The
Iberdrola
subsidiary
has
submitted
a
planning
application
for
the
extension
to
its
Whitelee
project
in
East
Ayrshire,
Scotland,
bringing
its
total
capacity
to
551MW.
The
utility
has
already
extended
Whitelee
twice,
adding
75
machines
since
connecting
the
first
140
turbines
in
2009.
ScottishPower
Renewables
says
the
latest
of
those
additions
will
be
operating
at
full
power
by
early
autumn.
The
company
does
not
specify
a
turbine
supplier
for
the
planned
new
12MW,
which
would
be
located
to
the
west
of
the
existing
site.
It
used
Siemens
2.3MW
turbines
for
the
first
stage…
