Nuon Renewables
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Nuon Renewables is a subsidiary of NV. Nuon
. It generates renewable energy
, primarily through wind farms in the United Kingdom
.
based subsidiary of NV. Nuon
. It has since built many wind farms which form a potential annual power generation total of eight hundred megawatts. They generate and distribute gas and electricity to millions of customers across the united Kingdom
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NV. Nuon
NV. Nuon is an energy supplier that provides electricity, gas, and heat to thousands of customers in the Netherlands, Belgium, and the United Kingdom.-History:...
. It generates renewable energy
Renewable energy
Renewable energy is energy which comes from natural resources such as sunlight, wind, rain, tides, and geothermal heat, which are renewable . About 16% of global final energy consumption comes from renewables, with 10% coming from traditional biomass, which is mainly used for heating, and 3.4% from...
, primarily through wind farms in the United Kingdom
United Kingdom
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History
Nuon Renewables was established in 2000 as A United KingdomUnited Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
based subsidiary of NV. Nuon
NV. Nuon
NV. Nuon is an energy supplier that provides electricity, gas, and heat to thousands of customers in the Netherlands, Belgium, and the United Kingdom.-History:...
. It has since built many wind farms which form a potential annual power generation total of eight hundred megawatts. They generate and distribute gas and electricity to millions of customers across the united Kingdom
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
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Projects
The company owns and operates many wind farms, some as small as their ten megawatt Parc Cynog wind farm, to others as large as their current project, a two-hundred and ninety-nine megawatt development in Pen y Cymoedd Wind Energy.| Source | Project | Location | Windmills | State | Generating Capacity | Total Height | Equiv Homes |
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| Airfield Farm | Airfield Farm (in North West Bedfordshire) |
3 | Active | |
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| Harrington | Former RAF Harrington Airfield |
7 | Under Development |
14 megawatts | 126 meters | 7,700 | |
| Hirddywel | Hirddywel | 9 | Under Development |
27 megawatts | 125 meters | 15,100 | |
| Llanbadarn Fynydd |
North of Llanbadarn Fynydd in Radnorshire, Powys |
17 | Active | 51 megawatts | 126.5 meters | 27,566 | |
| Mynydd Waun Fawr | Southwest of Llanerfyl in Powys, Wales |
15 | Proposed | 37.5 megawatts | 110 meters | 20,000 |
Current project
Nuon Renewables is currently considering building a wind farm of seven turbines at the RAF Harrington airfield.| Turbines In Operation | Estimated Average Generating Capacity |
Average Tower Height |
Average Blade Length |
Average Turbine Height |
Estimated Yearly Electricity Produced |
Estimated Equivalent Homes Powered |
Estimated Yearly Carbon Dioxide Carbon dioxide Carbon dioxide is a naturally occurring chemical compound composed of two oxygen atoms covalently bonded to a single carbon atom... Saved |
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| 7 | 14 Megawatts | 85 Meters | 41 Meters | 126 Meters | 36,000,000 KiloWatt Hours | 7,700 | 13 - 31 KiloTons per Year |