Welcome
Welcome to the society's website. Here you will find information about the Society and its projects.
The Society was established in 2011 by members of Sustainable South Brent to take forward a medium size wind turbine project for the benefit of the community. The Vestas V27 wind turbine, rated at 225kW, was installed in August 2013 and began generating electricity in September 2013.
The Society also owns the 9.88kWp PV array on the South Brent Recreation Association's pavilion building, which was installed in June 2014 and has generated 54,377kWh to end of March 2020.
V27 running smoothly in moderate easterly breeze on 1st March 2021.
External Links
The following links show the real-time and historic contribution of wind power to the UK electricty grid and associated CO2 emissions. SBCES is not responsible for their content.
Go to Carbon Intensity to see the current and forecast carbon dioxide emissions associated with using using electricty.
Website privacy policy
Our website does not capture or store personal information. Tools, such as calculators, do not store the information you enter. We may track the number of visitors to the website, but this tracking will not personally identify you.
News
24 February: A worn slip clutch, that limits the torque between the gearbox and generator, means that the turbine can't operate in strong winds. Spare clutch pads are on order and will be fitted in a few weeks.
Wind turbine monthly output
April 2020: 21,350kWh
May: 15,859.4kWh
June: 0 kWh
July: 0 kWh
August: 0kWh
September: 4,695kWh
October: 0 kWh
November: 0 kWh
December: 0kWh
January '21: 0kWh
February: 35,900kWh
PV monthly output
April 2020: 1,242.15kWh
May: 1684.8kWh
June: 1295.9kWh
July: 1333.2kWh
August: 1058.0kWh
September: 891.2kWh
October: 512kWh
November: 258.8kWh
December: 196.9kWh
January '21: 240.6kWh
February: 389kWh