We’re Yorkshire Wind Power Ltd. (YWPL) – a joint venture between E.ON Climate and Renewables (EC&R) and Energy Power Resources Ltd. (EPRL). We own two wind farms in Yorkshire - Ovenden Moor and Royd Moor. E.ON supplies energy to more than 5 million customers and produces enough electricity for around 8 million homes. The company set up EC&R to develop new, cleaner ways of generating energy – so we have secure, sustainable sources of energy for future generations. EC&R has 20 wind farms in the UK, 17 onshore and 3 offshore, producing more than 400 megawatts (MW) of renewable electricity. EPRL has a large and diverse range of power stations, including wind farms and biomass sites. The company has been generating renewable energy since 1992 and has grown to become one of the UK’s leading renewable energy producers. As well as wind farms and biomass sites, EPRL is the name behind innovative renewable energy power stations fuelled by poultry litter and straw burning. Who are we?
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We’re Yorkshire Wind Power Ltd. (YWPL) – a joint venture
between E.ON Climate and Renewables (EC&R) and Energy
Power Resources Ltd. (EPRL). We own two wind farms in
Yorkshire - Ovenden Moor and Royd Moor.
E.ON supplies energy to more than 5 million customers and
produces enough electricity for around 8 million homes.
The company set up EC&R to develop new, cleaner ways of
generating energy – so we have secure, sustainable sources
of energy for future generations. EC&R has 20 wind farms in
the UK, 17 onshore and 3 offshore, producing more than 400
megawatts (MW) of renewable electricity.
EPRL has a large and diverse range of power stations,
including wind farms and biomass sites. The company has
been generating renewable energy since 1992 and has grown
to become one of the UK’s leading renewable energy producers.
As well as wind farms and biomass sites, EPRL is the name
behind innovative renewable energy power stations fuelled
by poultry litter and straw burning.
Who are we?
Over the next 20 years, many of our older nuclear, coal
and oil-fired power stations will need to close because
they’ll come to the end of their productive lives or for
environmental reasons.
By using renewable resources, like wind, we can replace
these power stations with cleaner, more sustainable
alternatives that will meet the growing demand for
affordable energy without polluting the environment.
We’re also helping our customers to use energy more
efficiently and save money in their homes and businesses.
In a nutshell, we’re working hard to be cleaner and better
in everything we do.
Why we need wind energy
Ovenden Moor Wind Farm, West Yorkshire - for illustrative purposes only.
BRADFORD
A6068
M1
M62
M65
LEEDS
HUDDESFIELD
BURNLEY
HALIFAX
ROCHDALE
M66
HEBDEN BRIDGE
BINGLEY
DEWSBURY
KEIGHLEY
BAILDON
SHIPLEY
OTLEY
Oxenhope
Midgley Luddenden
Ogden
QUEENSBURY
TODMORDEN
Cullingworth
Denholme
Oakworth
A650
A56
A682
ACCRINGTOM
RAWTENSTALL
LITTLEBOROUGH
WHITWORTH
RAMSBOTTOM
A6033
A629
A644
A646
A658
A660
A653
ILKLEY
A671
A6033
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Our plans for Ovenden Moor
Ovenden Moor Wind Farm has been supplying renewable power for
over 18 years, but wind turbine technology has moved on, so now
we can produce twice as much power with half as many turbines.
In 2008, we submitted a planning application to Calderdale Council to
replace the wind farm’s 23 turbines with 10 new ones. As part of this,
we completed an Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) to see how
our plans would affect the environment, and had it reviewed by
expert groups. Following this consultation, we decided a 9 turbine
scheme would be more appropriate.
We now plan to resubmit our planning application for a 9 turbine
scheme later this summer. The turbines would be located on
moorland to the east of the A6033 and west of the A629, about
3.5km to the west of Ogden in West Yorkshire. They would replace
the current 23 turbines at Hollin Hill, near Warley Moor reservoir.
Site location map
Map not to scale, for illustrative purposes only.
Land available for development
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Ovenden MoorWind Farm
Thornton Moor
Warley Moor
Warley MoorReservoir
Withens Road
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Proposed Met Mast Location
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Substation and Control Building
Temporary Construction Compound
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Land available for development
Proposed turbine location
Proposed met mast location
Access track
Crane hardstanding and service area
Substation and control building
Temporary construction compound
Key
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At the moment, the 23 existing wind turbines at Ovenden Moor
produce 9.2MW of electricity.
Because of advances in technology, the 9 new turbines, which
would be up to 115m to tip, could generate up to 22.5MW,
depending on the type of turbine we choose.
