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Fresh blow for giant Pairc wind farm 24/12/09
The proposed £110 million giant Pairc wind farm on Lewis may be further delayed its owners have signalled.
Scottish and Southern Energy (SSE) say it putting a number of wind schemes on hold in order to divert their funding to pay for a new investment.
SSE revealed it has acquired a quarter share of the offshore Walney Wind Farm Project which is located in the Irish Sea, east of the Isle of Walney near the Isle of Man.
It is paying up to £ 39 million to Dong of Denmark for the 25.1% share. Dong Energy will retain a 74.9% stake.
In addition, the agreement requires SSE to pay around £250 million of the construction cost of the 367 megawat development which is due to be finished at the end of 2010.
SSE said its payment “will be included within SSE’s investment programme for the five years to March 2013, with some other projects previously in the programme being delayed.”
Construction of the energy giant’s £110 million Pairc development on Lewis is now expected to be put on hold for a number of years.
The scheme has not passed the planning stage and money earmarked for building the scheme can be redirected to its new Irish Sea investment.
Even if the 26 turbines for Pairc receives the go-
The project was previously delayed by over a year after Western Isles Council asked for a redesign.
SSE originally wanted to erect 125 turbines but this was slashed to just 57 machines when the official application was lodged in June 2007.
But councillors refused to back this size of scheme and SSE was forced to reduced
it further to just 26 machines to secure the council’s approval -
SSE would pay rent worth between nearly £7 million and £12 million over 25 years
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It is understood that the Scottish Government, which makes the final decision, has received thousands of objections against the scheme.