Scotland to build onshore wind farm

SCOTTISH & Southern Energy, Britain’s second-biggest energy provider, got consent from Scottish ministers to develop Europe’s largest onshore wind farm.

The Clyde wind park, with a capacity of as much as 456 megawatts, will be built in two phases, the Perth, Scotland-based utility said yesterday. Construction will begin this financial year, with completion scheduled for 2011, it said.

The £600m (€755m) development, located between Biggar and Moffat in southern Scotland, came under the control of Scottish & Southern when it acquired Airtricity earlier this year.