The installation of the six new Vestas V80 2MW turbines will enable Goonhilly Project to triple its capacity, generating 29.2gWh of electricity per year compared to an annual domestic electricity consumption of less than 27gWh by the whole of the Lizard.
The GBP12m repower investment at Goonhilly wind farm which will thus enable the Lizard Peninsula to meet 100% of its domestic electricity supply from local wind power and save over 12,000 tonnes of carbon dioxide a year.
Cornwall, which secured the planning permission for the Goonhilly repower in summer 2008 to replace the 14 old turbines, has spent around GBP1m upgrading the cables serving Mullion and the Lizard, improving the quality of power supply for the benefit of electricity consumers locally.
Cornwall Light & Power CEO Neil Harris said that the company is pleased to have the last turbine in place moving a step closer to green powering the Lizard and the next stage is to connect and test each of the turbines before full electricity production begins early next month.
