Aikengall IIa
Current Status
Aikengall IIa Community Wind Farm is now operational!
Community Windpower with the help of Scottish Civils Contractors, RJ McLeod, and Scottish turbine erection experts, Windhoist, have installed 19 turbines at the 81.7MW Aikengall IIa Community Wind Farm on the border of East Lothian and Scottish Borders.
Turbine installation started in early 2021 and despite being in the midst of a global pandemic, all 19 Siemens Gamesa SWT-DD-120 turbines have been installed on schedule. After final testing onsite the wind farm has now been handed over to CWL to operate for its operational lifetime.
Project Information:
- 19 x 145m to tip Siemens wind turbines
- Generating capacity of 81.7MW
- 70,000 homes powered
- 121,000 tonnes of carbon dioxide displaced per annum
Site Location
Aikengall IIa Community Wind Farm is located on the border of East Lothian and Scottish Borders, approximately 12.5 km south of Dunbar and 6 km south of Innerwick. The wind farm will form an extension of Community Windpower’s operational Aikengall and Aikengall II Community Wind Farms.
