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Students had the chance to find out more about plans for a major Wind Farm – as part of an exhibition at Helsby High School
If approved, the scheme on canal dredging land, will generate enough electricity to meet the needs of around 30,000 homes – equivalent to more than one in every five homes in Cheshire West and Chester.
Peel Energy was asked by teachers to bring the Wind Farm exhibition to the school as part of the pupils’ work on citizenship.
Development manager Stephen Snowdon said: “The Wind Farm will generate electricity for 25 years, so I am delighted the next generation are taking such an interest in our proposals.
“The exhibition was a chance for the students to find out more about how the scheme will help Cheshire play its part in tackling climate change – and of course what it may look like from their own classrooms.”
All the Year 11 students have to develop a campaign as part of their course work – and the Wind Farm fitted in with this year’s topic on the environment
Citizenship teacher Paul Gigli said: “As part of the campaign we have been looking at renewable energy in every detail, from the wider aspects such as the Kyoto agreement on climate change to work being done here in Cheshire.
“The proposal to develop a Wind Farm, quite literally on our doorstep, is a great opportunity for students to see how a major renewable energy scheme could work in their own community.”
Peel energy believes, the stretch of land running between the Manchester Ship Canal and the M56, is a great, windy location for around 21 turbines.
If the scheme is approved by the Department of Energy and Climate Change it will deliver more than a quarter of Cheshire’s renewable energy goal for 2020.
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