Lochelbank Wind Farm

Construction for Lochelbank Wind Farm on the Ochil Hills, between the villages of Glenfarg and Bridge of Earn near Perth and Kinross, began in June 2010 by Lagan Construction Ltd. It is anticipated the scheme will be complete in Spring 2011.

The Scottish Government approved plans for Lochelbank Wind Farm, on the Ochil Hills between the villages of Glenfarg and Bridge of Earn near Perth and Kinross.

The decision follows a five month-long Public Inquiry which ended in March 2007. The initial planning application was turned down by Perth & Kinross Council in November 2005.
 
Lochelbank Wind Farm will consist of 12 wind turbines of approximately 800 kilowatts capacity, giving it a total capacity of 9.6 megawatts. The wind farm could produce enough green electricity to power around 5,300 homes^FN making a valuable contribution towards both local and national renewable energy targets.

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Energy predicted to be generated by the proposal is derived using wind speeds monitored in the local area and applying trends from RWE npower renewables' existing wind farm portfolio located across the UK.  This enables a calculation to be made to estimate the average annual energy production based on 12 turbines each of rated capacity 0.8 MW.  The energy capture predicted and hence derived homes equivalent or emissions savings figures may change as further information is gathered.
 
Equivalent homes supplied is based on an annual electricity consumption per home of 4700 kWh.  This figure is supported by recent domestic electricity consumption data available from The Digest of UK Energy Statistics and household estimates and projections from the UK Statistics Authority.