Baillie
Baillie is a 53 MW onshore wind farm in Scotland, operated by Statkraft. 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
- 53 MW
- Status
- Operational
- Technology
- Wind Β· Onshore
- Operator
- Statkraft
- Region
- Scotland
- Country
- Scotland
- Grid connection (DUKES)
- HV
- Combined heat & power
- No
- Postcode
- KW14 7EP
- Coordinates
- 58.5679, -3.6770
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 Baillie compares
At a typical UK load factor for this technology (about 26% of the maximum possible output), a 53 MW station would generate roughly 121 GWh of electricity in a year, similar to the annual use of about 44,710 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 StatkraftNearby generating sites
- Dounreay Nuclear Site Β· 245 MW nuclear power station3.8 km
- Forss Wind Farm (GB) Β· 2 MW onshore wind farm3.9 km
- Forss Extension Wind Farm (GB) Β· 5.2 MW onshore wind farm3.9 km
- Halsary Β· 30 MW onshore wind farm16.5 km
- Causeymire Β· 48.3 MW onshore wind farm18.2 km
- Bad a Cheo Β· 26.7 MW onshore wind farm21.8 km
- Strathy North Β· 66 MW onshore wind farm22.4 km
- Bilbster Β· 3.9 MW onshore wind farm28.1 km
Also operated by Statkraft
Statkraft operates 11 sites in the register. Largest first:
- Berry Burn Β· onshore wind farm67 MW
- Andershaw Β· onshore wind farm36 MW
- Alltwalis Β· onshore wind farm23 MW
- Rheidol Hydro Scheme Gen 3 Β· hydroelectric station20.5 MW
- Rheidol Hydro Scheme Gen 2 Β· hydroelectric station20.5 MW
- Rheidol Hydro Scheme Gen 1 Β· hydroelectric station13.5 MW
- Rheidol Hydro Scheme Gen 4 Β· small hydro scheme1.25 MW
- Rheidol Hydro Scheme Gen 7 Β· small hydro scheme0.1 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
- Baillie Wind Farm
- Developer / operator
- Baillie Windfarm Ltd
- Planning authority
- Scottish Government (S36)
- Planning reference
- 04/00342/S36CA
- Application submitted
- 13 July 2004
- Permission granted
- 12 January 2010
- Construction started
- 1 July 2011
- Began operating
- 29 March 2013
- Capacity in planning record
- 52.5 MW
- Address
- Bardnaheigh, Westfield, Thurso, Highland
- REPD reference
- 4021
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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