Don Kichote Traditional Cache
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Tursillagh Wind Farm is located approximately 8km north east of Tralee, County Kerry in the south west of Ireland. There are 23 Vestas V47 turbines at the site, each rated at 660kWe, giving a total installed capacity of 15.18MWe, making it the largest wind farm in the Powergen Renewables' portfolio and the largest wind farm in Ireland.
Tursillagh supplies 50 GWh of electricity per year to the ESB network. This electricity is sold
by ESB to be used throughout Kerry in homes, streets and industries. This amount of power
is equivalent to fully supply half of Kerry's homes for as long as the wind blows over
Tursillagh.
If you live in Kerry and it's windy outside, the chances are that the electricity
powering your computer right now comes from the wind at Tursillagh. It is estimated that the
annual electrical output of the wind farm is equivalent to that used in approximately 12 000 homes.
The environmental benefit of the project is primarily the fact that 23,000 tonnes carbon dioxide displaced every year by the project as well as the ancillary toxic gases that are produced by burning fossil-fuels to produce electricity.
The wind farm is situated on a gently sloping peat bog overlooking Tralee, at an altitude of
300 m above sea level. Traditional peat cutting continues between the turbines. The turbines
themselves are arranged in 5 rows, and are connected by underground cables laid
alongside new access tracks. These access roads have also improved access to the site for
the peat cutters.
The turbine towers are made of tubular steel and are 50 m tall; Cambrian Engineering manufactured them. The blades are made of glass fiber reinforced epoxy and are each 23,5 m long, giving a rotor diameter of 47 m. When the wind speed is between 4 – 25 m/s, the turbine will generate electricity, while above this wind speed the blades are feathered in order to withstand the higher forces exerted by the wind
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