Photomontage: Airigh Wind Farm from A83 at Whitehouse

Airigh

Site statistics

Location

Argyll & Bute Council - located in South Knapdale, 9km south-west of Tarbert.

Status

Consented by Scottish Government

Project benefits

A Community Fund will be established with effect from first commercial operation of the wind farm. Funding will be at the prevailing Scottish Government recommended rate, currently £5,000 per Mega Watt of Installed Capacity, index linked, for each operational year of the wind farm (anticipated to be 25 years).

Force 9 Energy’s development partner, EDF Energy Renewables is also proposing to offer the local communities the opportunity to own up to a 10% stake in the project under which participating local communities would receive a share of the profits of the project for the whole of its operational lifetime.

If you have any questions or would like additional information regarding the Community Benefit or Community Ownership Opportunity please contact Steven Park at steven@libertyonecomms.co.uk or 0131 344 4587.

Your capital is at risk if you invest. Investments are not covered by the Financial Services Compensation Scheme. For a full risk warning, please contact Steven Park and a representative from EDF Renewables Community Investment Ltd will contact you. EDF Renewables is a trading name of EDF Renewables Community Investment Ltd which is an appointed representative of Resolution Compliance Limited which is authorised and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority (FRN: 574048)

Links & downloads

You can view/download a complete set of EIA Report documents by clicking on ‘Links & Downloads’ above.  Please note these are provided as low resolution for viewing online.

*Please note that this figure is based on 14 turbines with an installed capacity of 34.2MW operating at site derived capacity factor of 28.4% capacity and assuming 3,748 is the average UK household electricity consumption in kW hours (based on most recent statistics from the Department of Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, Dec 2021 (BEIS)

Gallery

  • Viewpoint from Cretshengan
  • Viewpoint from Ardpatrick Road
  • Viewpoint from Spion Kop
  • Viewpoint from A83 at Whitehouse

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