Kilgallioch
Kilgallioch Wind Farm | |
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![]() Location of Kilgallioch Wind Farm in Scotland | |
Country | Scotland, United Kingdom |
Location | South Ayrshire |
Coordinates | 55°03′00″N 04°45′55″W / 55.05000°N 4.76528°WCoordinates: 55°03′00″N 04°45′55″W / 55.05000°N 4.76528°W |
Status | Operational |
Construction began | 2015 |
Owner(s) | ScottishPower Renewables |
Operator(s) | Scottish Power |
Wind farm | |
Type | Onshore |
Power generation | |
Units operational | 96 X 2.5 MW |
Make and model | Gamesa: G90 and G114 |
Nameplate capacity | 239 MW |
Kilgallioch Wind Farm is a 96 turbine wind farm in South Ayrshire, Scotland with a total capacity of up to 239 megawatts (MW). [1] Consent granted by the Scottish Government in February 2013 with construction starting in 2015 and completed in 2017.
Incidents[]
On 13 January 2017 a turbine under construction catastrophically collapsed during a storm.[2][3]
On 15 March 2017 Portuguese construction worker António João Linares, who was working for turbine manufacturer Gamesa, was killed when he fell 8 metres within a tower.[4][5]
See also[]
References[]
- ^ "Kilgallioch Windfarm - ScottishPower Renewables". www.scottishpowerrenewables.com. Retrieved 2017-03-18.
- ^ Houston, Stephen (2017-01-29). "Panic as giant 480ft wind turbine collapses". dailyrecord. Retrieved 2017-03-18.
- ^ "Kilgallioch wind farm turbine incident under investigation". BBC News. 2017-01-20. Retrieved 2017-03-18.
- ^ "Português morre em queda de 150 metros na Escócia". Retrieved 2017-03-18.
- ^ "Worker dies in Kilgallioch wind farm accident". BBC News. 2017-03-16. Retrieved 2017-03-18.
Categories:
- Wind farms in Scotland
- Wind farm stubs
- British power station stubs