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Listed below are just some of the
many successful installations of Iskra wind turbines. If
you would like to consider your own wind turbine, please
read our
FAQ pages, which form a complete
on-line guide to
the issues you need to think about and then if your site
is appropriate use our Contact
Form to request further information.
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Wind Turbine
Integration in the Built Environment
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The Turbine Innovation
Business Centre is a business innovation centre designed
to give innovative Businesses the space to succeed. It
supports new and existing businesses by providing
excellent office and clean manufacturing units along
with administrative and business support. It is an
excellent example of a sustainable low energy building
incorporating a high efficiency boiler, a high level of
insulation, natural ventilation, photovoltaic
electricity generation, recyclable materials, rain water
re-cycling and an Iskra Wind AT5-1 tree sized wind
turbine for electricity generation. Installation:
June 2005.
Purpose: to
support the Turbine’s philosophy of innovation and
environmentally sound office space in terms of energy
and sustainability.
Project Team: Nottinghamshire County
Council owners & operators, Bassetlaw District Council
in partnership with the East Midlands Development
Agency, Alliance SSP and the European Regional
Development Fund.
General System
Description: Iskra Wind AT5-1 wind turbine mounted
on freestanding 15m tower and grid connected.
Finance:
Nottinghamshire County Council and Clear Skies funding.
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The Rushcliffe Country Park,
Nottingham, UK
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Rushcliffe Borough Council
manage the local country park and educational visitor
centre. As part of the environmental spatial policy the
council invested in a carbon neutral project displacing
existing carbon rich electricity in an environmentally
sensitive country park. The objective was achieved using
a biomass boiler, solar water heating, and two
tree-sized Iskra Wind AT5-1 Iskra wind turbines.
Installation:
February 2005
Purpose: Green
energy source for the Education Centre.
Project Team:
Rushcliffe Borough Council owners & operators, Iskra
Wind Turbines Limited.
General System
Description: Two tree-sized Iskra Wind AT5-1 wind
turbines mounted on 12m guyed towers and grid connected.
Finance:
Nottingham County Council.
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Private Farm, Hebden Bridge,
North Yorkshire, UK
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Following a local
community renewable initiative at the Hebden Bridge
Alternative Energy Centre, a leading sustainable North
Yorkshire farmer invested in an Iskra Wind turbine to
pioneer the technology in a remote high wind speed area,
7.5 m/s; planning permission was granted close to the
edge of an SSSI, with no impact on the local designation
or environmental impact. Such is the level of energy
generated, the owner has provided power for lighting,
electric central heating, and electric cookers, and a
stable block, significant surplus power has been sold to
a utility on a green power tariff.
Installation:
February 2005
Purpose: Electricity supply for lighting,
electric central heating, electric cookers, and a stable
block.
Project Team:
Local North Yorkshire Farmer and Iskra Wind Turbines
Limited.
General System
Description: AT5-1 Iskra Wind tree-sized wind
turbine mounted on 12m guyed tower and grid connected.
Finance: Private
Finance and Clear Skies.
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Wind Turbine Integration in the
School Environment
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Nottinghamshire County
Council have a policy to implement environmentally sound
building designs in accordance with the aims and
objectives of the Governments Planning Policy Statement
22, (PPS 22), and the councils pro-active Environment
Policy. This is particularly important in school
environments where the positive effects of sustainable
designs are hugely beneficial; in the longer term the
council is looking to develop an autonomous energy and
resource efficient classroom. A number of schools have
adopted green features such as, rainwater harvesting,
solar electric PV energy, high efficiency boilers and
lighting, solar water heating and small wind turbines.
The tree-sized AT5-1 Iskra Wind turbine at Redland
School is part of this programme, and has been very
successful in reducing electricity bills from national
grid suppliers and local carbon dioxide emissions,
making the school more sustainable. Quote from a letter
from Mr Honey Redlands Headmaster “ For us the wind
turbine has been terrific. The children love to watch it
spin and it has become a major talking point in the
school and the local area. Everyone views it positively
and there have been no disadvantages whatsoever. Our
youngsters now have a developing understanding about
what should be done to sustain and protect our
environment and at the same time we are benefiting
financially from the financial savings. If only we could
have had 2!!”
Installation: June 2005
Purpose: the system
was installed to generate green sustainable energy to
provide electricity for Redlands School. This was part
of a programme of educating pupils and the wider
community of alternative forms of energy.
Project Team:
Nottinghamshire County Council, Bassetlaw District
Council and Iskra Wind Turbines Limited.
General System
Description: AT5-1 Iskra Wind turbine mounted on 12m
free standing tower, separated from the playground by a
timber fence and grid connected.
Finance:
Nottinghamshire County Council, and Clear Skies.
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Wind Turbine Integration in a
Sustainable Public Environment
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To provide the world
leading Eden Project with a suitable method of
generating a renewable, sustainable and efficient energy
supply for application in the rural location. Open to
public access by 1.2 million people each year, the state
of the art turbine is both innovative in the Eden
tradition, economical, robust by design and extremely
efficient with a carbon saving environmental footprint.
The tree-sized Iskra Wind turbine will be grid-connected
to provide an applied example of energy and
sustainability, matching Eden’s mission statement; “to
promote the understanding and responsible management of
the vital relationship between plants, people and
resources, leading towards a sustainable future for
all”. The Eden Project promotes their mission with a
wide range of education programmes.
Installation: August
2006
Purpose: To provide a reliable source of green
energy, with the emphasis on public education for
sustainability.
Project Team: The Eden Project, Homebase, Argos,
GUS Foundation, Iskra Wind Turbines Ltd supplier,
Segen Ltd
installation contractor and distributor.
General System
Description: Single Iskra AT5-1 Small Wind Turbine,
12m freestanding tower, grid-connected.
Finance: GUS
Foundation, Homebase, Argos.
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