Jump to content

Template:List of UK onshore wind turbines

Add links
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

This is an old revision of this page, as edited by RobinLeicester (talk | contribs) at 22:37, 31 October 2024 (Delays to outer hebridean sites). The present address (URL) is a permanent link to this revision, which may differ significantly from the current revision.

UK Onshore wind farms
Wind farm County Country Turbine model Power (MW)
each turbine 		No. Turbines Total capacity
(MW) 		Commiss-
ioned
Crystal Rig Scottish Borders Scotland Nordex N80/ Siemens SWT-2.3 2.5/2.3 25/60 200.5 May 2004 [a]
Cefn Croes Ceredigion Wales GE 1.5 se 1.5 39 58.5 June 2005
Black Law South Lanarkshire Scotland Siemens SWT-2.3 2.3 88 124 September 2005 [b]
Hadyard Hill South Ayrshire Scotland Bonus B2300 2.5 52 120 March 2006
Farr Highland Scotland Bonus B2300 2.3 40 92 May 2006
Slieve Rushen County Fermanagh Northern Ireland Vestas V90 3 18 54 April 2008 [c]
Scout Moor Lancashire England Nordex N80 2.5 26 65 September 2008
Little Cheyne
Court		 Kent England Nordex 2.3 2.3 26 59.8 November 2008
Whitelee East Renfrewshire Scotland Siemens SWT-2.3 2.3 140 322 November 2008 [d]
Arecleoch South Ayrshire Scotland Gamesa G87[1] 2 60 120 June 2011 [e]
Griffin Perth & Kinross Scotland Siemens SWT-2.3[3] 2.3 68 156.4 February 2012 [f]
Clyde South Lanarkshire Scotland Siemens SWT-2.3 2.3 152 350 September 2012 [g]
Fallago Rig Scottish Borders Scotland Vestas V90[6] 3 48 144 April 2013 [h]
Whitelee
extension		 East Renfrewshire Scotland Alstom ECO 100/ECO 74 3/1.6 69/6 217 April 2013 [i]
Keadby Wind Farm Lincolnshire England Vestas V90 2 34 68 July 2014 [j]
Harestanes Dumfries & Galloway Scotland Gamesa G87 2 68 136 July 2014 [k]
Clashindarroch Wind Farm Aberdeenshire Scotland Senvion MM82 2.05 18 36.9 March 2015 [l]
Bhlaraidh Highland Scotland Vestas V112/V117 3.45 32 108 August 2017 [m]
Pen y Cymoedd Neath Port Talbot & Rhondda Cynon Taf Wales Siemens SWT-3.0 3 76 228 September 2017 [n]
Kilgallioch
(Arecleoch 
Phase 2)		 Dumfries & Galloway Scotland Gamesa G90/G114 2.5 96 239 2017 [14]
Clyde Extension South Lanarkshire Scotland Siemens SWT-3.0 3.2 54 172.8 2017 [15]
Stronelairg Highland Scotland 3.45 66 227 December 2018[16] [o]
Dorenell Moray Scotland 3 59 177 March 2019[19][20] [p]
South Kyle Dumfries & Galloway Scotland Nordex Delta 4000 4.8 50 240 [q]
Viking Wind Farm Shetland Islands Scotland Vestas V117 4.3 103 443 September 2025 [r]
Stornoway Western Isles Scotland 5? 36? 200.00 2027 to 2031 [s]
Uisenis (formerly Muaitheabhal ) Western Isles Scotland 3.6 25 165 likely 2030+ [t]
Hesta Head Orkney Isles Scotland 4.08 5 20.40 not known [u]
Druim Leathann Western Isles Scotland 14 42 not known [v]
Costa Head Orkney Isles Scotland 4.08 4 16.32 not known [w]
Llandinam – Repower Powys Wales 3 34 102 [x]
Cumberhead West Scotland 119.70 2024/2025 [y]
Stranoch Scotland 99.96 2024/2025 [z]
North Kyle Energy Project Scotland 212.00 2024/2025 [aa]
Chirmorie Scotland 81.60 2024/2025 [ab]
  1. ^ Extended May 2007 (1a) & September 2010 (2 & 2a)
  2. ^ Extended September 2006 (Phase 2)
  3. ^ Largest onshore farm in Northern Ireland
  4. ^ Largest operational onshore wind farm in the United Kingdom
  5. ^ Construction began October 2008, completed in June 2011[2]
  6. ^ Construction began August 2010, completed in February 2012[4]
  7. ^ Construction began January 2010, completed in September 2012[5]
  8. ^ Construction finished April 2013[7]
  9. ^ Construction finished April 2013[8]
  10. ^ First power produced September 2013, England's largest onshore wind farm, Completed July 2014[9]
  11. ^ [10]
  12. ^ Construction began June 2013[11]
  13. ^ All 32 turbines connected to the grid.[12]
