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Dear Mr Day

Thank you for submitting your Freedom of Information with Sandwell MBC.

Your request has been forwarded to Terry Jones, Sustainable Development
Manager and he shall respond to your request no later than 1st April 2011.

Kind Regards

Amy Hodgkins

Business Support Assistant

Improvement & Efficiency

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Sandwell Council
Oldbury
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T: 0121 569 3145

F: 0121 569 3722

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Please find attached a letter from Sandwell Council in response to your recent contact.

This letter will advise you of the timescales for response and will provide our contact details should you need to get in touch.

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Thank you for your enquiry about the Taylor's Lane wind turbine in
Oldbury. The answers to your questions are as follows:

1) Could you please tell me the total cost spent on purchase and
installation of the 33ft Air Dolphin turbine at a location off Taylor's
Lane, Oldbury?

£5,000 (plus VAT) was the total cost of the Taylor's Lane micro wind
turbine in Oldbury, including foundations, tower and connections.

2) Could you also tell me how much has been spent on the turbine since?

Nothing has needed to be spent since it was installed.

3) How much electricity has been generated by the turbine and how much has
been spent monitoring the performance of the turbine - e.g. cost of
setting up a computer/software etc.

No money has been spent monitoring the performance of the micro wind
turbine at Taylor's Lane.

However, the council paid £750 for 3 years of monitoring an identical
micro wind turbine at Bleakhouse Primary School in Oldbury. We chose to
monitor just one of the turbines to minimise costs. We wanted to track
performance, establish whether predicted wind speeds in Sandwell were
accurate and use the technology and readings for educational purposes in
schools.

For the 12 months between May 2009 and April 2010, the Bleakhouse Primary
School micro wind turbine generated 209 kWh of electricity.

If you are dissatisfied with the handling of your request, you have the
right to ask for an internal review. Internal review requests should be
submitted within two months of the date of receipt of the response to your
request, and should be addressed to:

Freedom of Information Unit

Oldbury Council House

Freeth Street

Oldbury

West Midlands

B69 3DE

Email - [1][Sandwell Borough Council request email]

If you are not content with the outcome of an internal review, you have
the right to apply directly to the Information Commissioner for a
decision. The Information Commissioner can be contacted at:

Information Commissioner's Office

Wycliffe House

Water Lane

Wilmslow

Cheshire SK9 5AF

Please remember to quote your reference number above in any future
communications.

Roy McCauley

Sustainable & Economic Regeneration Unit

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Tel: 0121 569 4012

email: [email address]

www.sandwell.gov.uk\sustainable

Sandwell Council...working for you

Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council, Regeneration and Economy, 
Development House,  PO BOX 42,

Lombard Street,  West Bromwich,  West Midlands,  B70 8RU

   

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