📋 Tender Overview
Scope : To Build 50MW Aberarder Wind Farm in the Scottish Highlands, United Kingdom
SSE is set to develop the Aberarder Wind Farm, a 50MW project in the Scottish Highlands, after making a final investment decision.
Construction on the 12-turbine wind farm is expected to start before the end of 2024. SSE confirmed that a circa £100 million investment boost will be provided for the project.
The company expects to complete construction at the project by the end of 2026 and received funding in the UK’s fifth Contract for Difference (CfD) Allocation round in September 2023, securing a 15-year contract for low-carbon power generation.
The Aberarder project site is situated at Strathnairn, near Inverness, on a natural plateau approximately 700 meters above sea level. The site is located next to the operational 94MW Dunmaglass Wind Farm, which is co-owned by SSE Renewables and Greencoat UK Wind.
Once completed, the Aberarder project will see SSE Renewables, in partnership with the Highland Council, undertake £2.5 million of improvement works on the nearby Flichity Bridge, adding to the more than £9.75 million of improvements to road infrastructure already delivered by SSE Renewables as part of the nearby Dunmaglass project.