  14. ^ Officially opened on 28 September.[13] Largest onshore wind farm in Wales.
  15. ^ Construction started March 2017[17] First power in March 2018.[18]
  16. ^ Last turbine base completed in September 2018.[21]
  17. ^ Wind farm online June 2023.[22]
  18. ^ Consent granted April 2012 with reduced number of turbines. Construction started in 2020.[23][24]
  19. ^ Consent granted in 2012. First use of 5 MW turbines onshore. Successful in Contracts for Difference Allocation Round 4[25], Delayed by 2022 interconnect questions, set for IC installation in 2030[26]
  20. ^ Halted in October 2014 due to external delays[27] Successful in the spring 2019 capacity auction[28]IC link is needed and final permissions still awaited[29]
  21. ^ Successful in the spring 2019 capacity auction[28], consent lapsed 2022
  22. ^ Successful in the spring 2019 capacity auction[28]
  23. ^ Successful in the spring 2019 capacity auction[28]
  24. ^ Consent granted in 2015.
  25. ^ Successful in Contracts for Difference Allocation Round 4[25]
  26. ^ Successful in Contracts for Difference Allocation Round 4[25]
  27. ^ Successful in Contracts for Difference Allocation Round 4[25]
  28. ^ Successful in Contracts for Difference Allocation Round 4[25]
  1. ^ Renewables-map website. Renewables-map.co.uk.
  2. ^ according to Renewable UK website Archived 1 October 2011 at the Wayback Machine. Bwea.com.
  3. ^ Siemens news article. Siemens.co.uk.
  4. ^ RenewableUK – UKWED Operational wind farms Archived 1 October 2011 at the Wayback Machine. Bwea.com.
  5. ^ "Clyde Project website". Retrieved 3 February 2018.[permanent dead link‍]
  6. ^ Fallago Rig Project website milestone document. (PDF).
  7. ^ "RenewableUK | UK Wind Energy Database (UKWED)". Archived from the original on 26 November 2015. Retrieved 28 May 2015.. RenewableUK.com.
  8. ^ "Renewable UK". Archived from the original on 26 November 2015.
  9. ^ "SSE Hungry for more at Keadby". renews.biz. 17 July 2014. Retrieved 27 March 2019.
  10. ^ ScottishPower Harestanes Project website. Scottishpowerrenewables.com.
  11. ^ "Clashindarroch Wind Farm, Aberdeenshire, Scotland". PowerTechnology. 2015. Retrieved 11 October 2020.
  12. ^ SSE Bhlaraidh Project webpage. SSE.com (November 2017).
  13. ^ Vattenfall Pen y Cymoedd Project website. Vattenfall (28 September 2017).
  14. ^ ScottishPower Kilgallioch Project webpage.
  15. ^ SSE Clyde Extension Project webpage. SSE.com (20 October 2016).
  16. ^ "SSE's 228-MW Stronelairg wind farm working at full capacity". Renewablesnow.com.
  17. ^ SSE Stronelairg Project website Archived 15 March 2015 at the Wayback Machine. Sse.com.
  18. ^ "Stronelairg delivers first power". Renews Ltd. 28 March 2018. Retrieved 25 September 2018.
  19. ^ "Dorenell wind farm officially open". EDF.
  20. ^ "Community Benefit Fund".
  21. ^ "Morrison reaches milestone at Dorenell Wind Farm".
  22. ^ "Wind farm which will help produce Irn-Bru opens". 13 June 2023. Retrieved 13 June 2023.
  23. ^ "Plan for UK's biggest onshore wind farm to proceed". BBC News. 17 June 2020. Retrieved 18 June 2020.
  24. ^ "With 103 turbines, Viking is one of the UK's largest onshore wind farms". About Viking. Retrieved 22 October 2024.
  25. ^ a b c d e "Contracts for Difference (CfD) Allocation Round 4: results". GOV.UK. Retrieved 13 October 2022.
  26. ^ "Timeline". Lewis Wind Power. Retrieved 22 October 2024.
  27. ^ John Muir Trust. johnmuirtrust.org (20 October 2016).
  28. ^ a b c d "Contracts for Difference (CfD) Allocation Round 3: results". 20 September 2019.
  29. ^ "Uisenis Wind Farm". Euro Wind Energy. Retrieved 22 October 2024.
Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/enwiki/w/index.php?title=Template:List_of_UK_onshore_wind_turbines&oldid=1254628220"