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Durham wind farm approved

11 Apr 11 Power company Renewable Energy Generation has got planning consent to erect three wind turbines in South Sharpley, County Durham.

REG turbines on Goonhilly Downs in Cornwall
REG turbines on Goonhilly Downs in Cornwall

The 2MW turbines will each have a tip height of 100m

REG chief executive Andrew Whalley said: "This is the fourth consented project we have achieved in the last seven months, demonstrating the value of our in-house development team.

"We now have 24MW of consented wind capacity awaiting construction, building on the 41.15MW already operational."

REG Windpower, based in Cornwall and Bath, UK, it already operates 10 wind farms in 
Cambridgeshire, Cornwall, County Durham, Yorkshire, Cumbria and Gwynedd.

The other arm of the REG group is REG Bio-Power UK, based in Nottingham, which operates electricity generation plant fuelled by waste vegetable oil.

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