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Whitelee Wind Farm is the largest on-shore wind farm in the United Kingdom (second in Europe to Fântânele-Cogealac, in Romania) with 215 Siemens and Alstom wind turbines and a total capacity of 539 megawatts (MW).〔http://www.whiteleewindfarm.co.uk/about_windfarm?nav Whitelee Windfarm〕 Whitelee was developed and is operated by ScottishPower Renewables,〔http://www.scottishpowerrenewables.com/〕 which is part of the Spanish company Iberdrola.〔http://www.iberdrola.es/〕 The Scottish government had a target of generating 31% of Scotland's electricity from renewable energy by 2011 and 100% by 2020. The majority of this is likely to come from wind power.〔 ==Description== Positioned 300 metres (985 feet) above sea level and outside Glasgow, Scotland’s largest city, the wind farm has over half a million people living within a 30 km radius. This makes Whitelee one of the first large-scale wind farms to be developed close to a centre of population.〔(Europe's Largest Onshore Wind Farm Is Switched on in Scotland )〕 In May 2009, Whitelee was officially opened to the public by Alex Salmond MSP, First Minister for Scotland.〔Whitelee Windfarm Officially Opened http://www.scottishpowerrenewables.com/pages/press_releases.asp?article=47&date_year=2009〕 However, Whitelee was generating power more than a year before this with the first phase of the wind farm supplying power to the electricity grid in January 2008. In May 2009, the Scottish Government granted permission for an extension to the wind farm to produce up to a further 130 megawatts of power,〔Largest wind farm to be expanded. (BBC News 20 May 2009. ) Retrieved 2009-05-25〕 which would increase the total generating capacity of Whitelee to 452 MW.〔(Iberdrola press release dated 20 May 2009. ) Retrieved 2009-05-25〕 There is also the potential to increase the generating capacity once again by 140 megawatts. This would give Whitelee the potential to generate almost 600 megawatts of renewable energy.〔 On 19 March 2010 a blade snapped off a turbine, resulting in temporary suspension of operations until safety checks were completed. Following the accident Keith Anderson, managing director of ScottishPower Renewables, said: "This type of incident is exceptionally rare and highly unusual."〔Blade snaps off huge wind turbine. (BBC News 23 March 2010. ) Retrieved 2010-03-23〕 In 2011 ScottishPower Renewables appointed the joint venture of John Sisk and Son Limited and Roadbridge, as the main contractor for an extension to Whitelee. Located to the east of the existing Whitelee Windfarm, the 75 turbine extension was planned to increase the generating capacity of the windfarm to 539MW. Turbine deliveries were planned for July 2011, with the windfarm expected to be complete in May 2012.〔SPR awards Whitelee Extension Contract () Retrieved 2014-01-07〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Whitelee Wind Farm」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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