It's all white on the night for city lights

And the city council has signed a deal with an energy giant to build a massive wind turbine at Cathkin Braes.

Council leader Gordon Matheson revealed the £2 million lighting scheme as he addressed a conference in the city today.

Most of the main routes into the city now have white lighting and the pilot will result in a further 1000 new streetlights being installed.

They will use low energy LED lights, which if successful, could be used across the city.

Mr Matheson said: "It promises private sector investment and public sector savings from the reductions in energy and carbon use from our street lights.

"We are putting £2m towards this project but it is going to be delivered in partnership with SSE [formerly Scottish and Southern Energy]."

SSE is also to work with the council on a wind turbine project.

Mr Matheson said: "Final agreement has been reached to build a wind turbine at Cathkin Braes.

"We are going to use the revenue to provide direct support to some of our most vulnerable communities."

SSE group services director, Jim McPhillimy said: "SSE will have invested £16m into the energy efficiency of Glasgow households between 2008 and the end of 2012 and we are delighted to be part of what is certain to be an exciting future for Glasgow as it realises its sustainable ambitions."

Mr Matheson said: "We are on the cusp of a new and green industrial age in Glasgow."

In September we told of Castlemilk and Carmunnock Community Windpark Trust's anger after the council took over the Cathkin Braes scheme it had been planning for five years.

The Trust hoped to generate £8m over the coming years from a plan to build turbines on land owned by the council.

The council had hoped to enter into an partnership with the trust and SSE but the trust was not interested in that deal.

A council spokesman said: "The site belongs to the city and the people of Glasgow are entitled to benefit from this development."

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