South Brent Community Wind Turbine Nears Completion

Following our trip to South Brent earlier this year I purchased a few shares in the South Brent Community Energy Society Limited. Following my own modest contribution the society raised all the funds it needed to install a "remanufactured" Vestas V27 wind turbine just outside South Brent without needing to borrow from a bank!

I've received a couple of emails from the society recently. The first informed me that:

We are expecting the wind turbine to be delivered and installed from Monday 15th July.

but the one I received this morning says that:

Unfortunately the installation has been delayed. On final inspection a gear component was found to be out of specification and although this will only take a few days to put right it throws out the logistics of getting everything and everyone together.

Spectrum Energy are now working towards delivery and installation around the 3rd week in August.

The site is all ready and waiting to receive the tower and turbine, and whilst we all wait with bated breath for August to arrive, here's a gallery of how things look over there at the moment. Note in particular the healthy looking crop of barley in the vicinity.

The view towards Dartmoor

The South Brent community wind turbine grid connection

The transformer

The South Brent community wind turbine grid connection kiosk

In case you're wondering what's underneath the barley, here are a few more pictures that SBCES took earlier:

A large quantity of steelwork

The concreted foundation, with solar panels in the background

All ready and waiting for the tower and turbine