🌬️ Onshore wind farm

Beinn Ghlas Wind Farm
Strathclyde

Recorded in WhichWindTurbine: 14 wind turbines in operation. Point the app at one of them to see its profile in real time.

14
turbines
7.8 MW
MW total
0.55 MW
per turbine

📍 14 turbines mapped — each dot is a turbine recorded in the database. Average position: 56.38097 N · 5.27581 W.

Beinn Ghlas Wind Farm

14 turbines · operational · Strathclyde

Wind farm facts

StatusOperational
County / regionStrathclyde
Turbines14
Installed capacity7.8 MW
Turbine capacity0.55 MW
Tip heightnot recorded
Operator (or applicant)RWE npower
Turbine manufacturerBonus
Turbine modelB600 (secondary source)
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○ Cross-checked reference — turbine make and model (secondary source)

Bonus (now Siemens) · B600 · 14 turbines · 0.6 MW each

Source: Wikipedia, list of onshore wind farms in the United Kingdom (compiled from UKWED and The Wind Power), read on 2026-09-19. This is a compiled list, not a primary record. It is shown because two independent facts — turbine count and rated power — match the database exactly. Awaiting confirmation from a primary source.

♻️ Project timeline

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

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  1. 1May 1997 — Application submitted
  2. 2Aug 1998 — Permission granted
  3. 3Jun 1999 — Operational

The register also records a planning permission expiry in Aug 2017, after commissioning: an administrative date with no effect on the operating wind farm, left off the axis.

DevelopmentConstructionOperationAhead (repowering horizon at 22 years)

From application to operation, this scheme took about 2 years.

The register links a second scheme on this site (REPD ref 11843, Application Submitted): 7 turbines · 4.8 MW each · 149.9 m tip height · applicant Nadara Limited (Beaufort Wind Limited). 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 3295.

What the register tells us

The application was determined in about 15 months. A planning permission on this site expired in August 2017. The scheme has been operating for about 27 years. At that age, wind farms commonly become candidates for repowering or life extension — nothing in the register confirms such a plan here. That works out at 0.56 MW per turbine on average.

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Sources and dates

DataSourceExtract
Site, capacity, status, planning milestonesRenewable Energy Planning Database (DESNZ, Open Government Licence v3)Q2 2026, published 03/08/2026
Turbine positionsOpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)19/08/2026
Manufacturer and modelOpenStreetMap tags, unverified — REPD does not record turbine models. Known for 41 % of UK turbines (manufacturer) and 32 % (model); some values are propagated within a site and may be wrong.19/08/2026

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