Renewable Energy
Scottish Parliament Written answers, 29 October 2009
Maureen Watt (Scottish National Party) | Question S3W-27741
To ask the Scottish Executive what the electricity generation capacity is of commercial wind farms, broken down by local authority area.
Jim Mather (Scottish National Party)
The information requested is shown in the table below:
| Local Authority | Capacity from Wind Farms Installed, Consented and Under Construction (in Megawatts) |
| Aberdeenshire Council | 183.3 |
| Angus Council | 10.4 |
| Argyll and Bute Council | 296.2 |
| Clackmannanshire Council | 47 |
| Dumfries and Galloway Council | 479.8 |
| Dundee City Council | 4 |
| East Ayrshire Council1 | 143.2 |
| East Lothian Council3 | 165 |
| East Renfrewshire Council1 | 327 |
| Falkirk Council | 2 |
| Fife Council | 27 |
| Glasgow City Council | 6 |
| Highland Council | 711.1 |
| Inverclyde Council | 0.01 |
| Moray Council | 242.51 |
| North Ayrshire Council | 42 |
| North Lanarkshire Council2 | 4 |
| Orkney Council | 38.28 |
| Perth and Kinross Council | 283.5 |
| Scottish Borders Council3 | 417.9 |
| Shetland Council | 4.45 |
| South Ayrshire Council | 394 |
| South Lanarkshire Council1, 2 | 760.7 |
| Stirling Council | 156.5 |
| West Lothian Council 2 | 44 |
| Western Isles Council | 45.41 |
| Total | 4,835.26 |
All other local authorities have no wind farms under the Town and Country Planning Act or Section 36 of the Electricity Act, installed, consented or under construction.
Notes:
1. The Whitelee wind farm straddles three local authorities - East Renfrewshire, East Ayrshire and South Lanarkshire. The MW capacity of the Whitelee wind farm has been included in the East Renfrewshire total as it has the largest number of turbines in its area.
2. The Black Law wind farm straddles three local authorities - South Lanarkshire, North Lanarkshire and West Lothian. The MW capacity of the Black Law wind farm has been included in the South Lanarkshire total as it has the largest number of turbines in its area.
3. The Crystal Rig Extension 2 wind farm straddles two local authorities - East Lothian and the Scottish Borders. The MW capacity of the Crystal Rig Extension 2 wind farm has been included in the East Lothian total as it has the largest number of turbines in its area.