Banks Renewables has officially opened the Contract for Difference-backed 88.4MW Kype Muir wind farm in Scotland.
The South Lanarkshire project (pictured) consists of 26 Senvion 3.4M104 turbines each with a tip height of 132 metres.
The wind farm is close to Banks’ 51MW Middle Muir that reached full operations in January.
RJ McLeod tackled civil engineering on both projects located near Strathaven.
Kype Muir was inaugurated by Scottish Energy Minister Paul Wheelhouse.
“Onshore wind continues to be the lowest form of energy at scale and remains vitally important to our decarbonisation ambitions,” he said.
Banks Renewables director Richard Dunkley added: “We look forward to working with the Scottish government, and others, to ensure that onshore wind – the cheapest form of renewable energy – has a route to market in the coming years.”
The Hamilton developer will make annual contributions of £442,000 into a fund flowing from the communities’ share of wind farm revenues.
Half of that money will be ring fenced for the Connect2Renewables employability fund focused on increasing access for local people to employment opportunities.