Ewe Hill

16 turbines · operational · Dumfries and Galloway

Wind farm facts

StatusOperational
County / regionDumfries and Galloway
Turbines16
Installed capacity36.8 MW
Turbine capacity2.3 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.

2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 Scheme REPD 3627 Application submitted March 2004 Permission granted May 2014 Under construction March 2016 Operational January 2017 Scheme REPD 4015 Application submitted April 2004 Permission granted June 2010 Permission expired June 2011 Under construction September 2015 Operational May 2016

From application to operation, this scheme took about 13 years.

The register links a second scheme on this site (REPD ref 4015, Operational): 6 turbines · 2.3 MW each · 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 3627.

What the register tells us

The application was determined in about 122 months. Construction to first power took about 10 months. The scheme has been operating for about 9 years. That works out at 2.3 MW per turbine on average.

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