Arecleoch
Arecleoch is a 120 MW onshore wind farm in Scotland, operated by Scottish Power. 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
- 120 MW
- Status
- Operational
- Technology
- Wind Β· Onshore
- Operator
- Scottish Power
- Region
- Scotland
- Country
- Scotland
- Grid connection (DUKES)
- HV
- Combined heat & power
- No
- Postcode
- KA26 0SJ
- Coordinates
- 55.0688, -4.7971
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 Arecleoch compares
At a typical UK load factor for this technology (about 26% of the maximum possible output), a 120 MW station would generate roughly 273 GWh of electricity in a year, similar to the annual use of about 101,230 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 Scottish PowerNearby generating sites
- Kilgallioch Β· 239 MW onshore wind farm1.6 km
- Mark Hill Β· 56 MW onshore wind farm7.4 km
- Airies Β· 39.9 MW onshore wind farm11.4 km
- Artfield Fell Windfarm - A,C Β· 28.6 MW onshore wind farm11.6 km
- Glen App Β· 22 MW onshore wind farm14.5 km
- Glenchamber Wind Farm (GB) Β· 25.3 MW onshore wind farm14.7 km
- Cladach Dam Β· 0.22 MW small hydro scheme16.8 km
- Assel Valley Β· 25 MW onshore wind farm17.6 km
Also operated by Scottish Power
Scottish Power operates 42 sites in the register. Largest first:
- Longannet Power Station Β· coal-fired power station2,400 MW
- Cockenzie Power Station Β· coal-fired power station1,152 MW
- East Anglia One Β· offshore wind farm714 MW
- Whitelee I Β· onshore wind farm322 MW
- Kilgallioch Β· onshore wind farm239 MW
- Whitelee II Β· onshore wind farm217 MW
- Harestanes Β· onshore wind farm136 MW
- Black Law I Β· onshore wind farm124 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
- Arecleoch Windfarm
- Developer / operator
- Scottish Power Renewables
- Planning authority
- Scottish Government (S36)
- Application submitted
- 3 April 2006
- Permission granted
- 1 June 2008
- Construction started
- 1 September 2009
- Began operating
- 14 June 2011
- Capacity in planning record
- 120 MW
- Address
- Arecleoch and Kilgallioch Forest near Barrhill, South Ayrshire
- REPD reference
- 3258
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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