renewable energy assessment - Blaenau Gwent County Borough ...

RENEWABLE ENERGY ASSESSMENT20Table 8: Potential Accessible Wind Resource across Blaenau Gwent (UpperBound Figure)PotentialWind EnergyCluster AreaArea (km 2 ) Potential EnergyGenerated (MWh)1 5.2 122,990 522 0.6 14,191 6Total 5.8 137,181 58Potential Capacity(MW)Table 9: Potential Accessible Wind Resource across Blaenau Gwent (LowerBound Figure)PotentialWind EnergyCluster AreaArea (km 2 ) Potential EnergyGenerated (MWh)1 4.5 106,434 452 0.65 15,374 6.5Total 5.15 121,808 51.5Potential Capacity(MW)4.23 Tables 8 and 9 calculate a potential capacity for each ‘potential wind energy clusterarea’. Area 1 identifies an upper bound figure of 52 MW and a lower bound figure of45 MW. It is noted in the toolkit that wind farm clusters should not exceed 25MWunless they are located in a Strategic Search Area as identified in TAN 8. In light ofthis, it is therefore proposed to reduce the potential capacity of cluster area 1 to25MW therefore Table 10 recalculates the upper and lower bound accessible windenergy resource figures in accordance with TAN 8.Table 10: Recalculation of the Upper and Lower Bound Accessible WindEnergy ResourcePotentialWind EnergyCluster AreaArea (km 2 )1 5.2 252 0.6 6Total 5.8 31Lower Bound Figure1 4.5 252 0.65 6.5Total 5.15 31.5Biomass Energy ResourcePotential Capacity(MW)4.24 The focus of this REA is on establishing the potential biomass resource. Theresource is defined as:• Wind fuel resource• Energy crops (miscanthus & short-rotation coppice)