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On Sunday 7 August 2016, a combination of high wind and low consumption caused more wind power generation (106%) than consumption in Scotland. Scottish wind turbines provided 39,545 MWh during the 24 hours of that date, while consumption was 37,202 MWh. It was the first time that measurements were available to confirm that fact.
Hywind Scotland is the world's first commercial wind farm using floating wind turbines, situated 29 kilometres (18 mi) off Peterhead, Scotland. The farm has five 6 MW Siemens direct-drive turbines on Hywind floating monopiles, with a total capacity of 30 MW. [1] It is operated by Hywind (Scotland) Limited, a joint venture of Equinor (75%) and ...
Proposed wind farms in Scotland (2 P) Pages in category "Wind farms in Scotland" The following 23 pages are in this category, out of 23 total.
Seagreen is an offshore wind farm located in the North Sea off the coast of Scotland. It is a joint venture between SSE Renewables and TotalEnergies, [1] having exclusive development rights to the Firth of Forth zone of development granted by Crown Estate in 2010. The wind farm consists of 114 Vestas V164 wind
Whitelee Wind Farm is operated by Scottish Power Renewables and is the largest on-shore wind farm in the United Kingdom with a total capacity of 539 megawatts (MW). [1]The production of renewable energy in Scotland is a topic that came to the fore in technical, economic, and political terms during the opening years of the 21st century. [2]
Whitelee Wind Farm is a windfarm on the Eaglesham moor in Scotland. The main visitor centre is located in East Renfrewshire , but the majority of turbines are located in East Ayrshire and South Lanarkshire .
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]
Beinn an Tuirc wind farm is a wind farm in Argyll, Scotland. The site has 46 turbines with a total generating capacity of 30.36 MW, with each unit being a Vestas V47-660, [1] with each turbine producing 660 kW, and is operated by ScottishPower. [2] It was commissioned in 2001 and started operation in 2002. [3] It cost £21 million to build. [3]