Iberdrola gets consent for 288MW Kilgallioch

Kilgallioch will be the company's second-largest wind farm after Whitelee

The Scottish Government has given planning consent for ScottishPower Renewables’ 288MW Kilgallioch wind project in southwest Scotland.

Work on the 96-turbine wind farm in Dumfries and Galloway will begin in late 2014 or early 2015, and complete within approximately 24 months, says the developer.

Iberdrola subsidiary ScottishPower Renewables first applied for consent for a 132-turbine wind farm in 2010, before reducing the plan to its current scale.

It will still be the company's second-largest onshore wind farm behind the 539MW Whitelee project.

News of the Kilgallioch consent comes on the day Iberdrola reiterated its commitment to make the UK its prime investment focus for renewables over the next few…

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