Gordon Thomson of Banks Renewables By Kristy Dorsey RJ MacLeod has won a contract for the extension of a South Lanarkshire wind farm that will become home to the UK’s first 200-metre-tall onshore turbines. The Glasgow-headquartered company will supply the supporting components and auxiliary systems to 15 additional turbines being installed at Kype Muir by Banks Renewables, the wind energy division of the family-owned mining and property construction Banks Group based in Durham, England. Construction is due to begin within the next few weeks, with the extension scheduled to begin generating electricity by the end of next year. Located 7.5km south of Strathaven, the new turbines combined with Kype Muir’s 26 existing turbines will produce a combined 155MW of electricity annually. This will be enough to meet the needs of approximately 112,000 homes – the equivalent of a city larger than Aberdeen.
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The Braes of Doune windfarm near Stirling Picture: Greencoat UK Wind THE appeal of windfarms in Scotland has been underlined by deals worth around £100 million in total involving investors based outside the country. London-based Greencoat UK Wind and Chinese-owned Red Rock Power have increased their exposure to Scotland through acquisitions involving three windfarms in total. Greencoat has clinched deals to buy stakes in the Braes of Doune windfarm near Stirling and the Kype Muir Extension project in South Lanarkshire, for an initial outlay of £100m in total. Red Rock Power has acquired the Benbrack onshore windfarm development in Dumfries and Galloway for an undisclosed sum.