April sees boost for Scotland's turbines

Data released this week has showed that the country's wind turbines produced enough power to meet the domestic needs of more than three-quarters of Scottish households in the month of April, according to new figures.
By The Newsroom
Published 3rd May 2016, 08:38 BST
Updated 3rd May 2016, 10:47 BST
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11/02/16 . Eaglesham. Whitelee Windfarm. A windfarm or wind park is a group of wind turbines in the same location used to produce electricity. A large wind farm may consist of several hundred individual wind turbines and cover an extended area of hundreds of square miles, but the land between the turbines may be used for agricultural or other purposes. electricity , wind farm, windfarm , turbin, turbines, wind turbines. gv, GV, GENERAL VIEW, general view.

The information from energy analysts WeatherEnergy indicated that the nation’s wind farms provided 699,684MWh of electricity to the National Grid.

They said the total was enough to power 79% of average Scottish households, equivalent to 1.9 million homes.

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The energy output was up by 15% compared with the same time last year.

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WeatherEnergy said on eight days in April, wind turbines generated enough electricity to supply 100% of Scottish homes.

Karen Robinson of WeatherEnergy said: “After a relatively slow start to the year, Scotland’s wind power output is back on the up thanks to some powerful winds during the month.

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