Ardrossan
Ardrossan is a 30 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
- 30 MW
- Status
- Operational
- Technology
- Wind Β· Onshore
- Operator
- Venitent Energy Services
- Region
- Scotland
- Country
- Scotland
- Grid connection (DUKES)
- LV
- Combined heat & power
- No
- Postcode
- KA22 7NU
- Coordinates
- 55.6439, -4.8061
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 Ardrossan compares
At a typical UK load factor for this technology (about 26% of the maximum possible output), a 30 MW station would generate roughly 68 GWh of electricity in a year, similar to the annual use of about 25,310 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
- Sorbie Β· 12.6 MW onshore wind farm3.0 km
- Lochcraigs Farm Β· 4.99 MW solar farm4.2 km
- Wardlaw Wood Β· 18 MW onshore wind farm8.8 km
- Millour Hill Β· 18 MW onshore wind farm9.8 km
- Millour Hill Ext. Β· 6.4 MW onshore wind farm10.1 km
- Hunterston B Β· 980 MW nuclear power station10.2 km
- Hunterston A Β· 300 MW nuclear power station10.2 km
- Torness Β· 1,200 MW nuclear power station10.4 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
- Operational
- Developer / operator
- Airtricity
- Planning authority
- North Ayrshire
- Planning reference
- N/02/00378/PP
- Application submitted
- 24 May 2002
- Permission granted
- 13 January 2003
- Began operating
- 19 December 2003
- Capacity in planning record
- 24 MW
- Address
- Near Ardrossan North Ayreshire, Strathclyde
- REPD reference
- 3117
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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