An Suidhe
An Suidhe is a 19.3 MW onshore wind farm in Scotland, operated by RWE Npower. 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
- 19.3 MW
- Status
- Operational
- Technology
- Wind Β· Onshore
- Operator
- RWE Npower
- Region
- Scotland
- Country
- Scotland
- Grid connection (DUKES)
- HV
- Combined heat & power
- No
- Coordinates
- 56.2187, -5.2194
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 An Suidhe compares
At a typical UK load factor for this technology (about 26% of the maximum possible output), a 19.3 MW station would generate roughly 44 GWh of electricity in a year, similar to the annual use of about 16,280 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 RWE NpowerNearby generating sites
- Braevallich Β· 2.27 MW small hydro scheme3.9 km
- Douglas Water Β· 2.97 MW small hydro scheme4.1 km
- A'Chruach Β· 42.6 MW onshore wind farm11.3 km
- Cruachan Β· 440 MW pumped-storage station11.4 km
- Nant Power Station - A,E Β· 15 MW hydroelectric station16.0 km
- Kilmelford Power Station - A, C, Β· 2 MW small hydro scheme17.2 km
- Kilmelford Compset A,C Β· 0.08 MW small hydro scheme17.2 km
- Tralaig Power Station Β· 0.08 MW small hydro scheme17.2 km
Also operated by RWE Npower
RWE Npower operates 90 sites in the register. Largest first:
- Pembroke Β· gas-fired power station2,199 MW
- Didcot A Power Station Β· coal-fired power station2,000 MW
- Staythorpe Β· CCGT gas power station1,828 MW
- Didcot B Β· gas-fired power station1,450 MW
- Tilbury B Power Station Β· coal-fired power station1,050 MW
- Triton Knoll Β· offshore wind farm857 MW
- Little Barford Β· CCGT gas power station735 MW
- London Array Β· offshore wind farm630 MW
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
- RWE npower
- Planning authority
- Argyll and Bute
- Planning reference
- 05/01711/VARCON
- Application submitted
- 22 August 2005
- Permission granted
- 21 October 2005
- Construction started
- 1 June 2007
- Began operating
- 4 August 2010
- Capacity in planning record
- 19.3 MW
- Address
- Dalmally, Strathclyde. PA33 On the eastern shore of Loch Awe, Strathclyde
- REPD reference
- 3298
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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