01 December 2009 14:42
E.ON welcomes wind farm consent from South Lanarkshire Council
Energy company E.ON has welcomed the news that it has received planning consent for its 29.9MW Dungavel wind farm in South Lanarkshire.
The proposed wind farm, which was approved by South Lanarkshire Council, will be located on land at Dungavel Hill, south of Strathaven. The scheme will also bring contract opportunities to local employers in the region.
The site will have 13 turbines and be capable of producing up to 29.9MW, or enough power for around 20,000 homes¹.
Ahmed Mulla, E.ON's project developer for Dungavel, said: "This is excellent news for us and another step towards helping Scotland meet its renewable energy targets.
"We're especially pleased the planning report recognised the benefits this project will bring to the local community and beyond.
"We're looking forward to working with local stakeholders to get the wind farm up and running and providing renewable energy which could displace 40,000 tonnes of carbon dioxide a year²."
During the construction phase there is expected to be between 50 and 60 contractors working on site.
Over the life of the wind farm E.ON's Community Fund will provide a minimum of £60,000 per year to South Lanarkshire Council's renewable energy fund.
The site will also contribute considerably to the Scottish Government's Renewable Energy Targets of 31% by 2011 and 50% by 2020.
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¹ Based on UK average annual consumption 4725 kWh per home
² Based on the Government's long term marginal plant figure of 430g CO2/kWh and a forecast project annual energy yield determined from on site wind monitoring
- E.ON is one of the UK's leading power and gas companies - generating and distributing electricity, and retailing power and gas - and is part of the E.ON group, the world's largest investor-owned power and gas company. We employ more than 16,000 people in the UK;
- We're one of the leading green generators in the UK, with 20 operational wind farms located from Cornwall to Northern Ireland. We also burn biomass material mixed with coal in two of our power stations and have recently completed one of the UK's largest dedicated biomass power stations at Lockerbie. Combined, our renewable portfolio generates enough green energy to power the homes in a city the size of Manchester;
- Our green development portfolio could power over a million homes and displace the emission of almost two million tonnes of carbon dioxide a year by building new onshore and offshore wind farms, biomass power stations, and tidal stream and wave power schemes;
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