{"id":7836,"date":"2024-08-05T14:28:22","date_gmt":"2024-08-05T13:28:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eeegr.com\/?p=7836"},"modified":"2024-08-05T14:28:23","modified_gmt":"2024-08-05T13:28:23","slug":"sses-aberarder-wind-farm-project-enters-construction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eeegr.com\/2024\/08\/05\/sses-aberarder-wind-farm-project-enters-construction\/","title":{"rendered":"SSE\u2019s Aberarder Wind Farm project enters construction"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Earthworks commence at Aberarder Wind Farm, first access being constructed off Dunmaglass Wind Farm tracks<\/em><\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n
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Construction is underway at SSE\u2019s wind farm project at Aberarder in the Scottish Highlands.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The 50MW project, based in Strathnairn near Inverness, will comprise of 12 turbines which will be supplied and installed by Vestas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

SSE took a final investment decision on Aberarder Wind Farm in May of this year in a circa \u00a3100m investment and is scheduled for completion in late 2026.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Once operational, the site will be capable of generating enough green energy to power almost 60,000 homes annually and displace around 30,000tCO2e during its first year of operation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Aberarder project was successful in September 2023 in the UK\u2019s fifth Contract for Difference (CfD) Allocation round, securing a 15-year contract for low-carbon power generation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It sits on a natural plateau at an average of 700m above sea level, directly adjacent to the operational 94MW Dunmaglass Wind Farm which is jointly owned by SSE Renewables and Greencoat UK Wind.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Heather Donald, Director of Onshore Renewables Development & Construction, said:<\/strong> \u201cBeginning construction of our Aberarder Wind Farm project is a significant milestone for SSE Renewables and for our onshore wind portfolio.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThis project will play its part in supporting Scotland and the UK\u2019s net zero targets, producing homegrown clean power and helping secure a greener future.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Construction is underway at SSE\u2019s wind farm project at Aberarder in the Scottish Highlands. The 50MW project, based in Strathnairn near Inverness, will comprise of 12 turbines which will be supplied and installed by Vestas. SSE took a final investment decision on Aberarder Wind Farm in May of this year in a circa \u00a3100m investment […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4296,"featured_media":7838,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_et_pb_use_builder":"off","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","_eb_attr":"","ub_ctt_via":"","advgb_blocks_editor_width":"","advgb_blocks_columns_visual_guide":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[55,53],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7836","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-industry_news","category-news"],"acf":[],"featured_image_src":"https:\/\/eeegr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/DJI_20240716090602_0021_D.jpg","author_info":{"display_name":"Will Norris","author_link":"https:\/\/eeegr.com\/author\/will-norriseeegr-com\/"},"author_meta":{"display_name":"Will Norris","author_link":"https:\/\/eeegr.com\/author\/will-norriseeegr-com\/"},"featured_img":"https:\/\/eeegr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/DJI_20240716090602_0021_D-640x360.jpg","coauthors":[],"tax_additional":{"categories":{"linked":["Industry News<\/a>","News<\/a>"],"unlinked":["Industry News<\/span>","News<\/span>"]}},"comment_count":"0","relative_dates":{"created":"Posted 2 months ago","modified":"Updated 2 months ago"},"absolute_dates":{"created":"Posted on 5 August 2024","modified":"Updated on 5 August 2024"},"absolute_dates_time":{"created":"Posted on 5 August 2024 14:28","modified":"Updated on 5 August 2024 14:28"},"featured_img_caption":"default","series_order":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/eeegr.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7836"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/eeegr.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/eeegr.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eeegr.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4296"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eeegr.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7836"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/eeegr.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7836\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7839,"href":"https:\/\/eeegr.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7836\/revisions\/7839"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eeegr.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7838"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/eeegr.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7836"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eeegr.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7836"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eeegr.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7836"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}