A village hall is bidding to be one of the UK’s most sustainable community-owned halls after installing 111 PV solar panels and four Tesla Powerwall batteries following a major grant derived from nearby wind farms. Crawfordjohn Village Hall in South Lanarkshire has now completed the major inst
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An onshore wind farm development that would provide clean electricity to meet the needs of around 21,000 homes each year could be operational within three years after being approved by South Lanarkshire Council. Banks Renewables said it will build some of the UK’s most effective onsh
A renewables firm has successfully erected the first of 15 wind turbines at a major new wind farm that will bolster Scotland’s drive towards net zero. The structure, totalling 156m in height, has now been installed, kicking off the next stage of development of the Kype Muir Extension – a
Construction work on one of the UK’s first onshore wind farm with 200m-tall turbines has started after Banks Renewables secured new funding agreements with Greencoat UK Wind at the start of the year. The 15-turbine extension to the Kype Muir wind farm is located in South Lanarkshire, around fi
Glasgow-based contractor RJ McLeod is set to shortly begin work for Hamilton-based Banks Renewables on its 15-turbine Kype Muir wind farm extension project near Strathaven in South Lanarkshire. RJ McLeod, around a fifth of whose employees are based in Lanarkshire, has been awarded the "balance of pl
Plans to build an extension to Lethans wind farm have been unveiled by Banks Renewables in a scoping report submitted to the Scottish Government’s Energy Consents Unit. With a potential generating capacity of more than 50MW, enough to provide over 36,000 homes, or over 87,000 people, with clea
Plans for an ambitious £300 million onshore wind farm have been unveiled by Banks Renewables in a scoping report submitted to South Lanarkshire Council. At 300MW generating capacity, the wind farm would be the UK’s third-largest by electricity generated. 300MW is enough to meet the
The developer behind two Scottish onshore wind farms is gearing up for growth as it appoints six new recruits based out of its Hamilton office. Family-owned Banks Group, which was recently given planning permission for Scotland's tallest wind farm, plans to significantly expand its portfolio of rene
The Scottish Government has approved plans for a new wind farm in East Ayrshire which developers promise will deliver a host of benefits to the community as well as generating clean, green electricity. Banks Renewables has been given the go-ahead for its Lethans Wind Farm, east of New Cumnock, after
Lorcan Hayes, site agent with RJ McLeod, at the Kype Muir site The construction of a new South Lanarkshire wind farm has taken a big step forward as groundworks, including turbine foundations, are completed ahead of turbine assembly in July.