CONSTRUCTION ON SITE STARTS IN MAY
On-site works to construct The Grange Wind Farm are due to begin w/c 7 May 2012 and will take up to 18 months to complete.
Once operational, the 7 turbine wind farm will generate up to 14MW (megawatts) of renewable electricity, triggering a benefit fund of £28,000 per year for local people to invest in local projects.
For more information about what construction of The Grange Wind
Farm entails, see our newsletter here.
NEWS
April 2012: TWO MAJOR BANKS SUPPORT THE GRANGE WIND FARM
RES is delighted to announce that it has signed a deal with two European banks to fund construction of The Grange Wind Farm in the South Holland District of Lincolnshire. The investment by Lloyds Bank Wholesale and KfW IPEX-Bank in a joint initiative represents the latest in a number of 'green' investments made by the two-bank partnership. This support comes as RES begins preliminary access works at The Grange, ahead of constructing the 7 turbine, 14MW wind farm.
Helen Hall, Development Project Manager at RES stated:
"This deal underlines the appetite that exists for long term
investment in wind power, as well as RES's reputation for
delivering and operating high quality wind farms. We are
looking forward to starting work in earnest to deliver the wind
farm as soon as possible."
Rob Kemeys, Construction Project Manager asserted:
"With financing now firmly in place, construction of this
exciting project in the Fens can begin. As the construction phase
progresses, we will continue to build on established relationships
and keep the local community abreast of progress each step of the
way, such is RES's commitment over the lifetime of the
project."
Gordon MacDougall, RES UK & Ireland Chief Operating Officer,
commented:
"We are committed to delivering renewable energy projects like
The Grange throughout the UK, not only to ensure that the country
has a secure and sustainable energy supply in the future, but also
so that communities can benefit from the environmental and economic
benefits that they bring."
To find out more about how a wind farm is built, see our recent newsletter here.
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February 2012: PUBLIC MEETING IN TYDD ST MARY - THURSDAY 2nd FEBRUARY
A public meeting has been specially arranged by Tydd St Mary Parish Council to enable the wider community to receive an update from Helen Hall, RES Development Project Manager, about the Grange Wind Farm. Further details can be found here.
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January 2012: PRE-CONSTRUCTION NEWSLETTER ISSUED
Over 6,000 homes received the first of a series of newsletters from RES designed to keep the local community informed throughout the construction of The Grange Wind Farm.
Click here to download (PDF)
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ACTION FOR RENEWABLES PANORAMA REBUTTAL
Action for Renewables has produced a video rebutting the claims made in the BBC's recent Panorama programme "What's fuelling energy price rises?". The video is presented by the Chair of A4R, Tony Juniper, and can be found below:
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15th October 2010 - RES PLEASED TO ANNOUNCE PLANNING CONSENT FOR GRANGE WIND FARM
RES has today welcomed a Planning Inspector's decision to give
planning consent to a seven-turbine wind farm on land at Grange
Farm, between Sutton Bridge and Tydd St. Mary, in the South Holland
District of Lincolnshire.
The go-ahead for the seven turbines overturns a previous decision
by South Holland District Council, which refused planning consent
for the wind farm in March 2010.
Each turbine will be up to 127m high, and the cluster of seven
turbines will generate enough clean, green electricity each year to
power the equivalent of up to 8,000 homes, or 24% of the homes in
the South Holland District.
To download our press release, please click here.
To read the Planning Inspector's decision, please click here.
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AUGUST 2010 - PLANNING INQUIRY TO BE HELD IN AUGUST
The public inquiry for the Grange wind farm will take place from Tuesday 24th August to Tuesday 31st August 2010 and will be held at the Council Chambers in South Holland District Council's offices in Spalding, from 10am each day.
The Planning Inspector is expected to issue a decision on the wind farm in the autumn. The Planning Inspector will weigh up arguments from both RES and South Holland District Council in making his decision, but he will also take public opinion into account.
If you would like YOUR VIEWS to be represented at the inquiry, please contact us.
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MARCH 2010 - RES TO APPEAL GRANGE WIND FARM DECISION
RES has now submitted an appeal against South Holland District
Council's decision to turn down their planning application for a
7-turbine wind farm in South Holland.
Read
more....
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October 2009
It is expected that South Holland District Council's Development Control Committee will meet to discuss the planning application and take a vote on whether or not to grant planning consent on Wednesday 2nd December at 630pm. The Councillors should represent YOUR VIEWS and it is not too late to let them know what you think of the wind farm - you can contact members of the Committee here.
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June 2009
Planning application submitted to South Holland District Council. Click here to download the press release.
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June 6th 2009
RES sponsored this year's Presentation Night for Walpole Youth
Football Club, celebrating another successful season of community
football for children in the Walpoles and Sutton Bridge area.
The awards night, held on Saturday June 6th at Walton Highway,
attracted a crowd of nearly 300 as children and their families got
together for both the serious presentations, and some serious fun
too!
This past season, the club ran teams from under 7's up to under
15's, competing in leagues in Norfolk and Cambridgeshire.
Every player received a RES Merit Award, with special awards at
each age group for players of the year and top scorers.
The club are always on the look out for new players. This
coming season, they are particularly keen to attract new talent in
next school years 4, 5 and 8. Every Wednesday evening
throughout the summer, football training sessions are held between
6 and 7 on the Community Centre field in Walpole St Andrew.
For more information, please contact Ken Shelton on 01945
780643.
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May 31st 2009
RES took 31 residents from local villages and towns, together with 30 scouts from the 1st Long Sutton Scout group, to see North Pickenham wind farm and the Swaffham Ecotech Centre.
We were blessed with a beautifully hot and sunny day, and for those who managed to make it up the 305 steps of the Swaffham turbine, amazing views right across to Ely Cathedral were the reward. We also visited North Pickenham wind farm, a new wind farm which has the same turbines as those we are proposing for the Grange.
Comments from the day included:
"A wonderful and informative day. All my doubts about a wind farm
in the area have now gone."
"It was very enlightening and marvellous, an extraordinary sight
from the top."
"A fascinating and informative day. The views were worth the
climb!"
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March 2009
Newsletter sent to over 6,000 homes around the site. Click here to download (PDF)
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