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Scottish Ministers have turned down Community Windpower Ltd’s proposal to build a 315-MW wind farm in Dumfries and Galloway and the Scottish Borders and on concerns on its potential impacts to a nearby seismological monitoring station.
The decision is also based on the country’s obligations in maintaining the UK’s obligations under a nuclear test ban treaty, official documents show. The government has concluded that the development would have an adverse effect on nationally important heritage assets, while the turbines would significantly impact the landscape.
The Faw Side Community Wind Farm project calls for the installation of up to 45 turbines near the burgh of Langholm and the town of Hawick, including 40 machines with 200-metre (656.2-feet) tip heights and five turbines reaching 179 metres. Their annual output was estimated to be enough for 328,400 homes.
The proposal also comes with plans for an energy storage facility.
After both the Dumfries and Galloway and Scottish Borders Councils opposed the project, the plan was sent to the Scottish Planning and Environmental Appeals Division (DPEA) in 2021. The government body compiled a report used by Ministers in the decision-making.
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