Proposed Dun Law Wind Farm Extension
In April 2005 Renewable
Energy Systems (RES) and CRE Energy Ltd
(a Scottish Power company) submitted
an application for full planning permission to Scottish Borders Council
to construct an extension to Dun Law wind farm.
The existing wind farm comprises 26 x 660 kW wind turbines and was developed by RES.
Construction took place in 2000 and
the wind farm is now operated by CRE
Energy.
The
proposed extension comprises a further 35 turbines.
The turbines proposed would have a tubular
tower and be three bladed, similar to the turbines on
the
existing wind farm. The new turbines will have a height to blade tip not exceeding
75m with a nominal
rated output of 850kW each. The proposed extension will also have associated
electricity transformers, access tracks, substation compound and control building.
Every year the combined wind farm would produce sufficient electrical energy
to satisfy the average
requirements of approximately 24,000 homes. Construction of the wind farm extension
should take approximately 9 months.
The wind farm application was submitted with a full Environmental Statement.
As part of the public consultation which took place throughout the development
of the site, a newsletter was produced at the time of the application and was
distributed to 1,978 business and residential addresses within 7km of the site
boundary, extended to approximately 10.5km along the A68 corridor, to take in
the settlements of Lauder and Pathhead.
Latest Press Releases
 Scottishpower Renewables and RES Sign Deal on Extension to Dun Law Wind Farm 115 kb
Information about the Project
Installed Capacity:
Number of Turbines:
Turbine Rating: |
29.75 MW
35
850 kW |
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