With an installed capacity of up to 57.8MW, the fate ofKeirs Hill will be decided by Scotland’s Energy Consents and Deployment Unit,with the local planning authority acting as a statutory consultee.

The project, which will use turbines with a maximum heightof 149m erected between Patna and Dalmellington, began its consultation processtwo years ago.

Scotland is a focal point for RES’s onshore wind activities,having recently announced development plans for a 25-turbine project betweenInvergarry and Fort Augustus, and received approval from the government for its14-turbine Penmanshiel wind project in the Scottish Borders.

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