The wind farms are located at Pearie Law in West Lothian, Corriemoillie in the Highlands and Beck Burn near Carlisle. The wind farms bring EDF ER’s wind portfolio in the UK up to 696 MW, representing enough energy to power over 423,000 homes.
“This is great news for us and we are very pleased to have an additional three wind farms to add to our portfolio” said EDF Energy Renewables Chief Executive, Matthieu Hue. “They will make an important contribution to the supply of low carbon electricity and will benefit the local communities too.”
The Pearie Law wind farm has a capacity of 19.2MW and provides enough low carbon electricity to meet the needs of approximately 11,600 homes. The community benefit fund associated with it totals £96,000 per year for the life of the wind farm.
Corriemoillie wind farm, near Garve in the Highlands has a capacity of 47.5 MW. This is enough to meet the needs of around 28,900 homes and there is a community benefit fund of £242,250 a year available.
Beck Burn wind farm near Carlisle has a capacity of 31 MW and this is enough to meet the needs of around 18,800 homes. The community benefit fund totals £ 155,250 a year.
EDF ER owns and operates more than 30 wind farms in the UK.
Image: Corriemoillie wind farm (EDF Energy)
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