Assel Valley
Assel Valley is a 25 MW onshore wind farm in Scotland, operated by Falck Renewables SpA. 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
- 25 MW
- Status
- Operational
- Technology
- Wind Β· Onshore
- Operator
- Falck Renewables SpA
- Region
- Scotland
- Country
- Scotland
- Grid connection (DUKES)
- LV
- Combined heat & power
- No
- Coordinates
- 55.2265, -4.7787
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 Assel Valley compares
At a typical UK load factor for this technology (about 26% of the maximum possible output), a 25 MW station would generate roughly 57 GWh of electricity in a year, similar to the annual use of about 21,090 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 Falck Renewables SpANearby generating sites
- Cladach Dam Β· 0.22 MW small hydro scheme3.7 km
- Hadyard Hill Windfarm - A,C Β· 120 MW onshore wind farm4.0 km
- Mark Hill Β· 56 MW onshore wind farm11.1 km
- Arecleoch Β· 120 MW onshore wind farm17.6 km
- Kilgallioch Β· 239 MW onshore wind farm18.0 km
- Dersalloch Β· 69 MW onshore wind farm20.5 km
- Glen App Β· 22 MW onshore wind farm27.6 km
- Airies Β· 39.9 MW onshore wind farm28.1 km
Also operated by Falck Renewables SpA
Falck Renewables SpA operates 12 sites in the register. Largest first:
- Kilbraur Β· onshore wind farm67.5 MW
- Millennium Β· onshore wind farm65 MW
- Cambrian Β· onshore wind farm58.5 MW
- Auchrobert Β· onshore wind farm38.8 MW
- Earlsburn Β· onshore wind farm37.5 MW
- West Browncastle Β· onshore wind farm30 MW
- Ben Aketil Β· onshore wind farm27.6 MW
- Kingsburn Β· onshore wind farm22.5 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
- Assel Valley Wind Farm
- Developer / operator
- Falck Renewables
- Planning authority
- South Ayrshire
- Planning reference
- 11/00564/APPM
- Application submitted
- 1 June 2011
- Permission granted
- 3 September 2013
- Construction started
- 15 May 2015
- Began operating
- 28 October 2016
- Capacity in planning record
- 25 MW
- Address
- Pinmore, Girvan, Strathclyde, Strathclyde
- REPD reference
- 4645
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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