Whitelee wind farm is the largest onshore wind farm in Europe. Its 140 Siemens turbines can generate 322 megawatts, which is enough to power 180,000 homes. Whitelee was developed and is operated by ScottishPower Renewables, which is part of the Spanish company Iberdrola. Iberdrola is the world’s largest developer of renewable energy.

Positioned 370 metres (1200 feet) above sea level and 15 kilometres (9 miles) outside Glasgow, Scotland’s largest city, the wind farm has over half a million people living within a 30 km radius. This makes Whitelee one of the first large-scale wind farms to be developed close to a centre of population.  In May 2009, Whitelee was officially opened to the public by Alex Salmond MSP, First Minister for Scotland. However, Whitelee was generating power long before this with the first phase of the wind farm supplying power to the electricity grid in January 2008.