E.ON is inviting local people to attend an information session being held over proposed changes to its proposed Quantans Hill Wind Farm.

The meeting, which will be held later this month, will update them on the planned wind farm near Carsphairn, Dumfries and Galloway.

The wind farm is proposed or a location 15km south of Dalmellington and could feature up to 19 turbines, producing up to 57MW of electricity.

This is enough to power around 29,000 homes.

If the wind farm receives planning consent, E.ON will provide a community benefit fund worth £5k per MW, which could be up to £285k per year. This would, in turn, be used to support local projects, chosen by local people, throughout the lifetime of the wind farm.

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The Scottish Government has set ambitious targets for renewable energy generation and aims to provide the equivalent of 100% of Scotland's gross annual electricity using renewables by 2020. The development of onshore wind farms plays a very important part in providing a low carbon energy mix for the future and Quantans Hill, if consented, would be a vital step towards achieving those targets and helping to keep the lights on.

E.ON are inviting residents to view its plans and share their views on the proposed site.

Nick Taylor, Project Developer at E.ON, said: "We'd like to thank the community for the feedback they gave us at our public exhibitions back in September, which we've taken on board. Since then we've undertaken further studies and found it would be beneficial to raise the turbine tip height from 125m to 130m. This would increase our ability to match the best turbine model to the characteristics of the site.

"We're holding a public information session to update local people on our plans and we'd like to invite as many people as possible to come along to Carshphairn Village Hall on 21 May when we'll be happy to discuss why we've made this change and outline how the wind farm will now look."

The public information session will be held at Lagwyne Hall, Carspairn on Tuesday 21 May between 3pm and 8pm.

(JP/CD)