Scottish Power are currently upgrading their communication system and installing a fibre optic cable between Saltcoats Primary Substation and Fairlie Primary Substation. The installation of the fibre optic cable will take place in sections to minimise the disruption to traffic on the A78, Fairlie to Saltcoats coast road and on the A738, into Salcoats. It is expected that the works will be finished by the end of February.
1 November 2010 - Financial deal for Kelburn Wind Farm announced
RES has announced today a financing deal for its Kelburn Wind Farm, in North Ayrshire. Kelburn Wind Farm continues RES's growth in developing and owning projects in the UK. The project has been financed through a portfolio facility established earlier this year jointly with Lloyds Banking Group and BNP Paribas.
July 2010 - RES sponsors The Garden Party
RES was the main sponsor of The Garden Party, held at Kelburn Castle. Visit the www.kelburngardenparty.com for more information.
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June 2010 - Construction Update
Work has started at Kelburn with the construction of the site entrance.
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June 2010 - Newsletter published
A newsletter about Kelburn Wind Farm has gone out to
over 2500 houses around the site to explain our construction
plans in more detail. We would be happy to cover any issues in more
detail in forthcoming newsletters. If you would like to see
anything discussed in more detail, please let us know.
Newsletter (PDF)...
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