Coal Clough Wind Farm

Coal Clough Wind Farm is one of the oldest onshore wind farms in England.

The wind farm, which was built for Scottish Power, produced electricity from originally 24 Vestas WD34 wind turbines.

It had a total nameplate capacity of 9.6 MW of electricity. It is situated near Burnley, Lancashire in the parish of Cliviger, near Coal Clough Farm, on the edge of Stiperden Moor in the South Pennines.

After many ups and downs during the years, the announced planning on re-powering the wind farm was soon granted and work quickly began onsite mid 2014 to early 2015. It involved the decommissioning & removal of the existing 24 turbines, the laying of new cabling and drainage, removal of current WD34 bases and placement of new foundations, upgrading/building service roads, substation installation, the erection of the newer & more efficient turbines you see in full operation today.

To my surprise this photography has proved very popular on the Pexels website