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Written Question · S2W-25204 · Session 2

Whether it will list all (a) operational onshore wind farms and (b) consents granted for onshore wind farm planning applications in Scotlan…

Answered Asked by Murdo Fraser Con Lodged 11 Apr 2006

The question

To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will list all (a) operational onshore wind farms and (b) consents granted for onshore wind farm planning applications in Scotland, giving in each case the (i) number of wind turbines, (ii) capacity and (iii) location.

The answer

Answered by Allan Wilson on 24 Apr 2006 · 13 days after it was lodged, on time

This information is not heldcentrally. While no power station with an installed capacity in excess of 50MW canbe built, operated or extended without consent from the Scottish ministers unders.36 of the Electricity Act 1989, all other cases are considered by localplanning authorities. As a result the following data has been obtained from a numberof sources:
In Operation
Name
| Location
| No of Turbines
| Capacity

Hagshaw Hill
| South Lanarkshire
| 26
| 15.6

Windy Standard
| Dumfries and Galloway
| 36
| 21.6

Novar
| Easter Ross, Highland
| 34
| 17

Beinn Ghlas
| Taynuilt, Argyll and Bute
| 14
| 8.4

Thorfinn
| Burgar Hill, Orkney Islands
| 1
| 1.5

Dun Law
| Scottish Borders
| 26
| 17.16

Sigurd
| Orkney Islands
| 1
| 1.3

Hare Hill
| Cumnock, East Ayrshire
| 20
| 13

Burra Dale
| Shetland Islands
| 3
| 1.98

Sainsbury
| East Kilbride, S Lanarkshire
| 1
| 0.6

Deucheran Hill
| Kintyre, Argyll and Bute
| 9
| 15

Myres Hill
| Eaglesham, East Renfrewshire
| 2
| 1.9

Beinn an Tuirc
| Kintyre, Argyll and Bute
| 46
| 30

Bu Farm
|

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