Wind Farm

Reproduced with the permission of the National Library of Scotland.

https://maps.nls.uk/index.html 

Information

Pates Hill Wind Farm is located near the village of West Calder in West Lothian, Scotland. It consists of 7 Vestas V-80 wind turbines, measuring 107 metres to the blade tip. It became operational in February 2010 and is expected to generate electricity equivalent to the needs of approximately 8,000 households annually. 

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pates_Hill_Wind_Farm

Recording

Image and video were taken on 22/4/23.

Note

The material here could be used to study change over a period of time. The arial view shows the visual and environmental impact of human activity on the landscape, from the wind farm itself, to the forestry plantations, shale oil remnants such as the disused railway tracks and shale bings at Tarbrax,  to the reservoirs that dot the countryside.

OS Maps from the National Library of Scotland are a valuable resource for studying such changes.