Wind Farm up and Running

The wind farm, operated by Peel Wind Power, generates 65MW of electricity, which is enough energy to power the average needs of around 40,000 homes and in each year it prevents the release of 160,000 tonnes of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere.

By the end of August 21 of 26 turbines were commissioned and of the three electrical circuits that make up the wind farm, two circuits of turbines fully completed.

Commissioning and testing of the turbines is the last stage in the installation and construction of the wind farm and the last circuits and commissioning took place this month.

It is a lengthy process in which the individual turbine control systems are installed. During this time the electrical and mechanical systems are set-up, calibrated and fine tuned to ensure that the wind farm operates at the capacity intended to produce as much electricity as possible. The cabling works, which include the installation of many kilometres of fibre-optic cable need to be installed during the internal fitting out of the wind turbines, and linked from each individual turbine to the central system control known as the SCADA.

The SCADA (Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition) is a computer system which collects data from each turbine on the performance of that turbine in real time.

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