Written by David McPhee
Coriolis Energy is to unveil plans for a new Highland wind farm at two
public events next week.
The Kirkan development will be built less than four miles north-west of the
village of Garve and form an extension to the already operational
Corriemoillie and Lochluichart schemes.
It will add 19 turbines and 91 megawatts (MW) of additional capacity to the
local area.
Coriolis will seek public approval at meetings in Achnasheen Village hall
on Tuesday and Garve Village hall on Wednesday.
The wind farm construction will be run in conjunction with ESB, one of
Ireland’s largest energy firms, which already boasts 400MW of generating
capacity in partnership with Coriolis.
Berkshire and Glasgow-based Coriolis said that alongside “investment and
employment opportunities” the developers were also offering the local
community a benefit fund.
Part of the public consultation will seek to discover how the people in the
area would like the money to be spent.
Project manager Trevor Hunter said: “Our aims are to deliver a project that
is sustainable, deliverable and brings benefit to the local area. We would
encourage local businesses and the community to attend.”
1 Comment
Helen · June 8, 2018 at 11:23 am
Is there any space left in this area for more turbines?