Wind turbine bid for green power

A conservation charity in Devon is investigating the possibility of using a wind turbine to generate electricity.

Next week The Torbay Coast and Countryside Trust is to install a device to measure wind speed over the next two months at Occombe Farm.

If the results are positive a wind turbine could be installed at the site permanently.

Any resulting turbine is likely to be 15 to 20 kW in power and be mounted about 15m (49ft) off the ground.

Trust director Dominic Acland said: "As an environmental charity we are trying to make all our operations as sustainable as possible.

"At Occombe we already have solar panels but our electricity consumption is quite high. Installing a small turbine would allow us to demonstrate another source of renewable energy, reduce our carbon emissions and hopefully our bills."