ScottishPower begins construction work on 80 MW of wind projects in Kintyre Peninsula and Halsary
ScottishPower Renewables, part of the Iberdrola Group, has begun work on its first UK onshore wind projects developed without a government backed contract. Two new onshore wind farms will be built by ScottishPower to provide clean, sustainable energy for Amazon and Tesco.
The project with Amazon will see 50 MW of green energy delivered by ScottishPower, which will provide enough energy each year to power the equivalent of 46,000 homes. Located on the Kintyre Peninsula in Scotland, the windfarm will be powered by fourteen Vestas turbines, with the towers for the wind turbines being supplied by local firm CS Wind.
The project with Tesco is one part of the retailer’s pledge to use 100 per cent renewable energy by 2030 and will see ScottishPower build a windfarm in Halsary, in Caithness, Scotland. The 15 turbine, 30 MW project will be powered by Vestas turbines, capable of generating enough renewable energy to power the equivalent of over 27,000 homes.
Both windfarms will be constructed on land owned by Forestry and Land Scotland.
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