Arecleoch Wind Farm (extension)

60 turbines · operational · Ayrshire

Wind farm facts

StatusOperational
County / regionAyrshire
Turbines60
Installed capacity120 MW
Turbine capacity2 MW
Tip heightnot recorded
Operator (or applicant)Scottish Power Renewables
Turbine manufacturernot recorded
Turbine modelnot recorded

♻️ Project timeline

Dated milestones from the UK Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD), Q2 2026 — not estimates.

2005 2007 2009 2011 2013 2015 2017 2019 2021 2023 2025 2027 Original scheme Application submitted April 2006 Permission granted June 2008 Under construction September 2009 Operational June 2011 Later scheme Application submitted June 2019 Permission granted November 2021 Under construction June 2025 Permission expired November 2027

From application to operation, this scheme took about 5 years.

The register links a second scheme on this site (REPD ref 6798, Under Construction): 13 turbines · 5.6 MW each · 200 m tip height · applicant Scottish Power Renewables. Two schemes on one site usually mean a repowering or an extension — to be confirmed with the operator.

Source: Renewable Energy Planning Database, Department for Energy Security and Net Zero, Open Government Licence v3.0. REPD ref 3258.

What the register tells us

The application was determined in about 26 months. Construction to first power took about 21 months. The scheme has been operating for about 15 years. That works out at 2 MW per turbine on average.