Kilgallioch

Kilgallioch Wind Farm is a 96 turbine wind farm in South Ayrshire, Scotland with a total capacity of up to 239 megawatts (MW). [1] Consent granted by the Scottish Government in February 2013 with construction starting in 2015 and completed in 2017.

Kilgallioch Wind Farm
Location of Kilgallioch Wind Farm in Scotland
CountryScotland, United Kingdom
LocationSouth Ayrshire
Coordinates55°03′00″N 04°45′55″W
StatusOperational
Construction began2015
Owner(s)ScottishPower Renewables
Operator(s)Scottish Power
Wind farm
TypeOnshore
Power generation
Units operational96 X 2.5 MW
Make and modelGamesa: G90 and G114
Nameplate capacity239 MW

Incidents

On 13 January 2017 a turbine under construction catastrophically collapsed during a storm.[2][3]

On 15 March 2017 Portuguese construction worker António João Linares, who was working for turbine manufacturer Gamesa, was killed when he fell 8 metres within a tower.[4][5]

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See also

References
  1. "Kilgallioch Windfarm - ScottishPower Renewables". www.scottishpowerrenewables.com. Retrieved 2017-03-18.
  2. Houston, Stephen (2017-01-29). "Panic as giant 480ft wind turbine collapses". dailyrecord. Retrieved 2017-03-18.
  3. "Kilgallioch wind farm turbine incident under investigation". BBC News. 2017-01-20. Retrieved 2017-03-18.
  4. "Português morre em queda de 150 metros na Escócia". Retrieved 2017-03-18.
  5. "Worker dies in Kilgallioch wind farm accident". BBC News. 2017-03-16. Retrieved 2017-03-18.


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