Black Law Wind Farm

Black Law Wind Farm

Black Law Wind Farm with the Pentland Hills in the background
Location of Black Law Wind Farm
Country United Kingdom, Scotland
Location near Forth, Lanarkshire
Coordinates 55°46′01″N 03°44′20″W / 55.76694°N 3.73889°W / 55.76694; -3.73889Coordinates: 55°46′01″N 03°44′20″W / 55.76694°N 3.73889°W / 55.76694; -3.73889
Status Operational
Commission date September 2005
Construction cost £90 million
Owner(s) Scottish Power
Power generation
Units operational 54 x 2.3 MW
Make and model Siemens 2.3 MW
Nameplate capacity 124 MW

The 42-turbine Black Law Wind Farm has a total capacity of 97 megawatts (MW), sufficient to meet the average electricity needs of 70,000 homes each year - or a town the size of Paisley - and is estimated to save around 200,000 tonnes of carbon dioxide emissions a year.[1]

The £90 million wind farm is located near Forth in Lanarkshire and has been built on an old opencast coalmine site which was completely restored to shallow wetlands during the construction programme. It employs seven permanent staff on site and created 200 jobs during construction. Scottish Power is expected to complete a second phase which will see the installation of a further 12 turbines.[1]

The project has received wide recognition for its contribution to environmental objectives, including praise from the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds, who said that the scheme was not only improving the landscape in a derelict opencast mining site, but also benefiting a range of wildlife in the area, with an extensive habitat management projects covering over 14 square kilometres.[1]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 UK's most powerful wind farm could power Paisley

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