Clyde Wind Farm

The Clyde Wind Farm is a 522 megawatt (MW) wind farm near Abington in South Lanarkshire, Scotland.

Clyde Wind Farm
CountryUnited Kingdom, Scotland
Locationnear Abington, South Lanarkshire
Coordinates55°28′02″N 3°39′16″W
StatusOperational
Commission date2012
Owner(s)Scottish and Southern Energy
Wind farm
TypeOnshore
Power generation
Units operational206
Nameplate capacity522 MW
External links
CommonsRelated media on Commons

Planning

The first stage of the project contributes of 152-turbines by Scottish and Southern Energy and was approved by the Scottish Parliament in July 2008. It is capable of powering 200,000 homes.[1] SSE was given planning permission to build a wind farm with turbines built on either side of the M74 motorway.[2]

Construction

Construction of the wind farm, which was budgeted for £600 million, began in early 2009 and finished in 2012.[3] Welcon Towers Ltd won the contract to supply the towers for all 152 turbines for the £600 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.’[4]

The first stage of the farm was opened at a ceremonial ribbon cutting by First Minister of Scotland Alex Salmond in September 2012.[5]

Original Capacity was 349.6MW.[6]

Extension

In July 2014 it was announced that Scottish ministers had approved an extension to the Clyde Wind Farm.[7] The extension will see 54 extra turbines, capable of generating an additional 162MW. This will bring the total generating capacity of the wind farm to 512MW.[7] The extension has been upgraded to 54 turbines with a 173MW capacity and was commissioned in the summer of 2017.[8]

See also

References
  1. "SSE Clyde Project website". Archived from the original on 2012-10-30. Retrieved 2011-05-15.
  2. 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. Retrieved 2008-07-22.
  3. "Green light for massive wind farm". BBC News. 2008-07-21. Retrieved 2008-07-22.
  4. "Well Done Welcon". The Campbeltown Courier. 2009-11-27. Archived from the original on 2009-12-15. Retrieved 2009-12-01.
  5. "Salmond opens SSE's Clyde wind farm".
  6. "Further sale of a stake in Clyde Wind Farm to Greencoat and GLIL". sse.com. 2019. Retrieved 2019-12-20.
  7. "Ministers approve two wind farm projects in Scotland". BBC News. 2014-07-23. Retrieved 2014-07-23.
  8. "Clyde (United-Kingdom) - Wind farms - Online access". The Wind Power, Wind Energy Market Intelligence. 14 October 2019. Retrieved 2019-12-20.
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