Beinn Tharsuinn
Beinn Tharsuinn is a 29.8 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
- 29.8 MW
- Status
- Operational
- Technology
- Wind Β· Onshore
- Operator
- Scottish Power
- Region
- Scotland
- Country
- Scotland
- Grid connection (DUKES)
- HV
- Combined heat & power
- No
- Postcode
- IV19 1LH
- Coordinates
- 57.8053, -4.3290
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 Beinn Tharsuinn compares
At a typical UK load factor for this technology (about 26% of the maximum possible output), a 29.8 MW station would generate roughly 68 GWh of electricity in a year, similar to the annual use of about 25,100 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
- Novar 2 Β· 36.8 MW onshore wind farm12.1 km
- Novar Β· 17 MW onshore wind farm12.5 km
- Black Rock Β· 3.5 MW small hydro scheme15.2 km
- Shin Power Station-A,G Β· 18.6 MW hydroelectric station16.0 km
- Shin Diversion Dam - A Β· 0.1 MW small hydro scheme16.0 km
- Lairg Β· 7.5 MW onshore wind farm22.0 km
- Achany Windfarm Β· 38 MW onshore wind farm24.1 km
- Cassley Power Station - A,C,E Β· 10 MW hydroelectric station24.3 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
- Beinn Tharsuinn Windfarm Project
- Developer / operator
- CRE Energy/ Scottish Power
- Planning authority
- Highland
- Planning reference
- RC2003784 & SU2003318
- Application submitted
- 19 April 2002
- Permission granted
- 11 February 2005
- Construction started
- 1 May 2005
- Began operating
- 1 December 2005
- Capacity in planning record
- 29.8 MW
- Address
- Beinn Tharsuinn,Nr Easter Andross, Easter Ross, Northern Highlands, Highland
- REPD reference
- 4669
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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