Altaveedan
Altaveedan is a 18 MW onshore wind farm in Northern Ireland, operated by WPO UK Services. The UK government lists it as operational in its register of power stations (DUKES table 5.11, May 2025).
- Onshore
- Northern Ireland
Key facts
- Installed capacity
- 18 MW
- Status
- Operational
- Technology
- Wind Β· Onshore
- Operator
- WPO UK Services
- Region
- Northern Ireland
- Country
- Northern Ireland
- Grid connection (DUKES)
- HV
- Combined heat & power
- No
- Coordinates
- 55.0779, -6.2819
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 Altaveedan compares
At a typical UK load factor for this technology (about 26% of the maximum possible output), a 18 MW station would generate roughly 41 GWh of electricity in a year, similar to the annual use of about 15,180 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 Northern Ireland All run by WPO UK ServicesNearby generating sites
- Corkey Β· 5 MW onshore wind farm3.8 km
- Elginny Β· 23 MW onshore wind farm17.1 km
- Finvoy Β· 5.96 MW solar farm18.5 km
- Bann Road Β· 45.8 MW solar farm19.8 km
- Garves Β· 15 MW onshore wind farm19.9 km
- Ballymena Β· 4.6 MW onshore wind farm23.4 km
- Brockaghboy Β· 47.5 MW onshore wind farm32.6 km
- Wolf Bog Β· 10 MW onshore wind farm33.0 km
Also operated by WPO UK Services
WPO UK Services operates 38 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
- Site name in planning record
- Altaveedan Wind Farm
- Developer / operator
- NTR PLC
- Planning authority
- Causeway Coast and Glens
- Planning reference
- D/2010/0356/F
- Application submitted
- 3 December 2010
- Permission granted
- 28 October 2013
- Construction started
- 15 September 2015
- Began operating
- 24 April 2017
- Capacity in planning record
- 17.9 MW
- Address
- in the townlands of Shelton South, Aldorough, Altaveedan North, Altaveedan South and Turnavedog near Loughguile, Co Antrim, Co. Antrim
- REPD reference
- 3850
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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