North Steads Wind Farm

Consent for the wind farm was granted in 2012, though construction of the site did not start until August 2015, one month after Infinis (later renamed as Ventient Energy) acquired the site from Peel Energy. The original planning permission sought was for 13 units, but this was reduced to nine operational units at North Steads, as four already existed at another site nearby called Sisters Wind Farm. The output of the site is rated as 18.45 megawatts, which is enough to power over 11,700 homes annually. Six of the turbines are surrounded by woodland (North Steads Plantation), and the three southernmost, are on arable land. The site averages about 30 m above sea level, and is bounded to the…