Technical details

Learn more aboutthis turbine

The turbine is a  mid-sized 500kW model with 40m tower and 39m diameter rotor. On windy days the turbine supplies power directly to cottages within the farm via our in-house developed smart micro grid IOT platform.

A percentage of the gross revenues are donated to the local Parish Council for investment back into the immediate community.

Local participation in this site was made possible through a crowd funding initiative from Abundance Investment who facilitated an 18 year debenture offering generous rates of return with investments starting from as little as £5.


40m

Height

39m

Rotor Size

800MWh

Yearly energy production

98%

Uptime

Background & history

The fourth-generation family owned farm covers approximately 300 acres of mixed arable and pasture with a herd of Aberdeen Angus cattle.

A percentage of the gross revenues are donated to the local Parish Council for investment back into the immediate community to support local initiative such as their Neighbour Car, Lunch Club and Communi Bus services.

By the end of 2021 community donations to Bere Regis had reached over £60,000