Loganhead

Loganhead wind farm was consented by Dumfries and Galloway Council in 2019, for 8 turbines at 135m to tip.

In October 2020, a scoping report for a Section 36 Application was submitted to the Scottish Government Energy Consents Unit, with a view to a full application being submitted in early 2021 with a comprehensive Environmental Impact Assessment Report.

The scoping report has been submitted on the basis of 9 wind turbines at 200m to tip.

Rationale for Increased Scale of Turbines

• Improvement in financial viability of project, following discontinuation of government subsidy, which was available when the original application was submitted.
• Merchant electricity prices are at some of their lowest in several years. More recently, market shakeup from COVID19 placing even more pressure on energy prices – the expected single source of income for this windfarm.
• Larger, more efficient turbines are now available, which maximise productivity of the site, such that:

• Loganhead is predicted to generate 145% more energy than the consented windfarm
• Turbines of <150m, are increasingly more difficult to source and maintain. By the time we are looking to reach Financial Close in 2022, options for turbines of this scale may be quite restricted and have limited warranties

Climate Emergency and Policy

• The Climate Emergency we currently face requires adequate and immediate action. It is one of the most pervasive and threatening crises of our time.
• In 2019 ,Dumfries and Galloway Council declared a Climate Emergency and set the target of our region emitting net zero carbon by 2025 – the most ambitious target in Scotland.
• The Climate Change (Emissions Reduction Targets) (Scotland) Act 2019, sets targets to reduce Scotland's emissions of all greenhouse gases to net-zero by 2045 at the latest.

Homes Supplied

• Consented wind farm: 21,614 homes supplied with electricity each year.
• Section 36 Scoping Layout: 53,000 homes supplied with electricity each year. This is an increase of 31,000 homes.

CO2 Reductions

• Consented wind farm: 37,000 Tonnes of CO2 offset each year.
• Section 36 Scoping Layout: 81,000 Tonnes of CO2 offset each year. This is an increased CO2 offset of 44,000 Tonnes.