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Eneco appoints Natural Power as Owner's Engineer on 51MW Lochluichart wind farm
Dingwall, UK (SPX) Dec 22, 2011
Leading international renewable energy consultancy group Natural Power has been appointed as Owner's Engineer at Lochluichart wind farm for energy company Eneco. The company will be providing construction management services, ecology and hydrology on the wind farm development project, which is located approximately 18 km north-west of Dingwall in the county of Ross and Cromarty. The site lies on the higher land between Loch Glascarnoch and Loch Luichart and is set to comprise of 17 Siemens 3MW tur ... read more

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