Banks Renewables has detailed plans to build an extension to Lethans wind farm in a scoping report submitted to the Scottish Government’s Energy Consents Unit.
The proposed Lethans Wind Farm Extension will have a capacity of more than 50MW and would be located in East Ayrshire, less than 10 km north-east of New Cumnock.
Banks told
reNEWS it is proposing up to 11 turbines at a hub height of 260 metres.
The extension would have the same National Grid connection as the firm’s approved Lethans wind farm, a development of 22 turbines with a maximum output of up to 105.6MW.
The wind farm extension has the potential to deliver a range of benefits to the area, Banks stated, such as supporting local jobs and paying into a community benefit fund up to £9.9m.