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Huge growth at largest wind farm

September 08, 2010
"Whitelee wind farm is already the largest onshore wind farm in Europe and this extension pushing the overall capacity to 539MW will make it one of the largest in the world."
- Simon Christian, UK director of ScottishPower Renewables

A massive expansion is to take place at Europe's largest onshore wind farm, which is situated in East Renfrewshire.

The expansion will see its generating capacity increase from 322MW to 539MW - enough to power about 300,000 homes.

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