The proposed wind farm is a 2 turbine extension to the west of the 15 turbine Tormywheel Wind Farm, which was commissioned by Muirhall Energy in March 2017. The site is approximately 2km south west of Fauldhouse in West Lothian.
The original development for 4 turbines with maximum blade tip heights of 126.5m was submitted to West Lothian Council in March 2017 (LIVE/0226/FUL/17), with Further Environmental Information submitted in June 2018 and then December 2019, reducing the number of turbines to 2 in response to consultee comments. The application was consented for 2 turbines of 126.5m to tip.
Muirhall reviewed the Consented Development design and submitted a Section 42 variation to the consent to West Lothian Council to allow larger turbines (0244/FUL/20), maximising electricity generation whilst ensuring that environmental effects remained acceptable. The Section 42 application revised the turbine dimensions to allow turbines of up to 149.9m tip height, and was consented in May 2020.
The increase in the size of turbines will allow for significantly greater yields, comparable to the four turbines in the original application, made possible by the increased ability to capture the wind resource that results from the larger and taller turbines.
The Community Investment associated with the wind farm would be £5,000 per installed Megawatt, giving a likely outcome of £40,000 per annum to the local community, or £1 million over the lifetime of thedevelopment.
To date, the Developer has proposed Memorandums of Understanding (MoUs) to local community groups.
Scoping submitted August 2016
Planning application submitted March 2017
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