A new 500 kilowatt turbine scheme has been launched by Harworth Estates.
The UK property regeneration company, in partnership with Energy Prospects Co-operative, has completed the installation at the former Shafton Two Gates colliery site in Barnsley, South Yorkshire.
The turbine, which is now operating, generates sufficient energy to power around 1,000 local homes. Energy is fed into the National Grid.
Energy Prospects Co-operative raised money to fund the development through a public share offer, giving priority to those who live locally.
Its opening follows that in February of a first 500KW wind turbine at the former Arkwright surface mine, close to Duckmanton, near Chesterfield, in Derbyshire, which was also developed in partnership with Energy Prospects Co-operative.
Hannah Moxon, Assistant Management Surveyor in Harworth’s Natural Resources division, said: “We will be bringing forward a number of other low-carbon schemes across our landholdings in 2015 as part of the company’s ongoing commitment to renewable energy.”
Harworth’s portfolio includes four operational wind schemes and two operational solar farms. It said it has a pipeline of projects with the potential to deliver 170MW of power, enough to power 50,000 family homes.
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