Beinneun
is
by
far
the
largest
wind
farm
taken
through
the
consents
process
by
Oxfordshire-based
RidgeWind,
which
is
majority
owned
by
the
private-equity
firm
HgCapital.
RidgeWind
has
only
one
operational
wind
farm
on
its
books
–
the
16MW
Bagmoor,
in
North
Lincolnshire,
England.
Two
others
–
the
nearby
24.6MW
Hall
Farm
project
and
the
20.5MW
Wandylaw
in
northeast
England
–
are
under
construction.
All
three
of
those
projects
use
REpower
wind
turbines.
Beinneun
had
a
relatively
easy
ride
through
the
consenting
process
in
the
context
of
Scotland’s
often
controversial
push
towards…