Freedom of Information Request - Causeymire Windfarm
Date: 03 February 2025
Our ref: SIR178737/A4977384
Information Request – Causeymire Windfarm
Your Request
Original request
Please provide under FOI, all the information you have about the Causewaymire Windfarm in Caithness.
Revised request
All I really need is the date of the installation, the size and output expected. If possible, the output achieved - but only if possible. I can then focus on the economic impact.
Our Response
Following a search of the information we hold our response is below.
Original Causeymire wind farm
The application received consent for 24 turbines (100m to blade tip) with generating capacity of 48.3MW. Following a change in the generating capacity of the turbines proposed only 21 turbines were erected.
Repowering Causeymire wind farm
The 2024 proposal is to decommission the 21 constructed turbines and replace these with 13 new turbines (up to 200m blade tip).
How We Handled Your Request
We believe you have asked for environmental information as defined in the Environmental Information (Scotland Regulations 2004 (‘the EIRs’), so we are dealing with your request under those regulations. To be able to use the EIRs, we must apply an exemption under section 39(2) of the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002 (‘FOISA’). The Scottish Information Commissioner’s guidance recommends that public authorities apply this exemption to environmental information and handle request under the EIRs.
If you would like to find out more about the access to information legislation, there is a guidance booklet available on the Scottish Information Commissioner’s website.
Review and Appeal
I hope this information meets your requirements, but if you are dissatisfied with how we have responded to your information request, please write to us within 40 working days explaining your concerns. You can contact us at Battleby, Redgorton, Perth, PH1 3EW or email us at [email protected]. We will carry out a review of our response and contact you with our findings within 20 working days.
If you are not satisfied following this, you can make an appeal to the Scottish Information Commissioner within 6 months. The Scottish Information Commissioner can be contacted at:
Scottish Information Commissioner
Kinburn Castle
Doubledykes Road
St Andrews
Fife
KY16 9DS
Telephone: 01334 464610
Yours sincerely
FOI Officer,
NatureScot
