Renewable Energy
Scottish Parliament Written answers, 29 October 2009
Maureen Watt (Scottish National Party) | Question S3W-27742
To ask the Scottish Executive what the increase in electricity generation capacity as a result of new commercial wind farms was in each of the last five years, broken down by local authority area.
Jim Mather (Scottish National Party)
Data on the consent dates of local authority wind farm planning applications is not collated by Scottish ministers. However, the data for Electricity Act Section 36 cases, which are consented by Scottish ministers, is detailed in the following table:
| Local Authority | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 |
| Aberdeenshire Council | 0 | 0 | 0 | 75 | 0 |
| Argyll and Bute Council | 0 | 0 | 0 | 60 | 0 |
| Dumfries and Galloway Council | 0 | 0 | 303 | 0 | 0 |
| East Ayrshire Council | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 130 |
| East Lothian Council | 901 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 0 |
| East Renfrewshire Council | 0 | 3222 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Highland Council | 7 | 0 | 0 | 138.5 | 35 |
| Moray Council | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 78.3 |
| Perth and Kinross Council | 0 | 0 | 0 | 204 | 0 |
| South Ayrshire Council | 0 | 0 | 0 | 264 | 0 |
| South Lanarkshire Council | 0 | 0 | 0 | 548 | 0 |
Notes:
1. 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.
2. 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.