Ardrossan Wind Farm

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The 24 megawatt (MW) Ardrossan Wind Farm in Ardrossan, North Ayrshire, Scotland was officially opened on 10 August 2004. The Vestas factory in Argyll, which now employs more than 200 people, has supplied the wind turbines for the Airtricity development. The company is providing access to the site for schools and other interested community groups to learn more about wind power.[http://www.scotland.gov.uk/News/Releases/2004/08/10121942 Ardrossan wind farm opens]

The Guardian has reported that the Ardrossan Wind Farm has been "overwhelmingly accepted by local people". A local councillor wrote that "The turbines are impressive looking, bring a calming effect to the town and, contrary to the belief that they would be noisy, we have found them to be silent workhorses".[https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2008/aug/12/windpower.alternativeenergy Wind farms are not only beautiful, they're absolutely necessary]

In the Hurricane Bawbag storms of December 2011, one of the turbines of the wind farm catastrophically failed in a ball of fire.{{Cite web |url=http://news.stv.tv/scotland/west-central/286170-wind-turbine-bursts-into-flames-as-hurricane-force-winds-hit-scotland/ |title=STV: Wind turbine bursts into flames as hurricane-force winds hit Scotland |access-date=8 December 2011 |archive-date=4 January 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120104211428/http://news.stv.tv/scotland/west-central/286170-wind-turbine-bursts-into-flames-as-hurricane-force-winds-hit-scotland/ |url-status=dead }}{{Cite news

|title=In pictures: Scotland battered by winter storm

|date=8 December 2011

|author=Stuart McMahon

|journal=BBC News Online

|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-16094360

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