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MachairWind Offshore Windfarm

 

ScottishPower Renewables (SPR) is moving forward in the development of MachairWind, a proposed offshore windfarm located Northwest of Islay and West of Colonsay. MachairWind is our first offshore windfarm of its kind in Scottish waters, with a generating capacity of around 2 Gigawatts.

 

 

 

 

Definitions from Oxford Languages

Machair

Noun

(In Scotland, commonly used in the western isles) Machair is a Scottish Gaelic word meaning ‘fertile low-lying grassy plain’ formed near the coast.