08 February 2010 10:32
E.ON invites local residents to have their say on proposed Lancashire-Cumbria border wind farm

Residents near Kirkby Lonsdale, on the border between Lancashire and Cumbria, will have the opportunity next week to meet with E.ON representatives to discuss its plans for a wind farm in the area.

The proposed wind farm could see the construction of up to nine turbines with a generation capacity of between 18MW and 27MW, or large enough to produce renewable electricity for around 9,000 homes[i]. Scheduled for the 9^th and 10 February, the public exhibitions will be held at Hutton Roof Village Hall on Tuesday 9^th and Whittington Village Hall on Wednesday 10^th.

Nick Taylor, E.ON's project developer for the site, said: "This is a great opportunity for local people to share their views with us and to find out more about our plans.  

"I'd urge anyone in the local area to come along, take a look at our proposal and chat to the team."

Details of the public exhibitions:

Tuesday 9 February, from 1pm - 8pm - Hutton Roof Village Hall, Hutton Roof, Carnforth, LA6 2PG

Wednesday 10 February, from 1pm - 8pm - Whittington Village Hall, Main Street, Whittington, Carnforth, LA6 2NY

In January, E.ON submitted a planning application to Lancaster City Council for the installation of an anemometry mast in the area. If granted planning consent, the mast will help E.ON to learn more about wind speeds in the area and help in the planning of the proposed wind far.

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Notes to editors

• E.ON is one of the UK's leading power and gas companies - generating and distributing electricity, and retailing power and gas - and is part of the E.ON group, one of the world's largest investor-owned power and gas companies. We employ around 16,000 people in the UK and more than 90,000 worldwide;
• E.ON's retail business is a leading energy supplier in the UK with around 5.5 million electricity and gas customers, covering domestic, SME and industrial. E.ON also offers central heating and boiler care;
• We're one of the leading green generators in the UK, with 20 wind farms located from Cornwall to Northern Ireland. We own and operate one of the UK's largest dedicated biomass power stations at Lockerbie. Combined, our renewable portfolio generates enough green energy to power the homes in a city the size of Manchester;
• Our green development portfolio could power over a million homes and displace the emission of almost two million tonnes of carbon dioxide a year by building new onshore and offshore wind farms, biomass power stations, and tidal stream and wave power schemes;
• We have 1,500MW of renewable capacity under development;
• We are investing £50 million in new technologies and approaches over 10 years, through the Energy Technologies Institute;
• E.ON Group has announced it intends to reduced the carbon intensity of its generation by 50% by 2030 (on 1990 levels);
• E.ON Group aims to spend €8bn between 2007 and 2011 on renewable generation and climate protection activities.

For more information contact:

Rebecca Mara on 02476 183 679

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[i]  Based on average household  electricity consumption from DECC