That means in a typical year, the wind farm could generate enough
electricity to power over 10,717 homes and save over 21,659 tonnes
of CO2 , based on a capacity factor of 25%. These estimates are
based on the Department of Energy and Climate Change figures
which show that most homes use around 4,700kWh of electricity a
year and the Government’s standard figure that estimates wind
farms could reduce greenhouse gases by 430g CO2 /kWh.
Why do we want to repower the current wind farm?
Site layout plan
Map not to scale, for illustrative purposes only.
Because we’ve changed our planning application to 9 turbines,
instead of 10, we’ve withdrawn our 2008 planning application and
will submit a new one to Calderdale Council in the summer.
At the moment, independent specialists are checking to see how our
new plans will impact on the environment. Their findings will be
included in our new planning application.
We’ve designed the wind farm to have as little environmental impact
as possible on the area’s landscape, wildlife and water sources like
streams and rivers.
Our new planning application – what’s happening at the moment
Constraints map
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Proposed Turbine Location
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Dwelling
Dwelling - 730m Buffer
Feature of Cultural Heritage
Watercourse
Watercourse - 40m Buffer
Ponds and Surface Water
Ponds and Surface Water - 40m Buffer
Woodlands
Woodland - 100m Buffer
Link Confirmed by BT
Link Confirmed by BT - 140m Buffer
Peat Failure
Public Rights of Way:
Road
Road - 140m Buffer
Track
Track - 140m Buffer
Bridleway
Bridleway - 200m Buffer
Footpath
Footpath - 50m Buffer
Designations:
Local Nature Reserve
Special Area of Conservation
Site of Special Scientific Interest
Special Protection Area - Agreed Separation
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Key
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Land available for development
Proposed turbine location
Proposed met mast location
Dwelling
Dwelling – 730m buffer
Feature of cultural heritage
Watercourse
Watercourse – 40m buffer
Ponds and surface water
Ponds and surface water – 40m buffer
Woodlands
Woodlands – 100m buffer
Link confirmed by BT
Link confirmed by BT – 140m buffer
Peat feature
Road
Road – 140m buffer
Track
Track – 140m buffer
Bridleway
Bridleway – 200m buffer
Footpath
Footpath – 50m buffer
Local nature reserve
Special area of conservation
Site of Special Scientific Interest
Special protection area – agreed separation
Public rights of way:
Designations:
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Our transport route – how we plan to reach the new site
We’ve looked at how our construction vehicles would access the
site, to deliver the new wind turbines, which can be difficult due to
their size. We’ve shown our proposed route on the map below.
We would leave the M62 at junction 24 and would head north along
the A629, onto Pellon Lane in Halifax towards Wainstalls. The site
can be reached from Withens Road and Cold Edge Road.
Ovenden Moor
BRADFORD
HALIFAX
SOWERBYBRIDGE
BRIGHOUSE
CLECKHEATON
LIVERSEDGE
HEBDEN BRIDGE
QUEENSBURY
Ovenden
Blackley
ELLAND
Mytholmroyd
Holywell GreenRipponden
Southowram
Northowram
Shelf
A629A647
Pellon
Mount Tabor
Wainstalls
Siddal
Prince RoydM62
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Land Available for Development
Proposed Access Route
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Access route map
Land available for development
Proposed access route
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Map not to scale, for illustrative purposes only.
We’re keen to play a positive role in your community. That’s why we’ll be working with residents and community groups in your area to:
• set up a Community Benefits Fund to support community
projects throughout the life of the wind farm
• form a Community Liaison Group to listen to what local people
have to say and keep you up to date with our plans
• use local labour to build and run the wind farm, wherever we can.
We’d like to hear your thoughts and ideas for how we can support your
community and how you’d like the Community Benefits Fund to work.
By getting to know you, we’ll be able to help in the right ways.
The Community Benefits Fund isn’t part of our planning application
and getting involved with it won’t affect your right to have your say
on our plans.
How will the community benefit?
Rheidol Wind Farm, Aberystwyth - for illustrative purposes only.
If you’d like to know more about our plans for Ovenden
Moor Wind Farm or you’d like to tell us what you think,
you’re welcome to get in touch.
Call us free on 0800 096 1199
from 9am to 5pm, Monday to Friday.
Email: [email protected]
Write to:
Ovenden Moor Wind Farm Freepost RRSE-KZCU-AZJL E.ON Westwood Way Westwood Business Park Coventry CV4 8LG
Keep up to date with our plans at:
eon-uk.com/generation/ovendenmoorrepower.aspx
Would you like to find out more?
Scroby Sands Offshore Wind Farm Visitor Centre, Great Yarmouth - for illustrative purposes only.
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