Bessy Bell Wind Farm

10 turbines · operational · Co. Tyrone

Wind farm facts

StatusOperational
County / regionCo. Tyrone
Turbines10
Installed capacity5 MW
Turbine capacity0.5 MW
Tip heightnot recorded
Operator (or applicant)Colham Energy Ltd, plus Airtricty extrension
Turbine manufacturerVestas
Turbine modelV39/500

♻️ Project timeline

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

1993 1995 1997 1999 2001 2003 2005 2007 2009 Original scheme Application submitted June 1994 Permission granted November 1994 Operational October 1995 Later scheme Application submitted June 2003 Permission granted January 2005 Operational April 2008

From application to operation, this scheme took about 1 year.

The register links a second scheme on this site (REPD ref 3168, Operational): 6 turbines · 1.3 MW each · applicant Bessy Bell Windfarm. 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 3097.

What the register tells us

The application was determined in about 5 months. The scheme has been operating for about 31 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 0.5 MW per turbine on average.

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