Bornes Wind Farm, initially with 60 MW, began its operations (PTO) in 2009, having been overpowered in 2016, raising its intalled capacity to 70 MW. It is located in Macedo de Cavaleiros and is held by Parque Eólico da Serra de Bornes, S.A.
Installed Capacity
70MW
No. of turbines
29
Turbine type
Nordex N90 – R80 and Senvion MM100
Hub height
80m
Blade length
45m and 50m
Expected P50 energy yield
150GWh
Annual house-hold power equivalent
55,641 homes*
Any questions relating to this wind farm should be directed to: windfarms@ventientenergy.com
*Based on the Installed Capacity x Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy (BEIS) "all wind" load factor expressed as a fraction of 1^ x number of hours in a year (8,760 hours) / Average Annual Domestic Electricity Consumption (MWh)^^
^BEIS's long-term average load factor for "all wind" (31.84%) expressed as a fraction of 1 (0.3184). Source for capacity factors is Digest of United Kingdom Energy Statistics (DUKES) published annually by BEIS.
^^Annual GB Average Domestic Consumption Values from BEIS (3,509kWh).
