ScottishPower Renewables

ScottishPower Renewables has been granted planning consent by Energy Secretary Greg Clark for a 1.2GW “next generation” offshore wind farm. The East Anglia THREE project will include 172 “larger and more efficient next generation” turbines, up to a height of 247 metres – two-and-a-half times the size of Big Ben. According to ScottishPower, the offshore […]

ScottishPower Renewables has signed a contract with the Met Office to receive weather forecast information. The two-year agreement includes the use of a software that will allow the company to monitor and keep track of real-time and forecast conditions across its portfolio of wind farms. Called VisualEyes, it is an intuitive web-based weather monitoring and alerting system […]

A new offshore wind farm with a capacity of 1,200MW is planned to be built in the UK. ScottishPower Renewables announced it has submitted plans to build the project located off the coast of Suffolk. The East Anglia THREE development will consist of 172 turbines which are expected to power more than 850,000 homes annually. […]

DONG Energy and ScottishPower Renewables have sold £269 million of transmission assets at a UK offshore wind farm. West of Duddon Sands Transmission, a joint venture between Macquarie Corporate Holdings (50%) and 3i Infrastructure (50%), bought the assets. They include the onshore and offshore substation and the export cables. The wind farm is located around 15km […]

Spanish turbine manufacturer Gamesa has received an order for a wind project in Scotland. It will provide 96 turbines with a total capacity of 239MW for the Kilgallioch wind farm next year. The project’s construction is expected to be completed in 2017. The order comes from ScottishPower Renewables and it also involves the installation, commissioning and […]

Vattenfall has sold half its share of an offshore wind project to ScottishPower Renewables. The Swedish power giant  is selling its 50% share of the wind project to ScottishPower Renewables so it can prioritise the rest of its European wind portfolio. The sale comes despite news Vattenfall is one of the 27 winners of government’s […]

One of Scotland’s largest onshore wind farms has officially been opened near Moffat in Dumfries and Galloway. ScottishPower Renewables’ 136MW Harestanes wind farm, which includes 68 turbines, is expected to meet the annual electricity needs of more than 73,000 homes. The company claims the project – worth £160 million – supported more than 150 jobs […]

The first power has been generated from the West of Duddon Sands wind farm off the UK coast. A total of 42 out of 108 turbines that make up the overall project have been installed so far and power from four turbines is being exported to the National Grid. Once completed, the wind farm will […]

Plans to build an offshore wind farm near the island of Tiree off the west coast of Scotland have been ditched. ScottishPower Renewables (SPR) said it would not go ahead with the Argyll Array following a number of technical and environmental studies. The energy firm confirmed it has given up its lease for the project, […]

ScottishPower Renewables, a subsidiary of Spain-based Iberdrola, has completed the expansion of the Whitelee onshore wind farm (pictured) in Scotland. Located south of Glasgow, the capacity of the project has been increased from 322MW to 539MW after 75 wind turbines were added. The wind farm is expected to generate enough electricity to power more than […]