Scale of the Turbines
Getting your head round 230m wind turbines
It isn’t easy to imagine what a 230-metre high wind turbine would look like because, at the time of writing, there are none that size in Wales—most range between 34 and 150 metres.
Our friends in Llanddewi Brefi have a very good poster.
At Caru Teifi, we wanted a scale model to take to shows and meetings. A great deal of thought was put into designing a model that would show the scale of the proposals. As a point of reference, we chose the tallest structure in our local landscape and took it from there.
Barry’s Awesome Turbine Model was born.
At 38.7m high, *Tŵr y Dderi / Derry Ormond Tower is a well-known local landmark. It sits in the landscape just outside Lampeter and is visible for miles.
The person standing at the bottom is barely 1.5m tall.
Please find it in the scale model below. It is dwarfed by the giant turbine, which has a blade tip height of 230m, nearly 6 times the height of *Tŵr y Dderi.
Key: Left to right:
Turbine at Brechfa Forest West 145m
Pylons 27m
*Tŵr y Dderi 38.7m
Proposed Turbines 230m
London Bus
Cwmann Turbine 34m
This photo was captured against the backdrop of the landscape where up to 71 of these 230m giant structures are planned to be sited.
The length of a single blade from one of these turbines will measure up to 85m.
Aviation lighting is required for turbine heights above 150m and may impact the Dark Sky status of 3 local designated sites.
Plans exist for three wind farm proposals that fit together like pieces in a jigsaw.
71 turbines, up to 230m high, will be installed under the guise of 3 developments totalling 15 square miles on the Cambrian Mountains above Llanddewi Brefi, Llanfair Clydogau, and Rhandirmwyn.
Every turbine will need a base bigger than this one.
Concrete pour underway for the base of a 155m turbine on the Viking Windfarm, Shetland.
Nant Ceiment (still hiding in the Bute pipeline)
Lluest Y Gwynt, Pumlumon - (Turbines 150 -180m tall)
* Description of Tŵr y Dderi / Derry-Ormond Tower (Folly)
According to local tradition, Derry-Ormond Tower was erected by John Jones, squire of Derry-Ormond, to provide local employment. The tower, erected around 1821-1824, falls within the registered park boundary surrounding the former Derry-Ormond Mansion and is Grade II* listed as one of the most prominent romantic monuments in the region.