When: 22 September 2025, 18:00 - 19:20
Where: Wind turbine, South Oak Way, Green Park, Reading. Opposite Costco:
Speaker: Ian Gough – Reduce Energy Ltd
Net zero supply chains are more than sustainable fuels and electric vehicles. Powering supply chain infrastructure and activity is an important part of the equation, one of the reasons that PepsiCo’s HQ and inventory management offices, and Tesco’s large distribution centre are located within a few hundred meters of the iconic Reading Green Park Wind Turbine. The Thames Valley Group are delighted to have secured a visit to Turbine with Reduce Energy Ltd’s Director Ian Gough.
Europe’s most visible wind turbine was completed in November 2005 and has since become a major landmark for Reading. At 120 m tall, the 2MW state-of-the-art Ecotricity turbine is one of the largest land-based windmills in the UK, soaring above Junction 11 of the M4 motorway, and offering over 11 million people a year an inspiring view of a cleaner future. It can generate 4.5 million units (kWh) of green electricity every year, enough for around 1,500 new local homes and businesses.
The turbine is owned and operated by Ecotricity, an electricity supplier in the UK that builds wind turbines to supply clean energy to its thousands of customers across the country. Ecotricity is dedicated to fighting climate change through building attractive and sensitively sited wind parks. The Green Park turbine demonstrates Ecotricity’s preference to site turbines in commercial locations rather than areas of natural beauty.
The presentation and tour will take approximately 1 hour 20 minutes.
**Please note for parking, it is best at : 250 South Oak way multi-storey**
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