Portobello & Leith Community Wind Turbine Project

PEDAL, in part­ner­ship with neigh­bour­ing Greener Leith, is pro­pos­ing to develop a com­mer­cial scale wind tur­bine on land at Seafield WasteWater Treatment Works, Seafield Road, to gen­er­ate elec­tri­city for sale to landown­ers Scottish Water or export to the National Grid. If suc­cess­ful, this will be the first com­munity owned income gen­er­at­ing wind tur­bine in a UK city. Depending on the size of the tur­bine, it could save between 400 and 2000 tonnes of CO2 equi­val­ent each year, power­ing between 300 and 1300 homes. In June 2011 we had a feas­ib­il­ity study com­pleted that shows the site is indeed a good one for this type of facility.

5 Responses to Portobello & Leith Community Wind Turbine Project

  1. Redbraes Residents Association

    Good luck in your pro­ject…. Your efforts have been out­stand­ing and deserve recognition.

    Davie Thomson

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  4. I think this sounds like a great idea. It makes envir­on­mental sense to have a com­munity tur­bine. Individual tur­bines are appar­ently less energy effi­cient and poorer value for money.
    The Northwind 100 looks like a good choice and there are sev­eral in place already to look at.

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