A milestone has been reached at one of Scotland’s largest wind farm projects with the installation of the first turbine foundations.
The progress puts Vattenfall’s 50-turbine South Kyle wind farm, located near Dalmellington, on track for completion in early 2023.
Glasgow-based contractor RJ McLeod, which won a £67 million contract to build the wind farm, reached the foundation installation stage a year after preparatory works got under way at the site.
Each foundation requires around 520 cubic metres of concrete, 60 tonnes of steel, and six metres of compacted stone. They will support wind turbines that stand 149.5 metres high with a 4.8 megawatt capacity, enough to power an average UK home for around 15 hours with just one rotation of the blades.
In the past 12 months, in excess of half a million hours have been worked on site, with more than 60 per cent of the workforce living within the Ayrshire and Dumfries and Galloway area.
Frank Elsworth, Vattenfall’s head of market development for UK onshore, said: “Laying the first foundations is a really exciting step forward in the construction of South Kyle Wind Farm, and reflects the excellent progress being made by the construction team over the past year.
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