Over the life of the wind farm, E.ON’s Community Fund will provide a minimum of GBP60,000 per year to South Lanarkshire Council’s renewable energy fund.
Ahmed Mulla, E.ON’s project developer of Dungavel wind farm, said: “This is excellent news for us and another step towards helping Scotland meet its renewable energy targets. We’re especially pleased the planning report recognised the benefits this project will bring to the local community and beyond.
“We’re looking forward to working with local stakeholders to get the wind farm up and running and providing renewable energy which could displace 40,000 tonnes of carbon dioxide a year.”
The site will contribute considerably to the Scottish government’s renewable energy targets of 31% by 2011 and 50% by 2020, E.ON said.
