Following the completion of the Hameldon Hill Wind Farm in December 2006, the project was officially opened by three local school children on 13th June 2007.
The three children were the overall winners of drawing and design competitions organised by the Centre for Research, Education and Training in Energy (CREATE). They had the honour of pressing the launch button, as well as having the turbines named after them.
Guests gather for the Hameldon Hill Inauguration
The three winners also received £500 worth of sports equipment for their schools.
All three turbines now display plaques in recognition of the outstanding work produced by the winning pupils and schools.
The npower renewables project team responsible for the site were on hand to give the children a guided tour around the wind turbines. Throughout the afternoon the children took part in educational games designed to teach them about renewable energy, and the process involved in building a wind farm.
Pupils from St John's Stonefold Primary School, Haslingden Primary School and Blessed Trinity College take part in an educational session at the Hameldon Hill Wind Farm Inauguration.
Martin Kelly, Project Manager for npower renewables said, "It was great that so many children could be there to see the wind farm, as it is their generation that will have to continue the fight against climate change that this generation has started.
"This is only the second new wind farm to be built in Lancashire since 1992 and should help put Burnley firmly on the renewable energy map."
"Although this is a relatively small project, it is becoming increasingly obvious that we need to change the way we generate our electricity to start to tackle the effects of climate change. Finishing any construction project is great but it does feel particularly good to complete something that will make a valuable contribution in this way."
Inauguration
