Iberdrola, through its UK subsidiary ScottishPower, has announced a plan to repower Whitelee, the country's largest onshore wind farm, in the coming years.
The initiative, which would involve investments of EUR1.8 billion, involves replacing the current wind turbines with more modern and powerful turbines in the coming years, increasing the complex's capacity from the current 539 megawatts (MW) to 1,000 MW. Once completed, Whitelee would produce enough clean energy to supply more than one and a half million people.
The project's positive impact also extends to boosting economic activity and employment, generating EUR380 million in gross value added for the Scottish economy over the next decade and hundreds of jobs.
Whitelee is one of the leading benchmarks for electrification with renewables in Europe. Since it came online in 2008, the wind farm has supplied clean electricity to millions of homes and has become a strategic asset for the British electricity system. Repowering will make it possible to leverage existing infrastructure to extend its useful life and maximise its contribution to the electrification of the economy and decarbonisation.
This project is part of Iberdrola's commitment to the UK, one of the Group's main investment destinations. Through ScottishPower, the company plans to invest GBP28 billion by 2028 to boost electrification, mainly through more electricity grids and renewable energy, contributing to energy independence, industrial competitiveness and job creation.
About Iberdrola
Having surpassed EUR140 billion in market capitalisation, Iberdrola is the largest electricity company in Europe and one of the two largest in the world. The Group serves more than 100 million people worldwide and has a workforce of 45,400 employees and assets of EUR161 billion. In 2025, Iberdrola reported a record net profit of EUR6.285 billion. The company contributes nearly EUR10.4 billion in tax contributions in the countries in which it operates and supports more than 500,000 jobs throughout the supply chain, thanks to EUR13.2 billion in purchases from tens of thousands of suppliers.
Since 2001, Iberdrola has invested more than EUR175 billion in electricity networks, renewable energy and energy storage to help create an energy model based on electrification. The company has around 1.4 million km of electricity networks in the United States (the states of New York, Connecticut, Maine and Massachusetts), the United Kingdom (Scotland, England and Wales), Brazil (the states of Bahia, Rio Grande do Norte, Pernambuco, Sao Paulo and Mato Grosso do Sul, as well as Brasilia) and Spain, as well as 57,000 MW of capacity worldwide, of which more than 46,000 MW are renewable.
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