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Two Industry Leaders Unite Over First Sustainable Windfarm Decommissioning Strategy

  • Submitted by: Finlay Carson, Galloway and West Dumfries, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party.
  • Date lodged: Friday, 30 August 2024
  • Motion reference: S6M-14241

That the Parliament congratulates Nadara on launching the UK’s first Sustainable Windfarm Decommissioning Strategy, in partnership with ReBlade; notes that this will bring together two industry leaders with a shared commitment to sustainability, setting a new benchmark for environmental stewardship and socioeconomic enhancement for Beinn Ghlas Wind Farm in Argyll; understands that Nadara is the largest independent power producer of onshore wind in Europe, while ReBlade, a young company with its roots and its supply chain operating in Dumfries and Galloway, is the country’s first specialist wind turbine decommissioning service and is currently working with around 10 local businesses to develop a wind industry centre of excellence in the south of Scotland, and believes that the new strategy will form a critically important chapter in the Beinn Ghlas repowering planning application, exploring circular destinations for the decommissioned material that will be removed from the site, which is one of the oldest wind farms in the UK, having begun operations in May 1999 and providing an overall capacity of 8.4MW.


Supported by: Clare Adamson, Jeremy Balfour, Colin Beattie, Miles Briggs, Alexander Burnett, Jackson Carlaw, Sharon Dowey, Jackie Dunbar, Russell Findlay, Murdo Fraser, Maurice Golden, Pam Gosal, Jamie Greene, Dr. Sandesh Gulhane, Craig Hoy, Liam Kerr, Roz McCall, Douglas Ross, Alexander Stewart, Paul Sweeney, David Torrance, Sue Webber, Annie Wells, Tess White, Brian Whittle