E.ON is encouraging the local community to have their say on plans for its proposed High Clachaig Wind Farm.

The wind farm, which is in the very early stages of development, would be located on the Kintyre Peninsula.

The energy company will be hosting public information sessions early next month, to give the local community the opportunity to find out more about the initial wind farm plans and share their opinions with the E.ON team.

Public information sessions will be held at:


• Gigha Village Hall

Wednesday 5 June 4pm-8pm

• Glenbarr Village Hall

Thursday 6 June 2pm-8pm

Emma Clark, Senior Project Developer at E.ON, said: "From our experience with our neighbouring Deucheran Hill Wind Farm, we know the area is suitable for building wind turbines and have selected the High Clachaig site due to its great wind resources and its connections to the national grid.

"This project is however very much in the early stages of development and these information sessions are being held to keep the local community informed about our plans and what the next steps could potentially be, so they can feed into the project from an early stage.

"People living and working in the area will have a wealth of knowledge about the site and we want to work with them to ensure that we understand and consider their views during the development of this project."

(CD/MH)