Achairn
Achairn is a 6 MW onshore wind farm in Scotland, operated by Temporis Capital. 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
- 6 MW
- Status
- Operational
- Technology
- Wind Β· Onshore
- Operator
- Temporis Capital
- Region
- Scotland
- Country
- Scotland
- Grid connection (DUKES)
- LV
- Combined heat & power
- No
- Postcode
- KW1 5SG
- Coordinates
- 58.4385, -3.2015
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 Achairn compares
At a typical UK load factor for this technology (about 26% of the maximum possible output), a 6 MW station would generate roughly 14 GWh of electricity in a year, similar to the annual use of about 5,060 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 Temporis CapitalNearby generating sites
- Bilbster Β· 3.9 MW onshore wind farm3.0 km
- Camster Β· 50 MW onshore wind farm5.3 km
- Burn of Whilk Β· 22.5 MW onshore wind farm11.3 km
- Bad a Cheo Β· 26.7 MW onshore wind farm13.4 km
- Stroupster Β· 29.9 MW onshore wind farm16.2 km
- Halsary Β· 30 MW onshore wind farm16.6 km
- Causeymire Β· 48.3 MW onshore wind farm17.9 km
- Baillie Β· 53 MW onshore wind farm31.1 km
Also operated by Temporis Capital
Temporis Capital operates 20 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
- Operational
- Developer / operator
- Messrs James and Ronald Innes
- Planning authority
- Highland
- Planning reference
- CA2004366
- Application submitted
- 11 August 2004
- Permission granted
- 1 March 2006
- Construction started
- 1 April 2009
- Began operating
- 20 May 2009
- Capacity in planning record
- 6.2 MW
- Address
- West of Wick, Caithness, Highland
- REPD reference
- 3285
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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