The company will no longer pursue plans for the 81MW Dalnessie wind farm in Sutherland and a 36MWextension to the Fairburn plant in Glen Orrin.

Colin Nicol, SSEdirector of onshore renewables, said: “SSE continues to have a good pipeline ofvery strong onshore renewable developments across Scotland.

“Each project is dealtwith on a case-by-case basis and the decision to end Dalnessie and FairburnExtension means that we can redirect resource onto the best projects in ourportfolio.”