18 September 2023, Starts: 14:00, Ends: 19:00

Monday 18 September 2023   2.00 - 7.00   Contin Village Hall

SSE Renewables is assessing the potential for an extension to Fairburn wind farm, near Marybank in the Highlands.

The site is located to the south and east of Orrin Reservoir, within the Highland Council local authority area and the Marybank, Scatwell and Strathconnon community council constituency.

At present it is proposed that the wind farm would comprise approximately 14 turbines with a height of approximately 200 metres to the blade tip. Each turbine would have an installed capacity of up to 6.8 megawatts (MW) which would give an anticipated installed capacity of up to 95MW.

A request for a scoping opinion from Scottish Government Ministers was submitted in July 2022 and was received back in October 2022. The scoping opinion allowed Scottish Ministers to set out the information that should be included in the Environmental Impact Assessment report.

Next stage

SSE Renewables is now engaged in a full programme of consultation with stakeholders, including neighbours and community organisations in the local area.

The layout and scale of the proposed development is under consideration, and will be informed by survey and assessment work at the site.

Three public exhibitions are being held to gather feedback on the initial plans for the wind farm.  Members of the project team will be available to answer questions and hear your thoughts on the early plans for the wind farm.  The final exhibition is on

Monday 18th September 2023 - Contin Village Hall, 2-7pm.