Scotland has seen a flurry of activity in the onshore and offshore wind farm sectors in recent years. Last month, for example, an onshore wind farm development that will power some 21,000 homes was given the green light by South Lanarkshire Council. Banks Renewables’ planning application to erect turbines at Mill Rig wind farm, near Darvel in East Ayrshire, has now been rubber-stamped and is on course to become operational within three years. The six powerful wind turbines planned for Mill Rig will provide an installed generation capacity of around 36MW – enough to meet the electricity needs of all the households in a town around the size of East Kilbride.
This summer, construction of a vast wind farm that will power 170,000 homes achieved a key milestone. Vattenfall’s South Kyle Wind Farm is powering ahead with the installation of the project’s first wind turbine. Turbine E02 – located in the southern part of the wind farm – becomes the first of 50 turbines to be assembled and installed on site. Located in East Ayrshire and Dumfries and Galloway, close to the villages of New Cumnock, Dalmellington and Carsphairn, South Kyle is Vattenfall’s largest onshore development in the UK.
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