A'Chruach
A'Chruach is a 42.6 MW onshore wind farm in Scotland, operated by Venitent Energy Services. The UK government lists it as operational in its register of power stations (DUKES table 5.11, May 2025).
- Onshore
- Scotland
Key facts
- Installed capacity
- 42.6 MW
- Status
- Operational
- Technology
- Wind Β· Onshore
- Operator
- Venitent Energy Services
- Region
- Scotland
- Country
- Scotland
- Grid connection (DUKES)
- HV
- Combined heat & power
- No
- Postcode
- PA31 8BA
- Coordinates
- 56.1191, -5.2552
Location
Map position from the published coordinates. For small sites this can be an approximate point rather than the exact boundary. Map Β© OpenStreetMap contributors.
How A'Chruach compares
At a typical UK load factor for this technology (about 26% of the maximum possible output), a 42.6 MW station would generate roughly 97 GWh of electricity in a year, similar to the annual use of about 35,940 homes at 2,700 kWh each. This is an illustrative estimate, not the station's metered output: real generation varies with weather, availability and grid constraints.
Wind farms turn the kinetic energy of the wind into electricity with turbines. Output varies with wind speed. Offshore sites usually see stronger, steadier winds than onshore sites and so generate more per MW of capacity.
All UK wind farms Wind farms in Scotland All run by Venitent Energy ServicesNearby generating sites
- Loch Gair Power Station - A,C Β· 6 MW hydroelectric station7.2 km
- Braevallich Β· 2.27 MW small hydro scheme10.4 km
- Cruach Mhor Β· 29.8 MW onshore wind farm10.7 km
- An Suidhe Β· 19.3 MW onshore wind farm11.3 km
- Douglas Water Β· 2.97 MW small hydro scheme12.4 km
- Striven Power Station - A Β· 8 MW hydroelectric station14.8 km
- Kilmelford Power Station - A, C, Β· 2 MW small hydro scheme21.1 km
- Kilmelford Compset A,C Β· 0.08 MW small hydro scheme21.1 km
Also operated by Venitent Energy Services
Venitent Energy Services operates 33 sites in the register. Largest first:
Planning history
From the government's Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD), matched to this site by location, capacity and name.
- Planning status
- Planning Permission Expired
- Site name in planning record
- A'Chruach (Phase 2)
- Developer / operator
- Muirhall Energy (formerly Infinis)
- Planning authority
- Argyll and Bute
- Planning reference
- 14/02829/PP
- Application submitted
- 12 December 2014
- Permission granted
- 28 August 2015
- Capacity in planning record
- 4 MW
- Address
- Land 1.5km north of Blackmill Loch adjacent to consented A'Chruach Windfarm, West Of Minard, Argyll and Bute
- REPD reference
- 4937
Source
Department for Energy Security and Net Zero (DESNZ), Digest of UK Energy Statistics (DUKES), table 5.11: power stations in the United Kingdom β operational at end of May 2025.
Capacity is installed capacity as published, not current output. Status reflects the source date, not live operation.
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Last checked by Octary: 15 July 2026
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