Scottish and Southern Energy plc (SSE), the UK's largest generator of renewable energy, has announced two new developments which will increase its wind energy capacity by 31MW.

It has completed the acquisition of an 11MW wind farm development at Spurness, on the Orkney Islands, and has been granted permission for the development of a 20MW wind farm at Artfield Fell in Wigtownshire.

Consent for the Artfield Fell site was granted by Dumfries and Galloway Council. The £15m wind farm will have 15 turbines and construction work will start within the next few months. It should begin generating electricity in the first half of 2005.