Work has begun to install a single wind turbine at Anglian
Water’s Sewage Treatment Works in March, Cambridgeshire. The
wind turbine, which will stand almost 100m high when completed,
will generate enough electricity to power approximately 1,000
homes, and will reduce Anglian Water’s carbon emission by
approximately 2,300 tonnes annually. The installation will be 64
metres high to its hub, with three rotor blades each 35.5m long.
Once constructed, the turbine will stand at the same height as
the nearby installation at Stags Holt. Although much of the
energy generated will be used to power the sewage treatment
works, surplus power will be supplied to the local electricity
grid operated by Distributed Power Networks. March was selected
as a suitable location for a turbine because it has good wind
speed conditions, with an average wind speed of approximately
6.7 metres per second. It is estimated that the turbine will
generate in the region of around 4,500 megawatt hours of
electricity per year. Planning consent