Vattenfall is holding public exhibitions in August to present final plans for the redesign of its previously consented Aultmore wind farm project in Moray, Scotland.
The proposal, which lies approximately 6km north of Keith, was originally consented by Moray Council in 2014 as a 13-unit 29MW scheme.
Since then, significant advances in turbine technology have taken place, with more powerful turbines becoming available, leading to Vattenfall redesigning the scheme.
The new 16-machine proposal with a blade tip height of 200 metres, significantly increases the site’s capacity to 105.6MW and could provide a community benefit fund of around £18.4m over its 35-year operational life cycle.
Vattenfall held public exhibitions in March 2022, to discuss its plans with the community on the early scoping design and is holding further exhibitions at the end of August to present the final design.
Senior project manager for Vattenfall Lucy Blake said: “We are very grateful to everyone who shared their views with us on the early design during our consultation last year.
“Their feedback, together with our detailed environmental and technical surveys and key consultee input, has helped inform and shape the proposal.
“We feel that we have made meaningful improvements to the scheme as a result and look forward to presenting the final design at our upcoming August exhibitions.
“In addition to the sizeable community fund that the project could provide, we want to work closely with the local supply chain.
“Independent analysis at our South Kyle Wind Farm in East Ayrshire and Dumfries and Galloway has found that the wind farm’s development and construction spend within the local area amounts to £44m.
“We want to build on this approach at Aultmore so that we can maximise the benefits to the local area.”