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As well as being Scotland's largest offshore wind farm Beatrice is also
the fourth largest in the world and is capable of providing enough wind
powered electricity for up to 450,000 homes.
https://www.beatricewind.com/
Whitelee is the UK's largest onshore windfarm, located on
Eaglesham Moor just 20 minutes from central Glasgow. Its 215
turbines generate up to 539 megawatts of electricity, enough
to power just under 350,000 homes.
https://www.whiteleewindfarm.co.uk/
In 1926, the Clyde Valley Electrical Power Co. opened the Lanark Hydro
Electric Scheme, which used energy from the River Clyde’s flow to create
power. Now owned by Drax, it still has a generation capacity of 17
MW – enough to supply more than 15,000 homes.
