11:10AM MBK JV to work on Europe's biggest onshore windfarm as government seeks responses to 2020 Energy Review
Construction started today on the biggest onshore windfarm in Europe. The 拢300m Whitelee Windfarm will feature 140 turbines on the hills of Eaglesham Moor, south of Glasgow.
The project is being carried out by a joint venture comprising Morrison Construction Services and Balfour Kilpatrick, known as MBK JV, for client ScottishPower.
The windfarm will generate energy to power 200,000 homes. Alastair Darling, trade and industry secretary, said the initiative would save 250,000 tonnes of CO2 a year.
He said: 鈥淪cotland has long been the UK鈥檚 powerhouse and is now establishing itself in the vanguard of renewables. 16% of Scotland鈥檚 electricity already comes from these sources, compared to 4% for the UK as a whole."
ScottishPower chief executive Philip Bowman said: 鈥淲hitelee is no the end of the story. If we are to deliver more clean energy... we really have got to keep up the momentum on the other big onshore windfarms in Scotland which are currently in planning.鈥
The government also today began its consulatation on how to achieve its target of 20% of the UK's electricity coming from renewables by 2020, set out in the Energy Review. It is seeking views from industry, investors and other stakeholders.
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