Islay

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Islay wind farm
SSE Renewables was granted exclusivity by the Crown Estate in February 2009 to develop two offshore wind farms on the west coast. The sites for development are Kintyre, which is located 3km off the Atlantic coast on Kintyre due west off Machrihanish and Islay, which is located 13km off the west coast of Islay. For more information about the Kintyre site please refer to the Kintyre web page.

The Islay offshore wind farm is a proposal for a 690MW, 138 wind turbine development which would cover approximately 93 square kilometres. We aim to submit an application for statutory consent in 2012.

We would like to thank everyone who came to our public exhibition in the Bowmore Hall on Tuesday 3 August.  The aim of the exhibition was to give local communities the opportunity to learn more about the proposal, ask any questions and feed into the project at an early stage of development.  If you did not manage to make it to our exhibition but would like more information about the proposal, please contact Pauline Allison using the details below.  Copies of the material presented at the exhibition are available below.

 Project scoping document (4.82 MB)
 SSE press release
 The Crown Estate press release (including maps) 

Exhibition materials
 Zone of theoretical visibility and photomontages (4.09 MB)
 Exhibition boards (2.13 MB)
 Project proposal (157 KB)
 Exhibition questionnaire (111 KB)
 Public exhibition feedback pie charts (77 KB)
 

Project updatesIf you would like to receive email updates about the project, please send an email with your details and 'Islay project updates' in the subject line to Pauline Allison at the email address below who will then let you know about any significant project updates.

Procurement enquiries
Our communications team is unable to respond to speculative procurement enquiries. If you are interested in supplying goods and services for this project, please refer to our FAQ.

Media enquiries should be directed to:
Pauline Allison at SSE on +44 (0)845 0760 530

General enquiries can be sent to:
Pauline Allison
Corporate Affairs
SSE | 16 Robertson Street Glasgow G2 8DS UK

T: +44 (0)141 2254547
E: pauline.allison@sserenewables.com