November 2008

A public exhibition to explain Coronation Power’s proposals to erect eight wind turbines at Todburn East is to be held in the Longframlington Memorial Hall, Rothbury Road, Morpeth on Thursday 27 and Friday 28 November.

The exhibition is part of the company’s local public consultation programme as it develops a planning application for permission to build the turbines. Members of Coronation Power’s team and representatives from its consultants will be available to answer questions. The exhibition will be open on both days between 10 am and 8 pm.

"We believe the windfarm offers not only direct energy and environmental benefits for the area but can also bring other advantages for the local community," said Coronation Power’s managing director Vickram Mirchandani.

"The proposed site would have a total installed capacity of 16 MW of electricity a year, the equivalent of the annual energy needs of about 8,900 homes. That would prevent at least 15,500 tonnes of carbon dioxide emissions compared to producing the same amount of electricity by burning fossil fuels".