🌬️ Onshore wind farm

North Rhins
Dumfries and Galloway

Recorded in WhichWindTurbine: 11 wind turbines in operation. Point the app at one of them to see its profile in real time.

11
turbines
22 MW
MW total
2 MW
per turbine

📍 11 turbines mapped — each dot is a turbine recorded in the database. Average position: 54.87672 N · 5.08923 W.

North Rhins

11 turbines · operational · Dumfries and Galloway

Wind farm facts

StatusOperational
County / regionDumfries and Galloway
Turbines11
Installed capacity22 MW
Turbine capacity2 MW
Tip heightnot recorded
Operator (or applicant)Greencoat UK Wind
Turbine manufacturerVestas (secondary source)
Turbine modelV80 (secondary source)
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○ Cross-checked reference — turbine make and model (secondary source)

Vestas · V80 · 11 turbines · 2 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.

→ ~20322010201520202025today1234
  1. 1Jan 2007 — Application submitted
  2. 2Mar 2008 — Permission granted
  3. 3Oct 2009 — Under construction
  4. 4Jan 2010 — Operational

DevelopmentConstructionOperationAhead (repowering horizon at 22 years)

From application to operation, this scheme took about 3 years.

Source: Renewable Energy Planning Database, Department for Energy Security and Net Zero, Open Government Licence v3.0. REPD ref 4508.

What the register tells us

The application was determined in about 14 months. Construction to first power took about 3 months. The scheme has been operating for about 16 years. That works out at 2 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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