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Chamber and committees

Whitelee Windfarm, Celebrating 10 Years of Clean Power

  • Submitted by: Linda Fabiani, East Kilbride, Scottish National Party.
  • Date lodged: Monday, 17 June 2019
  • Motion reference: S5M-17779

That the Parliament notes that Whitelee, the UK’s largest windfarm, is marking its 10th anniversary; recognises that, every year, Whitelee produces clean energy equivalent to over 5 million tonnes of carbon emissions had it come from fossil fuels; notes that this is enough clean energy to power every electric vehicle currently in the UK and that, each day, Whitelee can offset CO2 emissions equivalent to two days of every domestic flight to and from both Heathrow and Gatwick airports; acknowledges what it sees as the contribution that Whitelee and ScottishPower Renewables have made to the Scottish economy with a boost of over £790 million over the life of the windfarm; understands that the windfarm attracts 200,000 people each year to explore the 130km of trails on foot, bike or horse, and welcomes the windfarm’s community benefit fund, which has disbursed over £9 million to local projects with further community benefit of over £14.5 million to be paid over the site’s remaining lifetime.


Supported by: Tom Arthur, Angela Constance, Kenneth Gibson, Jenny Gilruth, Bill Kidd, Monica Lennon, Richard Lyle, Fulton MacGregor, Ruth Maguire, Gillian Martin, John Mason, Stuart McMillan, Pauline McNeill, Gail Ross, Stewart Stevenson, Sandra White