Pates Hill Wind Farm is located near the village of

West Calder West Calder ( sco, Wast Cauder, gd, Caladar an Iar) is a village in the council area of West Lothian, Scotland, located four miles west of Livingston, West Lothian, Livingston. Historically it is within the County of Midlothian. The village was ...

West Lothian West Lothian ( sco, Wast Lowden; gd, Lodainn an Iar) is one of the 32 council areas of Scotland, and was one of its shires of Scotland, historic counties. The county was called Linlithgowshire until 1925. The historic county was bounded geogra ...

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. It consists of 7

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V-80 wind turbines, measuring 107 metres to the blade tip. It became operational in February 2010 and is expected to generate electricity equivalent to the needs of approximately 8,000 households annually. The wind farm is managed by Engineering Renewables Limited on behalf of Pates Hill Wind Energy Limited. The

West Lothian Council West Lothian Council is the local authority for the council area of West Lothian in Scotland. History West Lothian District Council was created in 1975 as one of four districts within the Lothian region. The West Lothian district took its name f ...

granted planning permission in June 2007 for a 25-year period. The

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contract for the civil and electrical works was awarded to Lagan Construction Limited. Windhoist were contracted to erect the turbinesWindhoist website
/ref> Construction started in February 2009 and was completed on schedule in February 2010.

is the largest wind turbine manufacturer in the world, based in

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. Each turbine is 2 MW, giving the wind farm total installed capacity of 14 MW. The wind farm will contribute £70,000 each year to the local community for energy efficiency initiatives over the 25 years, totaling £1.75 million.

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