- The 200-metre structures have an installed generation capacity of up to 67.2MW.
- The turbines are predicted to power more than 53,000 households.
Scotland has connected what is described as the UK’s tallest onshore wind turbines to the national grid. The 200-metre structures are part of the extension of Banks Renewables’ Kype Muir wind farm in South Lanarkshire.
The turbines have an installed generation capacity of up to 67.2MW of renewable electricity and are predicted to power more than 53,000 households.
First Minister Nicola Sturgeon said: “Onshore wind is the biggest renewable energy source in Scotland, making it a vital part of our mission to become a net zero economy by 2045. The damaging impacts of the climate emergency recently highlighted at COP27 and the spike in energy prices since the war in Ukraine demonstrates the importance of accelerating that transition.”
She added, “Kype Muir extension is a significant example of that in action, and the Scottish Government will shortly outline how we plan to boost the country’s onshore capacity by up to 12GW by 2030.”