REpower wind farm breezes in

LEADING wind turbine manufacturer REpower UK has completed work on its newest wind farm project.

The Edinburgh-based UK division of the German firm has handed over the Dalswinton wind farm in Dumfries and Galloway to Airtricity, part of Scottish and Southern Energy.The wind farm consists of 15 turbines with 80-metre-high towers. Each turbine is able to generate a capacity of two megawatts (MW) of electricity.Dalswinton has a total capacity of 30MW, enough power to supply the average needs of around 20,000 homes.Henning von Barsewisch, managing director of REpower UK, said: "Dalswinton marks an important milestone in our work with Airtricity and contributes to the expansion work of REpower UK