Information for Prospective Wind Farm Landowners

A Wind Farm on Your Land?

A modern wind turbine can produce more than 6 million kilowatt hours of electricity in one year, which supplies electricity for over 1,400 households.

Wind turbines are usually over 100m high with a blade diameter spanning around 80-90m.  In addition to the turbines a wind farm site requires an electrical substation building and access tracks.  Wind farm access tracks often upgrade existing farm tracks to allow for the delivery of the turbines and also to improve farm access.

Only 1-2% of a site is normally required for the development of a wind farm, which is why wind energy developments are so compatible with farming.  Farmers can continue to use land for growing crops or grazing livestock.  Sheep, cows and horses are not disturbed by operating wind farms and are often seen walking up to the base of turbines. 

Land that is suitable for wind energy development will have a good wind speed, topography that allows access for vehicles and without designations such as National Scenic Areas, Special Protection Areas or Sites of Special Scientific Interest.  ABO Wind would undertake a screening study for any prospective wind farm site to determine its feasibility.