Achany Windfarm
Achany Windfarm is a 38 MW onshore wind farm in Scotland, operated by SSE Group. 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
- 38 MW
- Status
- Operational
- Technology
- Wind Β· Onshore
- Operator
- SSE Group
- Region
- Scotland
- Country
- Scotland
- Grid connection (DUKES)
- LV
- Combined heat & power
- No
- Coordinates
- 58.0019, -4.5000
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 Achany Windfarm compares
At a typical UK load factor for this technology (about 26% of the maximum possible output), a 38 MW station would generate roughly 87 GWh of electricity in a year, similar to the annual use of about 32,060 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 SSE GroupNearby generating sites
- Rosehall Β· 24.7 MW onshore wind farm2.9 km
- Cassley Power Station - A,C,E Β· 10 MW hydroelectric station5.6 km
- Shin Power Station-A,G Β· 18.6 MW hydroelectric station8.4 km
- Shin Diversion Dam - A Β· 0.1 MW small hydro scheme8.4 km
- Lairg Β· 7.5 MW onshore wind farm8.9 km
- Lairg Power Station Β· 3.5 MW small hydro scheme12.1 km
- Duchally Power Station - A,C,E Β· 0.45 MW small hydro scheme18.5 km
- Beinn Tharsuinn Β· 29.8 MW onshore wind farm24.1 km
Also operated by SSE Group
SSE Group operates 127 sites in the register. Largest first:
- Peterhead Β· gas-fired power station1,180 MW
- Seagreen Β· offshore wind farm1,075 MW
- Keadby 2 Β· gas-fired power station840 MW
- Medway Β· gas-fired power station755 MW
- Keadby Β· CCGT gas power station735 MW
- Beatrice Offshore windfarm Β· offshore wind farm588 MW
- Greater Gabbard Β· offshore wind farm504 MW
- Viking Wind Farm Β· onshore wind farm443 MW
Planning history
From the government's Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD), matched to this site by location, capacity and name.
- Planning status
- Operational
- Site name in planning record
- Achany Wind Farm
- Developer / operator
- Scottish and Southern Energy (SSE)
- Planning authority
- Highland
- Application submitted
- 28 October 2005
- Permission granted
- 14 September 2007
- Construction started
- 1 April 2009
- Began operating
- 11 October 2010
- Capacity in planning record
- 38 MW
- Address
- Albany Estate, Achany, Lairg, Highlands, IV27 4, Highland
- REPD reference
- 3205
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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