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Locogen’s Planning & Environment team has secured yet another consent for a 1MW wind turbine, but this time for Land Energy at their key production site near Girvan in South Ayrshire. This onshore wind project will help Land Energy, a leading supplier of wood pellets and briquettes, take another step to reach their net zero goals by halving their carbon emissions.
From Feasibility to Consent
Land Energy had ambitious targets to offset as much of their onsite emissions as possible by developing renewables at their site. After assessing the technical and commercial feasibility as well as planning and environmental impacts, our expert team found that a 1MW wind turbine at 89m was an optimal scale for the Land Energy site. The proposed height meant that planning restrictions (for example, location, space, and visual impacts) could be met whilst generating the required energy to offset a significant proportion of the site’s emissions.
Securing the planning consent for the wind turbine is a huge milestone for the project as it can now progress to the construction and commissioning phases, which will also be led by Locogen’s Engineering team. We expect construction works to begin in 2025 with commissioning to take place later that year.
Ian McLean, Associate Director:
“We are really happy to be working with Land Energy to bring this project to life and help them fully realise this embedded wind development. Securing the planning consent gets the project one step closer to generating a renewable future by offsetting their electricity demand and carbon emissions.”
Land Energy’s Net Zero Journey
We estimate that the energy generated from the 1MW wind turbine will offset 45% of the site’s current electricity import, helping Land Energy to avoid increasing grid electricity prices. Not only will it reduce costs, but the energy generated from the turbine will offset at least 50% of the site’s energy related carbon emissions, accelerating Land Energy to reach their net zero goals.
Land Energy already benefits from a biomass Combined Heat and Power plant at this site which historically was able to meet most of their energy demand. However, as they continue to grow their product offering and production increases, their Girvan site has a significant demand for electricity from the grid.
While the direct benefits will be seen by Land Energy, there are also indirect benefits to their local supply chain and the energy security of supply which can in turn help to reduce energy costs in the future.
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