Renewable Energy installations in Cornwall:

Cornwall has a target to achieve 93 – 108 MW of grid connected renewable electricity generating capacity by 2010.

The county’s current installed capacity currently stands at 54 MW of renewable electricity.

For a summary of installed renewable energy capacity in Cornwall , please click here.

Case studies:

To download any of the Case Studies in PDF format, please click on one of the links below.

COMMUNITY PROJECTS

Carnyorth Outdoor Education Centre ( Penwith District )
- Solar PV, Solar Thermal, Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy educational tools (retrofit to existing building)
Centre of Pendeen (Penwith District)
- Solar PV, Ground Source Heat Pump, Grey Water Harvesting (new build community building)
Renewables in Action community projects in Hayle, Mousehole, Lanner and Camborne (Kerrier and Penwith Districts )
Sennen School (Penwith District )
- Solar PV and Wind to power fountains as an educational tool
- Solar PV for lighting/ educational projects
Well Being Centre, Illogan( Kerrier District )
- Solar PV (retrofit to existing community building)

SOCIAL HOUSING

Chy An Gweal, Ludgvan ( Penwith District )
- Ground Source Heat Pumps (UK's first multiple retrofit in social housing)
Tarn West (Redruth)
- Retrofit of solar, wind, insulation and a central GSHP to flats.

PRIVATE HOUSING

Domestic Solar PV case study (Kerrier District)
Fox Park Cottage, Saltash ( Caradon District )
- Solar PV, Solar Thermal, Biomass Heating, Eco Cottage (private house - part retrofit, part re-build)
Free standing micro wind turbine ,near Penzance ( Penwith District )

MIXED USE DEVELOPMENT

Jubilee Wharf ( Carrick District )
- Biomass Boiler, Solar Thermal, Micro-Wind

WIND FARMS

Delabole Wind Farm ( North Cornwall District )
- The UK's first commercial wind farm

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