Location

Kilgallioch风电场扩展位于大约9.在柯克考恩西北5公里处的高地埃尔德里格, 位于Kilgallioch风电场东南部. The nearest community to the site is New Luce, approximately 7km north-east.

Project History

SPR completed construction and began operating Kilgallioch Windfarm in 2017 and have identified this area to the south of Kilgallioch Windfarm as having excellent potential to be an extension to this site.

作为开发过程的一部分, 2018年在High Eldrig安装了桅杆, 这是在收集现场风力状况的数据.

A Scoping report was submitted to the Scottish Government’s Energy Consent Unit in April 2019.

ScottishPower Renewables (SPR) submitted a Section 36 (S36) Application to the Scottish Government in December 2019. A comprehensive suite of environmental surveys was undertaken including ecology, archaeology, hydrology, ornithology and access to inform the design of the proposed Development.

In December 2020, SPR提交了本申请的附录(AI1)以征求同意, 将之前提出的太阳能电池阵列从场地设计中移除. AI1从2021年1月到2月进行了广告和咨询.

In September 2021, following continued consultation with Historic Environment Scotland (HES), SPR submitted a second Addendum (AI2) to this application for consent to remove two wind turbines (T1 and T11) from the site design. AI2 was advertised and consulted upon from September to November 2021.

Current Stage

The Section 36 Application was consented by the Scottish Ministers on 08 December 2021. 有关裁定公告可在此浏览 here.

Consent has been granted for 9 wind turbines with a maximum tip height of 180m and a generating capacity in excess of 50MW.

Further details of the project including electronic copies of the EIA Report document as well as the application and consultation process can be found using the links below.

Community Consultation

尽早磋商是特别战略资源开发项目的关键, and throughout the development process we have endeavoured to ensure local communities and stakeholders are given the opportunity to provide feedback and are kept informed of project progress. Public Information Days were held in June and August 2019 in Kirkcowan Village Hall. SPR has also met with local Community Councils to provide information in relation to the proposed Development.

With established sites nearby, SPR has a history of working positively with communities within the region. We are keen to ensure that employment and the business skills required to maximise economic benefits can be delivered locally to ensure those who live near our sites benefit.

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Benefits 

特别方案资源将继续致力于促进当地就业, skills and inward investment and will actively engage with local communities and businesses.  仅在构建阶段, the proposed Development is expected to support over 145 jobs in Scotland with approximately one fifth of these opportunities benefitting local residents. 

Extending the operational Kilgallioch Windfarm presents an opportunity to maximise the renewable generating capacity of the Site, and will help to meet Scotland’s improved carbon emissions targets (75% reduction by 2030 and ‘net zero’ by 2040, 比整个英国快5年).

Site Enhancements

• The project includes a Habitat Management Plan which will implement positive land management for the benefit of landscape and nature conservation. 它将改善退化的沼泽栖息地, rewet drained peat, 管理和控制本地和非本地物种. This is expected to have a positive impact on the overall site condition of the nearby River Bladnoch SAC and SSSI, 对生态学和鸟类学也有好处.
• Archaeological features identified during site visits will be preserved and enhanced by improving access and publicising the cultural heritage resource. 
• Completion of an airborne Lidar survey of the moorland with the aim of providing an accurate and detailed topographical record of the surviving archaeological remains of the historic landscape within the study area. The Lidar survey would provide a baseline record of the surviving earthwork remains that would provide the Dumfries and Galloway Council Archaeology Service with a resource that could facilitate future management and monitoring of the cultural heritage resource of the historic farming landscape. The Lidar data would be available for public consultation and research.  

Design Considerations

The site design has been reached through feedback from consultees and communities, where the locations of the wind turbines and associated infrastructure have evolved through an iterative design process to achieve a final layout sympathetic to environmental constraints and the surrounding landscape. 

Documents

Kilgallioch风电场扩建项目简介单张

Please click on the links below to view the Kilgallioch Windfarm Extension EIA Report documents.