2010

NG3549 : Allt an Lòin Ghuirm

taken 14 years ago, near to Blackhill, Isle of Skye, Scotland

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Allt an Lòin Ghuirm
Allt an Lòin Ghuirm
The small burn flows down the western slope of Ben Uigshader to join the Abhainn Choishleadar. One of the Edinbane wind farm turbines is in the background. It is difficult to take a photograph on the moor here without including at least one of the scattered turbines, but at least the wind farm access roads make crossing the moor an easy task.
Edinbane windfarm 2010

The Edinbane wind farm is currently under construction, and will comprise 18 Enercon 2.3 MW wind turbines, with a maximum turbine height of 99.5 metres. The turbine towers will be 67 metres (215 feet) high, blade diameter 66 metres (216 feet).

Preliminary construction commenced in early 2008, whilst main site works commenced during August 2008. Wind turbines started to arrive during late summer 2009 and deliveries will continue through to the beginning of 2010.

This 41.4 MW development will harness the excellent wind resource on the Isle of Skye and the finished wind farm will comprise of 18 wind turbines and produce enough electricity to power over 22,000 homes.

The main access to the site is from the A863 in NG3042 with a light vehicle access from Upper Edinbane in NG3550. The wind farm buildings and turbines are in NG3447, NG3544, NG3545, NG3546, NG3547, and NG3548.

Update (9th July 2010): The Edinbane wind farm was officially opened on Thursday 1st July 2010 by Conservative MP David Mundell, Under-Secretary of State for Scotland. The wind farm is now owned by Vattenfall Wind Power - a Dutch company.


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Geographical Context: Uplands Energy infrastructure Heath, Scrub Near: Edinbane Place: Isle of Skye Category: Burn other tags: Snow Wind Farm Click a tag, to view other nearby images.
This photo is linked from: Automatic Clusters: · Wind Farm [6] · Roads [2] · Small Burn [2] · Uigshader to Join the Abhainn Choishleadar [2] Title Clusters: · Allt an Lòin Ghuirm [2] ·
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NG3549, 13 images   (more nearby 🔍)
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Richard Dorrell   (more nearby)
Date Taken
Sunday, 28 February, 2010   (more nearby)
Submitted
Monday, 1 March, 2010
Subject Location
OSGB36: geotagged! NG 3593 4922 [10m precision]
WGS84: 57:27.3705N 6:24.2593W
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OSGB36: geotagged! NG 3591 4925
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