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Urban wind power developer Airborne Energy has completed a study of the potential for wind energy generation at industrial sites in the UK, with the windiest estate identified in Midlothian, Scotland.
The data, which is based on UK Government figures, can be used by occupiers of industrial estates to assess the potential for wind energy at that site. Airborne Energy said in a statement that it had identified more than 740 industrial sites as being suitable for wind generation to cut costs and carbon emissions.
Wind turbines are eligible for the UK government’s Feed-in-Tariffs which means businesses can earn money from the electricity the turbines generate, Airborne added.
Airborne Energy’s business development manager, Neil MacTavish said: “We wanted to see what the scale of the wind resource was in industrial estates, which is precisely the sort of location in which our product would operate best.”
The study identified the Mayfield Industrial estate in Midlothian Scotland as being the windiest in the UK.
“Technically you can find windier places among the islands, like Unst and Yell in Shetland, and on the occasional promontory headland, but if you want to lose your hat in an urban location, Mayfield is the best place to start. It’s sited on a hill overlooking the Firth of Forth, and the weather is really noticeable up there,” MacTavish said.
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