Welcome to the further public exhibitions for the Beinn Ghlas Wind Farm Repowering project. Key members of the project team are available today to answer any questions that you may have about the project.
About Nadara
Nadara is one of the largest European independent renewable power producers and was formed through the coming together of Renantis and Ventient Energy in January 2024. Nadara designs, builds, and manages renewable assets, with an installed capacity of more than 4.2 Gigawatts (GW) across 200 plants globally.
Nadara companies have been operating in the UK since 2002 with offices in Inverness, Edinburgh and London and operates 45 onshore wind farms (>1.1 GW) in the UK.
The Site
The existing Beinn Ghlas Wind Farm is located on the undulating uplands around Carn Gaibhre to the east of Beinn Ghlas summit on the Barguillean Estate near Taynuilt in the Argyll and Bute Council local authority area. The site is not located within any environmental designation.
The existing operational wind farm comprises 14 wind turbines with a tip height of approximately 54.1 m and a capacity of 600 kilowatts (kW) providing a total installed capacity of 8.4 megawatts (MW).
Beinn Ghlas Wind Farm Repowering (the Proposed Development)
Nadara is proposing to submit an application for consent in the near future to replace the existing wind turbines at Beinn Ghlas with more modern, higher producing machines.
If consented, the existing turbines would be removed, and the site would be reinstated except where infrastructure can be used for the repowering project.
Has anything changed since the last public exhibitions?
The site layout remains the same as presented at the public exhibitions in April, comprising up to 7 wind turbines (a reduction of 5 turbines from the layout presented in January 2023), with a maximum blade tip height of up to 149.9 m. This reduced scheme would have a generating capacity of approximately 33.6 MW.
The public exhibition today includes a new board in which feedback is provided on matters raised by visitors to the April 2025 public exhibitions.
Updated figures have been presented in relation to the estimated economic impact of the Proposed Development.