Onshore Wind

Unlike offshore wind farms which need serious money to develop, onshore wind can range from turbines for the home through to the massive wind farms set up by big business.

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List of onshore wind farms generating 2.5 MW or greater

Gruig, Nordex, 2.5

Slieve Divena 1, N80, 2.5 MW

Lissett Airfield, N90, 2.5 MW

Garves Mountain / Dunloy, V90, 3 MW

Port of Liverpool / Mersey Docks, Nordex N90, 2.5 MW

Millennium (Glenmoriston) extension, Nordex N90, 2.5 MW

Scout Moor, Nordex N80, 2.5 MW

Kilbraur (Strathbrora), Nordex N90 /2500, 2.5 MW

Slieve Rushen Repowering, V90, 3 MW

McCains Foods, V90, 3 MW

Burbo Bank, Siemens, 3.6 MW

Craig Wind Farm, Nordex N80 3.5 MW

Earlsburn, Nordex N80 2.5 MW

Crystal Rig 1a, Nordex, 2.5 MW

WWB Burgar Hill , Nordex, 2.5 MW

Spurness Wind Farm, NM80, 2.75 MW

Ness Point, NM80, 2.75 MW

Hare Hill (3Hs) , NM80 , 2.75 MW

Crystal Rig , Nordex, 2.5 MW

Holmside Hall (3Hs), NM80, 2.75 MW

Thorfinn, Burgar Hill, NEG Micon, 2.75 MW

data from BWEA http://www.bwea.com

Wind turbine types

Vestas V90

NEG Micon

Vestans NRG Micon

Nordex

Siemens