Norway’s Fred. Olsen Renewables AS introduced on Friday it has filed for approval a plan to repower its 21.6 MW Windy Commonplace wind farm in Scotland’s Dumfries and Galloway council space and greater than double its energy producing capability.
The renewable power developer has lodged an utility with the Scottish Authorities. In keeping with the paperwork, the repowered plant shall be of 49.6 MW in dimension.
Positioned northeast of the village of Carsphairn, Windy Commonplace has been producing electrical energy since 1996. It’s the first and oldest a part of a posh of three wind energy amenities, the final one in all which is a venture that was cleared in 2021 and is deliberate to go surfing in 2026.
Beneath the repowering plan, Fred. Olsen will decommission the present plant’s 36 generators, which have a tip peak of 53.5 metres and capacities of 600 kW every, and can substitute them with eight newer machines. The brand new {hardware} can have a tip peak of as much as 200 metres. The thought-about wind turbine possibility is Vestas’ V162 6.2 MW mannequin.
A neighborhood profit fund of greater than GBP 7 million (USD 8.5m/EUR 7.9m) shall be created as a part of the repowering scheme.
(GBP 1.0 = USD 1.216/EUR 1.135)
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