"These turbines produce enough electricity to power every home in Banff, Whitehills, Portsoy and the farms and homes in the neighbouring countryside of this beautiful part of Scotland,"

Frederico Falck

Boyndie

Summary

Current status : Completed June 2006
Location : Banff, Aberdeenshire, SCOTLAND
Number of turbines : 7
Expected capacity : 14 MW
The amount of clean energy produced annually is the equivalent to the energy consumed by: 8,500
Amount of CO2 saved : 32,200 tonnes
Planning authority : Aberdeenshire Council
Project manager : Ewan Currie

Boyndie wind farm is located on a former World War II airfield around 2 km inland from the north coast of Aberdeenshire, between Portsoy and Banff. The land at the airfield is flat and well drained. Many of the airfield runways and access tracks are still intact, providing excellent access to the site. After carrying out extensive environmental assessment work we submitted our plans to Aberdeenshire Council in June 2003. Planning permission was granted in July 2004.

The wind farm has 7 turbines and when it’s operating fully it generates 14 MW of electricity. That is enough clean, green energy to supply around 8,500 homes – roughly equal to all the homes in Banff, Whitehills, Portsoy and all the nearby rural areas.

The wind farm is owned and operated by Boyndie Wind Energy Limited, part of Falck Renewables. The project was developed in partnership with RDC Scotland in association with West Coast Energy Limited. Construction began in Summer 2005 and the wind farm began generating electricity in June 2006. Highland construction companies helped to construct it. Morrison Construction Services carried out the civil engineering work and Hydro Contracting completed the cabling and electrical work. The turbines were built and installed by German company Enercon GmbH .

The wind turbines start generating electricity at wind speeds of about 3 m/s and generate their maximum output at 13 m/s. To prevent any damage from storms the turbines shut down automatically at wind speeds above 28 m/s.