Fife Council has given nod to the proposals for the installation of wind turbines at seven sites in UK, out of which five will be in West Fife.
Authorities will now have to get planning permission at Pitreavie playing fields, Halbeath Park and Ride, Inverkeithing High School and Dalgety Bay Leisure Centre.
They also supported plans for the Lochhead landfill site, Wellwood, which already has planning permission for two 32.6m turbines, with a 50kW capacity each.
The Pitreavie turbine is set to be 77m tall, with a 500kW capacity, and is projected to generate £339,000 in income annually.
Halbeath will get a 45m, 225kW, expected to bring in £105,000 a year, while Inverkeithing High and Dalgety Bay Leisure Centre will both get 24m, 11kW turbines, with likely annual incomes of £8000 each.
Together, these seven sites are estimated to generate up to £11.75million.
The council spent £13m on energy bills last year so it’s not an option to continue with the status quo. This project is just one part of the council’s energy strategy which has been drawn up to help reduce carbon emissions and cut the council’s energy bills, said, Lesley Laird, Depute council leader.
However, Campaign group Stop Proliferation Of Turbines (SPOT) Fife has opposed the earlier identified 25 locations by Fife Council, saying that they can’t make nearly £12m out of these turbines.
Previously, Spot Fife raised concerns about the Pitreavie turbine being so close to the 100m turbine at FMC in Dunfermline.
Currently, FMC’s turbine is under Scottish Government investigation comparing the impact of wind turbines against environmental impact assessments.