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{{Short description|Wind farm near Burton Latimer in Northamptonshire, UK}}
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'''Burton Wold Wind Farm''' is a [[wind farm]] located near [[Burton Latimer]] in the [[England|English]] county of [[Northamptonshire]], UK. The farm was developed by Your Energy Ltd, is owned by Mistral Windfarms and operated by Engineering Renewables Ltd. [[E.ON UK]] is buying the electricity output of the project under a long-term [[power purchase agreement]]. The farm is spread over three [[hectare]]s. It has an installed capacity of 20&nbsp;MW and generate on average around 40,000,000 units (kilowatt hours) of electricity annually.<ref name="facts_figures">{{Cite web |url=http://www.burtonwoldwindfarm.com/facts-figures.aspx |title=Burton Wold Wind Farm Facts and Figures |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090709070155/http://www.burtonwoldwindfarm.com/facts-figures.aspx |archive-date=2009-07-09 |access-date=2010-04-17 }}</ref>

Burton Wold was the first wind farm to be erected in Northamptonshire. Construction work on the site began in December 2005, and the wind farm became operational in May 2006. The wind farm received a mention in the 2008 [[Civic Trust Awards]] and was shortlisted in the MKSM Excellence Awards in 2009.

==Output==
Burton Wold Wind Farm comprises 10 turbines with a total [[nameplate capacity]] of 20 [[Watt#Megawatt|megawatts]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Burton Wold Community Fund|url=http://www.kettering.gov.uk/site/scripts/documents_info.php?categoryID=100003&documentID=1076|website=Kettering Borough Council |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090211160911/http://www.kettering.gov.uk/site/scripts/documents_info.php?categoryID=100003&documentID=1076 |archive-date=11 February 2009|date=18 December 2008}}</ref> These 10 turbines have the ability to produce electricity for an average of 10,000 homes each year, the equivalent of 25% of all the homes in the borough of [[Kettering]]. The E70-E4 turbines were supplied by [[Enercon|Enercon Gmbh]] of [[Germany]],<ref name="facts_figures"/> who are one of the leading manufacturers of wind turbines in the world. Each turbine is 64 meters tall to the hub, the rotor blades have a diameter of 71 meters which gives the turbines an overall height from the ground to the vertical tip of a blade of 99.5 meters.<ref name="facts_figures"/>

Figures on the [[Ofgem]] website show that in 2008 (a leap year) the wind farm produced 43,416 [[Megawatt-hour]]s of electricity, equivalent to the average needs of 9,237 domestic households. This corresponds to a [[capacity factor]] of:

<math>\frac{43,416 \mbox{MWh}}{(366 \mbox{days}) \times (24 \mbox{hours/day}) \times (20 \mbox{MW})}=0.2471 \approx{25\%}</math>

==Funding==
The wind farm will contribute £280,000 to a community fund during its 25-year life, which is directed towards energy efficiency and education projects within Burton Latimer.<ref>{{cite news|title=Funding is helping residents go green|url=http://www.northantset.co.uk/news/local/funding-is-helping-residents-go-green-1-743748|work=Evening Telegraph|date=9 November 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120503101821/http://www.northantset.co.uk/news/local/funding-is-helping-residents-go-green-1-743748|archive-date=3 May 2012}}</ref> The fund is administered by the [[Kettering Borough Council]]. The fund has paid for solar hot water heaters at a local sheltered housing development, sun pipes at a local school, and contributed £10,000 towards energy efficient renovations of the Guide Hall. The fund is cited as a case study in two reports produced by the Renewables Advisory Board <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.decc.gov.uk/en/content/cms/what_we_do/uk_supply/energy_mix/renewable/res/res.aspx|title=Delivering Community Benefits from Wind Energy - A Toolkit 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090826044641/http://www.decc.gov.uk/en/content/cms/what_we_do/uk_supply/energy_mix/renewable/res/res.aspx|archive-date=August 26, 2009}}</ref>

In 2008 Kettering Borough Council approved an application for a further seven turbines, submitted by Burton Wold Wind Farm Extension Limited, a Company owned by the Beaty Family.<ref>{{cite web|title=Burton Wold Wind Farm Extension Ltd|url=http://www.burtonwoldwindfarmextension.co.uk/index.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110911115945/http://www.burtonwoldwindfarmextension.co.uk/index.html|archive-date=11 September 2011}}</ref>
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==See also==
{{Portal|England|Weather|Renewable energy}}
{{Commons category|Burton Wold Wind Farm}}
* [[Wind power in the United Kingdom]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/politics_show/regions/west_midlands/8336614.stm BBC Politics Show 1 November 2009]

{{Wind power in the United Kingdom}}
{{Electricity generation in the East Midlands}}

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[[Category:Wind farms in England]]