Lindhurst Wind Farm is a power-producing

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Lindhurst Lindhurst is a civil parish and hamlet in the Newark and Sherwood district, is north west of London, north of Nottingham the county town, and south east of Mansfield, the nearest market town and bordering its district border. It sits within we ...

parish near Mansfield, England. Built for

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, it produces electricity from five

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s. It has a total

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of 9 MW of electricity, providing enough power to serve the average needs of 5,400 homes. The turbines stand high to the rotor tip, making them the tallest in Nottinghamshire.

History

Lindhurst Wind Farm was approved by the local

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in September 2007. Local councillors voted 8–3 in favour of the application, which had been recommended for approval by the council's planning officer and supported by 3,300 local residents petition of support. Preparatory work for the site began in 2008, with the wind turbines being erected in August 2010. The turbines went live on 10 September 2010.

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