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Wind Farm Africa Alive
Wind Farm Africa Alive is an operational 4.1 MW onshore wind farm in East Suffolk, generating since 1 June 2011. Planning permission was granted on 1 May 2008, 16 months after submission. Operator of record: SLP Energy.
Planning and build timeline
| Application submitted | 18 December 2006 |
| Permission granted | 1 May 2008 16 months after submission |
| Operational | 1 June 2011 37 months after consent |
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East Suffolk approves 67% of onshore wind schemes. Redline puts that number, and everything else the record holds, against your own boundary: the authority’s actual approval rate and decision times, every designation inside the red line, agricultural grade, 1 m LIDAR earthworks, how contested the grid is, and yield with a P90 — before you spend on a consultant.
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What this site sits on
The recorded coordinate falls on land surveyed as Grade 3 agricultural land. The published survey does not split Grade 3 into 3a and 3b, so this alone does not settle whether the land counts as best and most versatile.
REPD gives one representative coordinate per scheme, not the site boundary, so this describes the point on record rather than the whole site — a large site can straddle a designation edge. Boundaries come from planning.data.gov.uk, which publishes for England only.
East Suffolk’s record on onshore wind
East Suffolk has decided 6 onshore wind schemes and approved 67%, taking a median of 5.4 months. See every onshore wind scheme decision in East Suffolk →
Other built sites within 15 km
| Site | MW | Distance |
|---|---|---|
Solar Photovoltaics · Operational | 3.1 | 4.2 km |
Solar Photovoltaics · Operational | 13.2 | 7 km |
Solar Photovoltaics · Operational | 10 | 7.1 km |
Solar Photovoltaics · Operational | 1.7 | 7.7 km |
Wind Onshore · Operational | 2.3 | 8.3 km |
Solar Photovoltaics · Operational | 8.6 | 8.3 km |
Solar Photovoltaics · Operational | 3.9 | 9.1 km |
Wind Onshore · Operational | 11.5 | 12.9 km |
How big is Wind Farm Africa Alive?
Wind Farm Africa Alive has a recorded installed capacity of 4.1 MW. That figure is the capacity registered in REPD, which is the scheme as consented — the metered output of a site can differ.
Who operates Wind Farm Africa Alive?
REPD records the operator as SLP Energy. Ownership of built renewable assets changes hands regularly and REPD is published quarterly, so treat this as the operator of record rather than confirmation of who owns it today.
When was Wind Farm Africa Alive approved and built?
The application was submitted on 18 December 2006. Permission was granted on 1 May 2008, 16 months later. The site became operational on 1 June 2011, 37 months after consent.
Source: Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD), Department for Energy Security and Net Zero, Open Government Licence v3.0, plus planning designation boundaries from planning.data.gov.uk (England only). REPD is published quarterly and covers schemes of roughly 150 kW and above. Capacity is the installed capacity on record, not metered generation. Operator is the operator of record at the last extract, not confirmation of present ownership. Reference 2988.
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