Two local windfarms generated enough energy in the last year to power a city the size of Lancaster, bosses have revealed.
The two North West wind farms owned and operated by renewable energy firm OnPath Energy (formerly Banks Renewables) generated enough electricity in the company’s last financial year to meet the annual electricity needs of more 19,400 homes - or a city around the size of Lancaster.
The Armistead Wind Farm, which sits to the east of the M6 between junctions 36 and 37 in south Cumbria, and the Heysham South Wind Farm generated almost 52,500 MWh of electricity between them during the 12 months to the end of September 2023.
And by doing so, they displaced the equivalent annual carbon dioxide emissions from the electricity supply network of over 5,270 petrol cars.
The six-turbine Armistead Wind Farm led the way by generating over 28,800 MWh of green electricity over the 12 months in question, with the three-turbine Heysham South site producing more than 23,600 MWh during the same period.
The two wind farms also delivered combined revenues of over £29,500 during the year for their respective community benefits funds, which provide financial support for local projects being undertaken by groups and good causes in the communities surrounding them.
OnPath Energy is one of the leading owner/operators in the UK onshore renewable energy sector.
It currently has 11 operational onshore wind farms across Scotland and northern England, and is also working towards deploying further renewable energy technologies at a number of new sites.
Richard Dunkley, CEO at OnPath Energy, says: “Our Heysham South and Armistead Wind Farms have been operating successfully and efficiently for many years and are continuing to generate considerable amounts of renewable electricity for use in our homes, school, hospitals and businesses.
“Alongside this, our wind farms also make a significant contribution to enhancing the facilities and support available to people and organisations in their respective communities, and we’re very much committed to maintaining this contribution over the long term.
“The new OnPath Energy name captures the journey towards Net Zero that we’re taking together with our customers, business partners, landowners and local communities, and shows our ambition to make a substantial contribution towards creating a just transition to Net Zero that is fair and inclusive for everyone.
“Our success to date has been achieved through creating and maintaining valued, long-term relationships with all our stakeholders and conducting ourselves with professionalism and integrity in all that we do, and this approach will remain at the core of the OnPath team’s way of working.”
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