Banks Renewables has appointed Raeburn Drilling to work on the 104MW Kype Muir and 51MW Middle Muir wind farms in Scotland.
The drilling company will carry out testing of the rocks and soil at both wind farm sites, to help determine settlement and the specifications required for the wind farm foundations.
Kype Muir, located just South of Strathaven, will consist of 26 turbines and was approved in May 2014. Middle Muir, which was approved in September last year, will have 15 turbines.
The appointment is part of the Connect2Renewables Charter that Banks Renewables agreed with South Lanarkshire Council to prioritise local companies and commit a minimum of £69m to the local economy and communities in the area.
Raeburn Drilling and Geotechnical chief executive officer Anne Baxter said: “We are understandably delighted to be able to help Banks Renewables deliver on these two hugely exciting South Lanarkshire projects that are set to make a real difference to the region.
“It is plainly evident when dealing with Banks that there is a genuine commitment to the local area, something that we hold dearly ourselves, providing sponsorship and support to local groups, and partly why we were so keen to be involved from the start of both the Kype Muir and Middle Muir projects.”
Banks development director Colin Anderson said: “I am personally thrilled that these truly transformative projects – set to contribute to a job and training fund totalling £1.74m, supporting 400 plus local unemployed people into work, education or training – are beginning to take shape.”
Image: Banks’s Penny Hill wind farm (Banks)
