Kirk Hill Wind Farm

8 turbines · operational · Ayrshire

Wind farm facts

StatusOperational
County / regionAyrshire
Turbines8
Installed capacity18.8 MW
Turbine capacity2.35 MW
Tip height110 m
Operator (or applicant)Corolis Energy/ ESB / Ripple Energy
Turbine manufacturerEnercon
Turbine modelnot recorded

♻️ Project timeline

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

2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 Project timeline Application submitted January 2015 Refused March 2016 Permission granted February 2017 Granted on appeal February 2017 Under construction September 2022 Operational May 2024

From application to operation, this scheme took about 9 years.

Source: Renewable Energy Planning Database, Department for Energy Security and Net Zero, Open Government Licence v3.0. REPD ref 4988.

What the register tells us

The application was determined in about 25 months. Construction to first power took about 20 months. The register records a refusal in March 2016 before the scheme progressed. Permission was ultimately granted on appeal in February 2017. The scheme has been operating for about 2 years. That works out at 2.35 MW per turbine on average.