Vicky Portwain identified the site, negotiated the land agreements and was responsible for overseeing the planning application.  Cotton Wind farm was granted planning consent in Dec 2010 and is now owned by Greencoat.

Project Factfile:

• Number of turbines: 8
• Turbine Manufacturer and Model: Repower MM92
• Turbine Capacity: 2.05MW
• Site Megawatt Capacity: 16.4MW
• Height and Rotor Diameter: 125m / 92m
• Grid Connection: 33kV substation 
• Date of planning application: 2008 
• Date of first generation: March 2013
• Key Challenges: impacts on local residential amenity, DE objection