The 24megawatt (MW)Ardrossan Wind Farm inArdrossan,North Ayrshire,Scotland was officially opened on 10 August 2004. TheVestas factory inArgyll, which now employs more than 200 people, has supplied thewind turbines for theAirtricity development. The company is providing access to the site for schools and other interested community groups to learn more aboutwind power.[1]
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".[2]
In theHurricane Bawbag storms of December 2011, one of the turbines of the wind farm catastrophically failed in a ball of fire.[3][4]
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