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14/08/2015

Farrans To Develop Three Wind Farms

NI firm Farran Construction has scooped three windfarm deals worth a total of £59m.

Farrans has been selected to undertake the £4.4m Sisters Windfarm, the £12.7m Goole Fields II and the £42.1m Kilgallioch windfarms.

Farrans carried out the very first onshore windfarm in Northern Ireland, constructing 30 turbines at Carbeg, Rigged Hill and Elliots Hill. Since then, Farrans has completed a range of windfarm contracts throughout the UK for major clients such as ScottishPower Renewables and RWE Npower Renewables.

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Farrans' trademark colour will soon be visible in Goole, where 17 turbines are to be erected, as well as Widdrington in Northumberland where work will get underway on the 4-turbine Sisters Windfarm. The construction of Kilgallioch Windfarm, which will include 96 Wind Turbine Generators, also marks a significant milestone. By its planned completion in June 2017, Farrans will have built 3 of the 10 largest windfarms in the UK.

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