Banks Renewables plans to expand Kype Muir wind farm take step forward

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Plans to add 51MW more capacity to proposed South Lanarkshire wind farm secure non-objection decision from local council

A major new wind farm in South Lanarkshire could be about to become significantly larger, after plans to add 15 additional turbines to the proposed project received a non-objection decision from the local...

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