Project Info
The proposals for the Windburn Wind Farm comprise 13 wind turbines with associated infrastructure, on land approximately 2.9km north of the settlement of Alva.
The nearest proposed turbine is 3.2km from Alva, 5.3km from the village of Blackford and 5.7km from Greenloaning. The site is located across the administrative boundaries of both Clackmannanshire and Perth & Kinross Councils, centred on National Grid Reference (NGR) NN 87737 02889. The site location plan is shown below.
The proposed development would consist of up to 13 three bladed horizontal wind turbines, 149.9 metres to blade tip height, with associated infrastructure, and a battery energy storage system (BESS). The turbines would have an installed capacity of approximately 65 megawatts (MW), in addition to a BESS capacity of up to 35MW. The proposed site layout is shown below.
Based on the wind resource across the site, the proposed development would produce an average of approximately 227,760 Megawatt hours (MWh) of electricity annually (which corresponds to a capacity factor of 40%). This equates to the power consumed by approximately 70,317 average UK households*.
As the generating capacity of the proposed development would exceed 50MW, Wind2 have submitted an application to the Energy Consents Unit (ECU) of the Scottish Government for consent under Section 36 of the Electricity Act 1989. The application can be viewed on the ECU portal via the following link: https://www.energyconsents.sco...
Environmental effects of the proposed development have been considered carefully as part of a detailed Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA). The EIA forms part of the suite of documentation submitted in support of the Section 36 application.
*Calculated using the most recent statistics from Department of Energy Security and Net Zero (DESNZ) showing that annual GB average domestic household consumption is 3,239kWh (as of January 2024).