Green light for Europe's largest wind farm,but offshore developments'need more support'

摘要

ScottishPower's application to build the Whitelee wind farm project south of Glasgow,potentially the largest onshore wind power development in Europe,has been given planning consent under section 36 of the Electricity Act 1989.When built,Whitelee will have a capacity to generate 322 MW of electricity,enough to power nearly every home in Glasgow,and will alone provide over 11 % of the Scottish Executive's renewable energytargetfor 2010(18% of all electricity generation in Scotland),and 2.4% of the UK wide target for 10% of electricity generation from renewables by 2010,says the British Wind Energy Association(BWEA).