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Whitelee in numbers

140 turbines cover more than 13,500 acres.

322 MW of electricity can be created.

180,000 homes can be potentially powered from the site.

25% is the the capacity wind farms usually run at.

36 the number of turbines the Scottish Government plans to add to the site, with another 39 turbines planned for a second extension

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