A wind farm to meet Stonehaven's domestic electricity needs

The Meikle Carewe wind farm has been designed to produce enough clean renewable energy to meet the average domestic needs of 5,000 Scottish homes. This is the equivalent of the domestic needs of a town greater than the size of Stonehaven.

An application for planning permission to build the wind farm was submitted to Aberdeenshire Council in October 2006 and if all goes to plan, then the wind farm could be supplying electricity to the local grid by the beginning of 2008.

Scotland is currently undergoing a radical change in the way it generates electricity. A transition is underway towards a diverse mix of smaller scale renewable energy sources such as wind farms.

Meikle Carewe was identified as a good location for a wind farm more than ten years ago and even with the advent of other wind farm applications in the area it still stands out as a great opportunity for a reliable source of renewable energy.

In this website you will find details of the proposed wind farm, information about why we need wind energy and details of how you can lend your support to the planning application.