Location

Scottish Borders

Number of Turbines

8

Power (MW)

24

Developer

ABO Wind

Developer Address

Suite 1/16, Alba Innovation Centre
Alba Campus
Livingston

Developer Website

http://www.abo-wind.co.uk/

Planning Status

proposed

Planning Officer

Planning Authority

Planning Office. Scottish Borders Council,Newton St Boswells, Melrose, TD6 0SA

The Barrel Law site is located west of the A7, roughly 3 km north of the village of Roberton and 9km north-west of Hawick in the Scottish Borders. ABO Wind is completing an environmental impact assessment (EIA) for the Barrel Law Wind Farm proposal. The scheme consists of 8 turbines with a maximum blade tip height of 125m. Access to the site is from the B711 via Hyndhope Forest. The total installed generation capacity of this scheme would be 24MW which means that, if the wind farm performs as well as the UK average, it could produce electricity equivalent to the annual demands of approximately 13,419 households and displace the emission of approximately 678,000 tonnes of carbon dioxide over its 25 year life. To ensure that the local community gains direct benefit from the Barrel Law Wind Farm, ABO Wind proposes to contribute an annual payment to a community benefit fund. The fund would be allocated to support local projects and, based on the final size of an approved project, could result in well over £2 million being invested locally during the life of the wind farm. We expect to submit a planning application for the Barrel Law Wind Farm in late 2011.