FEASIBILITY STUDY OF ORKNEY'S WINDFARM DEVELOPMENT FOR SELF-SUFFICIENT FOR ENERGY IN ELECTRICITY DEMAND AND ROAD TRANSPORT SECTORS

In Orkney islands, a number of wind energy projects have been established due to its potential for wind
energy development especially as cluster developments on hilltop and moorland. This Self-sufficient
Orkney Wind Energy (SOWE) project is trying to follow this pattern of development and has designed as a
simple linear development of medium-large scale wind turbines which avoids dominating the landscape,
while providing diversification required for the energy security, along with strong economic benefits to the
local community. The developer completed preliminary designs and landscape assessment, resulting in the
detailed design and the development of 27 wind turbine project for the expectation to generated electricity
of 549.2 GWh annually.
The SOWE project has been designed and selected the use of the Enercon E44 - 900 kW and Norex N80 -
2.5 MW wind turbines. These machines represent the maximum scale