Catamount Energy Limited (CEL), a partnership between Statkraft and Duke Energy has received consent from the Scottish Government to build Berry Burn wind farm.

The wind farm consists of 29 wind turbines with a maximum installed capacity of 78.3 megawatts and will be located on the slopes of Carn Kitty and Carn Ghiubhais, approximately 12 km south of Forres, in the Moray Council area.

The project has been developed by Force 9 Energy in partnership with Catamount Energy Limited (CEL), who will be the owner of Berry Burn Wind Farm.

Norwegian Statkraft, Europe's largest renewable energy generator and the American Duke Energy Corporation each own half of CEL.


The companies are working together on several additional wind power projects and have applied for consent for two other wind farms on the UK mainland.

A third wind farm that was developed as part of the partnership, Blaengwen wind farm in Wales, is now fully owned by Statkraft and is currently under construction.

"This represents a significant milestone in our development team’s efforts to bring additional clean, renewable energy to Scotland," said Bruce Peacock, vice president of wind energy for Duke Energy.

"We are extremely pleased with the Scottish Government’s decision," added Managing Director Eivind Torblaa of Statkraft UK Ltd. "This is our second consent in Scotland and we are excited about the opportunities we see in the wind energy sector here, as we look forward to investing in many more renewable energy schemes in Scotland. The project is very promising and we are looking forward to starting the construction in due course."

(GK/KMcA)