Greig Cameron
Deputy Business Editor
BT is planning to buy £300 million of renewable energy from a wind farm in
the Scottish Borders.
The company said it will take half the electricity the 48-turbine Fallago
Rig site in the Lammermuir Hills generates over the next 20 years.
That will allow BT to match the power consumption of its Scottish
operations which is currently running at around 170 gigawatt hours a year.
Brendan Dick, BT Scotland director, said: “It’s fantastic that all of our
Scottish infrastructure and estate will be matched with energy from
renewable sources in Scotland in a deal which gives us long-term price
certainty.
“BT is one of the UK’s biggest consumers of electricity, and demand for our
digital services, including fibre broadband, means we have to keep
innovating to meet our needs in an environmentally responsible way.”
Fallago Rig is the fifth largest onshore wind farm in the UK and
majority-owned by funds operated by Hermes GPE Infrastructure.
EDF has a minority stake in the site, which is on land owned by the Duke of
Roxburghe, and manages the wind farm.
Energy Minister Fergus Ewing said the BT deal secures generation at the
site for the long-term.
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