Slieve Kirk (formerly Glenconway)

8 turbines · operational · Co. Derry / Londonderry

Wind farm facts

StatusOperational
County / regionCo. Derry / Londonderry
Turbines8
Installed capacity18.4 MW
Turbine capacity2.3 MW
Tip heightnot recorded
Operator (or applicant)Scottish and Southern Energy (SSE)
Turbine manufacturernot recorded
Turbine modelnot recorded

♻️ Project timeline

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

2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 Project timeline Application submitted December 2006 Permission granted February 2009 Under construction May 2012 Operational November 2013

From application to operation, this scheme took about 7 years.

Source: Renewable Energy Planning Database, Department for Energy Security and Net Zero, Open Government Licence v3.0. REPD ref 3953.

What the register tells us

The application was determined in about 26 months. Construction to first power took about 18 months. The scheme has been operating for about 13 years. That works out at 2.3 MW per turbine on average.

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