Turbine tower foundation at Ben Aketil
Ben Aketil
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Skye festival gets backing from Highland wind farm
A local festival celebrating the heritage and culture of Western Skye has been given a cash boost by wind farm developers with sponsorship worth £5,400.
Inverness-based Falck Renewables have teamed up with other companies involved in the construction of the wind farm at Ben Aketil, near Dunvegan, to help fund the first ever DunCelt Festival. Their donation will contribute to the cost of the three month season of events and workshops organised by Dunvegan Community Council as part of Highland 2007.
Alasdair MacPherson, project manager at Ben Aketil wind farm, said: “We’re really glad to be involved in such an exciting project – and I’d like to give a big thanks to RDC Scotland, Morrison Construction and Hydro Contracting for helping us to support the festival. It’s going to be fantastic for the local economy and hopefully it will give both locals and tourists a chance to take part in some really fun – and unusual – activities.”
The 10 turbine wind farm at Ben Aketil is due for completion by the end of the year. When it’s fully operational it will provide enough clean, green energy to power over 14,000 households, roughly equivalent to almost all the residents of Skye.
9 July 2007
Note to editors:
* Falck Renewables, a leading European green energy company with experience in Spain and Italy, is developing approximately 630MW of wind projects in England, Scotland and Wales.
* Falck Renewables work in partnership with developers RDC Scotland Ltd and have recently started construction on wind farms at Glenmoriston and Kilbraur near Brora.
* Last year they completed construction of a seven-turbine wind farm on a disused World War II airfield near Portsoy in Banffshire.
* A planning application has also been submitted for a proposed wind farm at Dunbeath in Caithness.