Lowestoft’s Ness Point Turbine is the first commercial wind turbine in Suffolk and the largest wind turbine in Britain.

The turbine has been named “Gulliver” by local residents and is capable of producing 2.75MW of electricity. This is enough to supply over 1500 homes and will save in excess of 6000 tonnes of greenhouse gas emissions per year.

 

Turbine facts:

Construction began: December 2004

Began generating electricity: January 2005

Hub height (turbine base to rotor hub): 80m / 262ft

Tip height (turbine base to blade tip): 126m / 413ft

3 Blades: 10 tonnes each, 44.8m / 147ft long

Rotor diameter: 92m / 301ft

Nacelle (houses the gearbox and control systems): 83 tonnes, 11.2m / 37ft long, 3.3m /11ft wide, 3.8m / 12.5ft high

CONTACT US 

Email: Environment@waveney.gov.uk  
Telephone: 01502 523117
Write: Town Hall, High Street, Lowestoft NR32 1HS.

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