UK Coal and Peel Energy are forming a joint venture to install 54 wind turbines with a combined capacity of 133MW at 14 former coal mines in the UK. Peel Energy is paying to assess the sites and pursue planning permission, with UK Coal retaining an option to buy a 50% stake in the projects.

Peel Energy already operates 450MW of onshore wind capacity in the UK. The firm is involved in the 65MW Scout Moor wind farm north of Manchester as well as the Royal Seaforth Dock wind farm in Liverpool.

UK Coal owns 46,500 acres of land and has earmarked 3,500 acres for development. The firm still operates six coal mines with an annual output of more than 1.5m tonnes (1.65m tons).