Wind Farm
Carland Cross wind farm is to the north of the A30 with road access from the roundabout. It is the second oldest windfarm in the UK after Delabole, and was built in 1992. It has 15 turbines manufactured by Vestas with a capacity of 6MW. Plans by the Spanish owned operator, Scottish Power, to upgrade and expand the wind farm to 20MW are opposed by a local pressure group called RATS (Residents Against Turbines). However, the repowering was approved in May 2012 and was due to be completed by early 2013.
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