Energy investor buys wind farm in Kintyre

By Victoria Masterson

A wind farm project in Argyll and Bute that is expected to generate around

£4m for the local economy has been acquired by a London-listed renewable

energy investor.

Blary Hill wind farm project, which has the rights to build a 35 megawatt

wind farm on the Kintyre peninsula in the west of Scotland, has been

acquired The Renewables Infrastructure Group (TRIG), which has a portfolio

of more than 70 wind, solar and battery storage projects in the UK and Europe.

The world’s largest independent renewable energy company, Renewable Energy

Systems (RES), has developed Blary Hill and will construct the wind farm.

Construction is expected to start this quarter, with the wind farm expected

to be operational in the first quarter of 2022.

Headquartered in Hertfordshire, RES is active in 10 countries and has more

than 2,000 employees.

Blary Hill will be one of the first wind farms to be built in Scotland

without public subsidies.

Energy investor buys wind farm in Kintyre – Herald