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< Back to all project news 10 Oct 2011 - Low Spinney Low Spinney wind farm turbines are named

At the Low Spinney wind farm open day on Friday 7th October 2011, the four 125m turbines were given names. During the summer term, children from two local schools entered a competition to name the turbines and, on Friday, the winning children cut ribbons to officially name each turbine as follows:

Spinner named by Flossy Salter, from Dunton Bassett Primary School
Whizzy named by Lyla Welch, from Dunton Bassett Primary School
Worzel named by Ella Ellingworth, from Gilmorton Chandler C of E Primary School
Gilly named by William Hooseman, from Gilmorton Chandler C of E Primary School

The day was a big success with approximately 500 local residents attending the event. Broadview’s Lisa Ross said: “We were overwhelmed by the interest of local residents wishing to see the wind farm up close and wanting to get a better understanding of how it works.  We are looking forward to working with the local Parish Councils to distribute the community fund of £16,000 pa which is linked to the project.”

The wind farm is expected to generate enough electricity to meet the average annual electricity demands of 5,000 households in the region for the next 25 years.

Notes to editors:

1. Broadview Energy Limited www.broadviewenergy.com develops wind energy projects in the United Kingdom that will generate clean, sustainable energy. Broadview takes projects from site identification, through the planning process, to construction and ultimately operation. The company has two operational wind farms: Hill of Fiddes in Aberdeenshire and Low Spinney in Leicestershire. Broadview has a number of other projects at various stages of the development process throughout the United Kingdom.

2. More information on the Low Spinney wind farm can be obtained via the dedicated project web pages: www.lowspinneywindfarm.com

For media enquiries, please contact:

Lisa Ross at Broadview Energy Limited (lross@broadviewenergy.com / 020 7268 9911).