Auquhirie Land
Auquhirie Land is a 6.9 MW onshore wind farm in Scotland, operated by RES Group. 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
- 6.9 MW
- Status
- Operational
- Technology
- Wind Β· Onshore
- Operator
- RES Group
- Region
- Scotland
- Country
- Scotland
- Grid connection (DUKES)
- LV
- Combined heat & power
- No
- Postcode
- AB39 3XB
- Coordinates
- 56.9552, -3.1772
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 Auquhirie Land compares
At a typical UK load factor for this technology (about 26% of the maximum possible output), a 6.9 MW station would generate roughly 16 GWh of electricity in a year, similar to the annual use of about 5,820 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 RES GroupNearby generating sites
- Tullymurdoch Β· 14.4 MW onshore wind farm34.4 km
- Drumderg Windfarm Β· 36.8 MW onshore wind farm37.2 km
- Kildrummy Β· 18.4 MW onshore wind farm41.5 km
- Mid Hill Β· 75.9 MW onshore wind farm41.9 km
- Dorenell Β· 177 MW onshore wind farm44.1 km
- Pitlochry Compensation Generation - A Β· 0.06 MW small hydro scheme44.6 km
- Pitlochry Power Station - A Β· 15 MW hydroelectric station44.6 km
- Clunie Β· 61.2 MW hydroelectric station44.7 km
Also operated by RES Group
RES Group operates 98 sites in the register. Largest first:
- Beinneun Wind Farm Β· onshore wind farm109 MW
- Cumberhead Wind Farm Β· onshore wind farm50 MW
- Hill of Towie Wind Farm (GB) Β· onshore wind farm48.3 MW
- Crossdykes Wind Farm Β· onshore wind farm48 MW
- Blary Hill Β· onshore wind farm35 MW
- Tormywheel Β· onshore wind farm30.8 MW
- Garreg Llwyd (GB) Β· onshore wind farm30.4 MW
- Solwaybank Β· onshore wind farm30.4 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
- Hillhead of Auquhirie
- Developer / operator
- Octopus Investements/Blue Energy (previously Auquhirie Land Company Ltd)
- Planning authority
- Aberdeenshire
- Planning reference
- APP/2009/3567
- Application submitted
- 4 November 2009
- Permission granted
- 10 January 2011
- Construction started
- 1 September 2012
- Began operating
- 16 January 2013
- Capacity in planning record
- 6.9 MW
- Address
- Hillhead of Auquhirie, Stonehaven, Grampian
- REPD reference
- 3701
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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