East Yorkshire business park lives up to its name with 78m installation

One of East Yorkshire’s newest business parks is living up to its name with the installation of a 78m wind turbine.

The new wind turbine now towers over Green Park, an eco-friendly business park between North Cave and Newport, which is being built by developer Horncastle Group PLC.

Supplied by Emergya Wind Technologies (EWT) UK Ltd, the 500KW turbine stands 50m to the hub and a further 28m to the tip of the blades.

The turbine is scheduled to go live on October 31st, feeding electricity directly into the national grid.

Andrew Horncastle, chairman of the Horncastle Group PLC, stated that the wind turbine is a major part of building the sustainable, eco-friendly commercial space.

Mr Horncastle said: “The vision for Green Park was to create an environmentally friendly business space which is efficient and modern, catering for businesses of all types that have their eye on the future.

“Green energy and sustainability are such a huge part of business and life nowadays that we must build efficiency and environmental solutions into our developments as standard.

“The wind turbine is a big part of that. When it goes live at the end of October it will be feed a lot of the electricity straight back into the national grid, offsetting that used on Green Park. It is a huge part of making the business park so efficient and ensuring it really lives up to its name.”

Despite being the standard white in colour, Mr Horncastle said he submitted a planning request to allow it to be painted the colours of a daffodil.

The original idea was to paint the tower green, the hub orange and the blades yellow to resemble the stem, centre and petals of the flower, but the application was refused by East Riding of Yorkshire Council.

Located just off Junction 38 of the M62, where the motorway meets the A63, Green Park includes an office zone, a warehousing and industrial zone and a commercial/retail and leisure zone when completed.

Phase one of the development is currently available, which includes 450 sq ft eco-offices and 900 sq ft eco-offices, as well as a 20,000 sq ft eco-industrial unit.

The first phase of the project is part financed by the European Regional Development Fund Programme 2007 to 2013. The buildings also have Energy Performance Certificate ratings of A.

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