Location

Nottingham

Number of Turbines

3

Power (MW)

7

Developer

Nottingham University

Developer Address

Developer Website

Planning Status

proposed

Planning Officer

Planning Authority

As part of a series of measures aimed at reducing its carbon footprint, the University of Nottingham has announced plans for three wind turbines on its land adjacent to the River Trent near Clifton Bridge. The turbines would be up to 125m high and will supply green electricity directly to the University Park campus, equivalent to the domestic needs of approximately 4,000 houses. This will meet a third of the electricity needs of University Park. The turbines would reduce the University’s carbon emissions by 7,000 tonnes per year equating to 40% of the target reductions required by 2015. An assessment of all the University land holdings by the Carbon Trust identified this location off Thane Road as the most suitable for wind generation. Professor Alan Dodson, Pro-Vice-Chancellor for Infrastructure and Environment at The University of Nottingham, said: “Wind energy is a clean, renewable source of energy which produces no greenhouse gas emissions or waste products, thus helping in the battle against climate change. “The allocation of future government capital funding to Universities will be affected by carbon reduction performance. Large-scale renewable energy generation such as wind turbines will have a major contribution in reducing our carbon emissions thus helping to ensure that we can continue to pursue our agenda of excellence in education and world leading research.” A full planning application was submitted in July 2011 and, subject to planning approval, the turbines could be installed by 2012.