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Scottish Power applies for hazardous substances consent to operate a green hydrogen facility next to Whitelee wind farm.
The hydrogen facility is sited in an area with shallower peat, minimising habitat disruption. Treated water will be ...
Andrew Mitchell writes in his letter "Inefficient wind power" (The Herald, May 22) that the new wind farm at Whitelee would hardly produce enough power to boil a kettle in each of Glasgow's ...
Campaigners fighting plans to build what could become England's largest onshore wind farm have described the proposals as ...
Run the Blades, one of Scotland’s most iconic trail running events, celebrated its 10th anniversary in style at the weekend ...
It will store power generated by the 215 turbines at Whitelee wind farm on Eaglesham Moor, near Glasgow. Scottish Power, which operates the wind farm, said the battery storage site would be the ...
Renewables developer Iberdrola has unveiled plans to wire its 540MW Whitelee wind plant in the Scottish Highlands together with a solar array, battery facility and the UK’s largest electrolyser to ...
Alstom’s ECO 100 and ECO 110 wind turbines belong to the company’s new 3 MW ECO 100 platform.With its 100m rotor diameter, the ECO 100, suitable for medium to high wind speeds, is at the ...
Whitelee wind farm on the outskirts of Glasgow was opened a decade ago Credit: Danny Lawson/PA A wind farm based on the outskirts of Glasgow has been hailed as a “national success story” – a ...
Mr Mitchell says that Whitelee wind farm has 452 megawatts of power. Surely that means that, if the wind farm were working effectively, it could boil 22 million kettles every minute.
Scottish Power, which operates the wind farm, said the battery storage site would be the size of half a football pitch. Its planned capacity will make it largest wind farm battery in the UK.