Vattenfall unveils new £62m wind farm in Scotland

Swedish energy giant Vattenfall has generated its first power from a £62 million wind farm in Scotland, which will produce enough electricity for 27,000 homes when fully operational.

The company confirmed on Monday that the first of 18 turbines at the Clashindarroch facility in the north east of the country started turning on Thursday, producing power from wind speeds of 17 miles per hour.

The site will have a total installed capacity of around 40MW when the remaining turbines are operating and will avoid approximately 49,000 tonnes of carbon emissions annually.

The Clashindarroch facility is the second onshore wind farm built by Vattenfall in Scotland with the first being the 18-turbine Edinbane wind farm on the Isle of Skye.

Piers Guy, Vattenfall UK country manager, said: "Vattenfall wants to build a wind business in Scotland that makes a telling contribution to Scottish climate change targets, helps keep the lights on and secures a robust Scottish wind power supply chain. Generating first power from Clashindarroch is a significant achievement of which we are very proud. Building a wind farm of this size safely is a major engineering exercise and is testament to the skills and commitment of hundreds of workers from Chepstow to Dingwall via Grangemouth."