Grampian’s agri-farmers pioneered decade of growth in Scotland’s wind farm sector – Scottish Energy News

Scotland is ideally placed to become a global leader in the generation of
electricity from renewable sources, according to new research from a
UK-wide real estate chain.

Savills Energy and Savills Research have combined to produce innovative
analysis charting the growth and performance of the onshore wind sector in
Aberdeenshire, which will be used to inform best practice for future
projects across the UK.

Spotlight: Onshore wind in Aberdeenshire – Growth and Performance focuses
on the market in Scotland, particularly Aberdeenshire, where there has been
a decade of exceptional growth in the number of wind generating projects.

The onshore wind sector in Aberdeenshire is unique in that it is dominated
by privately owned wind projects, as well as enjoying consistently good
performance and the highest proportion of wind stations in Scotland. A
Savills spokesman said:

“Onshore wind is Scotland’s largest renewable power source increasing more
than tenfold over the past 10 years; the growth of onshore wind in
Aberdeenshire has been exceptional with 20% of Scotland’s total located in
the area.

“Growth has largely been delivered by entrepreneurial farmers and rural
businesses, with 60% of local projects since 2005 being privately owned.