Amazon brings 50MW onshore wind farm online in Scotland

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The 50MW Beinn An Tuirc wind farm in Scotland | Credit: Amazon
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The 50MW Beinn An Tuirc wind farm in Scotland | Credit: Amazon

Amazon's 50MW Scottish onshore wind farm now in operation thanks to PPA with ScottishPower Renewables

Amazon's first renewable energy project in Scotland is now operational, the tech giant announced today, with the 50MW onshore wind farm on the Kintyre Peninsula now delivering electricity to the grid thanks...

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