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Clyde Wind Farm Location of Clyde Wind Farm
Country United Kingdom, Scotland Location near Abington, South Lanarkshire Coordinates 55°28′02″N 3°39′16″W / 55.46722°N 3.65444°WCoordinates: 55°28′02″N 3°39′16″W / 55.46722°N 3.65444°W Status Under Construction Commission date 2012 (expected) Owner(s) Scottish and Southern Energy Power station information Primary fuel Wind Generation units 152 Power generation information Maximum capacity 350 MW The Clyde Wind Farm is a proposed 548 megawatt (MW) wind farm near Abington in South Lanarkshire, Scotland. When completed, it will be Europe's largest onshore wind farm. The 152-turbine project by Scottish and Southern Energy[1], which was approved by the Scottish Parliament in July 2008, capable of powering 320,000 homes, and will be larger than the 322 MW Whitelee Wind Farm near Glasgow.[2] Turbines will be built either side of the M74 motorway.[3]
Construction of the wind farm, which is budgeteted for £600 million, is scheduled to start in early 2009 and expected to finish in 2011.[4]
Welcon Towers Ltd has won the contract to supply the towers for all 152 turbines for the £500 million Clyde Wind Farm. Jesper Øhlenschlæger, chief executive officer of Welcon Towers parent company Skykon, said: ‘The Clyde project is a very important business win for our Campbeltown manufacturing. Scotland has become the most positive and the most interesting renewable wind power market in Europe. The Clyde Wind Farm project represents a landmark phase in Scotland’s renewable energy strategy.’[5]
See also
- Wind power in Scotland
- List of onshore wind farms
References
- ^ SSE Clyde Project website
- ^ Haworth, Jenny (2008-07-22). "Wind farms: now we've got the biggest in Europe". http://thescotsman.scotsman.com/latestnews/Wind-farms-now-we39ve-got.4309930.jp. Retrieved 2008-07-22.
- ^ Johnson, Simon (2008-07-21). "Europe's largest onshore wind farm is to be built in Scotland costing £600m". Telegraph.co.uk. Telegraph Media Group. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/main.jhtml?xml=/earth/2008/07/21/eawind121.xml. Retrieved 2008-07-22.
- ^ "Green light for massive wind farm". BBC News. 2008-07-21. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/glasgow_and_west/7517176.stm. Retrieved 2008-07-22.
- ^ "Well Done Welcon". The Campbeltown Courier. 2009-11-27. http://www.campbeltowncourier.co.uk/news/fullstory.php/aid/5284/Well_done_Welcon.html. Retrieved 2009-12-01.
External links
Categories:- Wind farms in Scotland
- Buildings and structures in South Lanarkshire
- Proposed wind farms in the United Kingdom
- Scottish building and structure stubs
- Wind farm stubs
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