Partnerships for Renewables, backed with 100 million pounds ($155 million) of Canadian pension and infrastructure-fund money, will build as much as 500 megawatts of wind power at land owned by U.K. prisons and other bodies.
The developer will today start its first turbines at the Standford Hill prison in Kent, southern England, Chief Executive Officer Stephen Ainger said. It also plans about 5 megawatts for Camp Hill prison on the Isle of Wight and 15 megawatts at the Haverigg prison in Cumbria, northern England, he said by phone.
The London-based company is seeking unexploited land owned by government bodies such as the Forestry Commission and Coal Authority for renewable energy projects the U.K. is promoting to curb emissions linked to climate change. The state is estimated to own 10 per cent to 12 percent of U.K. land, according to PfR.
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