Because the pumps are the biggest single user of electricity at the port at 550,000kWh per year, they will save the port a considerable amount of money and allow it to move closer to its closer of producing zero emissions.
Peter Davies, development director, Shoreham Port, said: “We are keen to reduce our carbon footprint and electricity costs by generating green energy on site. We are confident the turbines will be an asset to the port without impacting on the local area.”
He added that the industrial setting of the port together with its long association with electricity generation makes it one of the most appropriate places for wind turbines along the south coast.
The two turbines consist of a three-bladed rotor, 22m in diameter, supported by a 24.5m tubular monopole, making the overall height to the tip 35.5m.
Each installation features a state-of-the-art Norvento nED100 100kW wind turbine which incorporates the huge advances that have occurred in wind power technology in recent years, including a low noise mode.
They generate clean, free energy and will continue to do so for many years after its system costs have been recovered. The nED100 components have been carefully selected, demanding the same materials, processes and quality controls as those applied to large-scale turbines and is designed and manufactured to last over twenty years.
