Community Windpower’s seven Scottish onshore wind farms have broken through the five terawatt-hour barrier for the first time.
The milestone has been achieved by the company’s onshore wind farms in southern Scotland, which have an installed generating capacity of 221.5MW.
Community Windpower said the 5TWh figure is significant because it is the equivalent to powering the annual demand of 1.4 million homes.
Community Windpower also has three Section 36 applications awaiting approval from the Scottish Government, for Faw Side Community Wind Farm, Sanquhar 2 Community Wind Farm, and Scoop Hill Community Wind Farm.
These new developments will comprise a total of 164 turbines and the company expects them to have a total generating capacity of 1.1GW.
Community Windpower managing director Rod Wood said: “It is an amazing achievement as a company to achieve this milestone of generating 5TWh’s of green electricity.
“Community Windpower are delighted to play our part in tackling the climate crisis and are proud to be contributing towards Scotland’s legally binding targets for 2030 and 2045.
“As a company we are extremely conscious that the climate clock is ticking, and in order to tackle the global climate emergency and prevent a two degrees temperature rise, action must be taken now.”