Councillors approve Crossdykes Wind Farm proposal – Daily Record

By Scott McCulloch

Dumfries and Galloway councillors have approved the 15 turbine Crossdykes
Wind Farm proposal near Lockerbie.

The approval, subject to completion of legal agreements, will see Muirhall
Energy deliver a 48 megawatt (MW) wind farm, enough to power more than
28,000 homes.

Each of the turbines in the proposal will have a blade tip height of 130
metres, each generating 3.2MW in peak contitions.

Muirhall Energy has agrees to provide £240,000 a year – £5,000 per MW – in
a community benefit package agreement as well as offering “an up to 10 per
cent share in the project which a number of community groups are currently
exploring”.

Alastair Yule, senior development manager at Muirhall Energy, said: “We are
clearly delighted that the councillors voted unanimously to approve our
planning application for Crossdykes Wind Farm.

“There was considerable support from a number of community councils for our
proposals, as well as from other local groups and organisations, and we
would clearly like to thank them for this.

“Their support was clearly reflected in the decision by councillors.

“Throughout this whole process we worked constructively with all consultees
to deliver a well-designed wind farm, sympathetic to the local landscape
and environment and we received no statutory or non-statutory consultee
objections.”