The landscape and environment as we currently know it on Skye looks set to change forever with the advent of industrial scale windfarms in the next 5-7 years. To date, there have been consultation events held on the island by the commercial wind development companies to provide some information on these developments, but it is difficult for islanders to find information to help them understand the bigger picture and the implications for the future of the Isle of Skye.
This website has been designed to act as a centralised information point for islanders to obtain information on the bigger picture containing some background information and also links to other sources of data.
A good starting point for anyone looking to understand the scale of the proposals is to view the Highland Council wind turbine map which will allow you to scroll across to the Isle of Skye and zoom in on the particular wind turbine developments proposed:
Wind Turbines | Wind Turbines | Highland Council Open Map Data (arcgis.com)
In summary, there are two existing projects on Skye in the Edinbane area which are being ‘repowered’ which essentially means replacing smaller 100m high turbines with significantly larger 200m high turbines which will enable a greater amount of power to be generated by each turbine (approximately increasing from 2.3MW per turbine to around 4.5-5MW per turbine)
View looking North and East from the West coast road at Ose, according to Edinbane wind farm developer Vattenfall when all the planned turbines are up. There will also be 32 more round beyond the left of this picture at Ben Sca, Ben Aketil and Waternish.
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The landscape and environment as we currently know it on Skye looks set to change forever with the advent of industrial scale windfarms in the next 5-7 years. To date, there have been consultation events held on the island by the commercial wind development companies to provide some information on these developments, but it is difficult for islanders to find information to help them understand the bigger picture and the implications for the future of the Isle of Skye.
This website has been designed to act as a centralised information point for islanders to obtain information on the bigger picture containing some background information and also links to other sources of data. If you wish to submit feedback, please use the online form on this site or contact us through our social media pages.