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Forss Wind Farm

2 March 03
Start To Finish
A series of pictures by Mike Brunton showing the building of the Turbines at Forss

16 February 03
Second Turbine Building
Forss Wind Turbines are going up fast with the second one already under construction as shown by this picture in from photographer John Baikie

14 February 03
Blades Fitted To Windmill
The blades have now been fitted to the first windmill at Forss

14 February 03
A Residents View - Not Everyone Is Happy about Windmills
David Craig lives near to the Forss windmill site and puts his view of what he sees as an imposition as the windmills go up.

12 February 03
Windmills Goes Up
One of the two turbines was already being put in place when the latest pictures were taken by John Baikie www.johnbaikie.co.uk .   The turbines will produce up to two megawatts of electricity.  Manufactured by Bonus Energy at Brande in Denmark.  The large blades to be fitted shortly are 2.65 metres in diameter and over 31 metres long.  Each of the two wind mills weighs 154 tonnes

10 February 03
Windmills For Forss Arrive In Thurso Bay
The sections of a large new windmill  has arrived for construction at the Forss Wind Farm

Fivestone Ltd has permission for two machines with a 2 MW output at Forss, by Thurso Caithness 
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