Benbrack Wind Farm

15 turbines · operational · East Ayrshire

Wind farm facts

StatusOperational
County / regionEast Ayrshire
Turbines15
Installed capacity67.1 MW
Turbine capacity4.5 MW
Tip height149.9 m
Operator (or applicant)E.ON Renewables / Red Rock Power Limited
Turbine manufacturerVestas
Turbine modelnot recorded

♻️ Project timeline

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

2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 Project timeline Application submitted November 2014 Permission granted September 2017 Granted on appeal September 2017 Under construction August 2022 Permission expired November 2024 Operational October 2025

From application to operation, this scheme took about 11 years.

Source: Renewable Energy Planning Database, Department for Energy Security and Net Zero, Open Government Licence v3.0. REPD ref 3503.

What the register tells us

The application was determined in about 34 months. Construction to first power took about 38 months. Permission was ultimately granted on appeal in September 2017. A planning permission on this site expired in November 2024. The scheme has been operating for about 1 year. That works out at 4.47 MW per turbine on average.