Amec seeks permission to build world's largest wind farm

Lewis Wind Power, a joint venture of Amec and electricity generator British Energy, has asked the Scottish Executive for planning permission to build the world’s largest onshore wind farm  off the north west coast of Scotland.

Lewis Wind Power proposes building a 234 turbine wind farm with a capacity of 702MW that would supply enough green energy to meet the average electricity needs of around 1.1m people, over 20% of Scotland’s population.

If successful the development in the north of the Isle of Lewis located in the Western Isles will take four years to construct.