Scottish and Souther Energy is going to install 100 MW less wind power capacity on the Clyde wind farm in southern Scotland. Originally, the Scottish government gave consent for the installation of 152 wind turbines, which at 2.3 MW each, should have totalled 456 MW in installed capacity. Now, the company has decided to reduce the installed capacity by about 100 MW, bringing the total installed capacity down to about 350 MW. Even with this reduction, the company claims the wind farm will be able to maintaing the planned energy output of 1000 GWh annually, due to the changed design of the wind turbines and their on-site configuration. Construction costs will be significantly reduced, and will be in the neighborhood of about GBP 500 million.

Additional efforts are being made to meet the conditions associated with the development consent. These efforts include collaboration with the National Air Traffic Services Ltd (NATS) to address the issues related to radar performance. The company expects these issues to be resolved, with hopes of starting construction later this year. According to plan, the Clyde wind farm should be completed in 2012.