SSE Drops Two Scottish Windfarms

GALWAY, IRELAND--February 25, 2014 --Written by Martin Lynch, European News Editor for Industrial Info (Galway, Ireland) Scottish energy major, SSE plc (Perth, Scotland), continues to overhaul its energy portfolio with a decision to drop two proposed onshore windfarm projects with a combined generating capacity of almost 120-megawatts (MW).

The company announced that it has withdrawn its planning applications for the Dalnessie wind farm (81 MW) in Sutherland and the proposed extension to Fairburn wind farm (36MW) in Glen Orrin, Ross-shire.