Coomatallin

Coomatallin wind farm is located near Dunmanway in West County Cork. This region of West Cork has proven to be a very suitable location for the production of electricity from wind energy, with a number of wind farms utilizing the excellent wind resources in this area. The 6MW wind farm consists of four 1500kW General Electric wind turbines with an extension planned for 2 further turbines. It is anticipated that these will be installed towards the end of 2005.

PROJECT DETAILS
Owner	Airtricity
Developer	Airtricity
Location	Coomatallin, near Dunmanway, West Co. Cork
Capacity	6MW
Power Purchaser	Airtricity Energy Supply
TECHNOLOGY
Turbine Model	GE 1.5SE
Turbine Rating	1.5MW
Number of Turbines	4
Rotor Diameter	70.5 m
Hub Height	60 m
CONSTRUCTION
Commenced	August 2004
Completed	February 2005
Total	6 months
OUTPUT DETAILS
No. of homes powered	approx 4,000
CO2 savings	over 16,000 tonnes/yr
Equivalent cars off road	approx 4,000/yr