Ford’s European engine diesel engine manufacturing plant at Dagenham, east of London, is to get a third wind turbine installed alongside the river Thames on the eastern edge of the site.
The three-bladed turbine, 120m tall, will be assembled on the 475 acre estate later this year.
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The existing two turbines, each side of the estate, power the Dagenham Diesel Centre where production volumes of low-carbon engines is rising. Output of the 1.4- and 1.6-litre turbodiesels rose over 3% last year.
The third turbine was ordered to maintain the plant’s ‘green’ energy supply. Planning permission was granted for the new turbine last year.
Ford’s existing turbines produce 6.7m units (kilowatt hours) of clean electricity each year – avoiding over 6,500 tonnes of CO2 emissions annually since their installation in 2004. The third turbine is expected to increase clean electricity by 70% to 11.5m units, the equivalent to powering a further 1,400 homes.
