Beinneun Wind Farm
Beinneun Wind Farm is a 109 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
- 109 MW
- Status
- Operational
- Technology
- Wind Β· Onshore
- Operator
- RES Group
- Region
- Scotland
- Country
- Scotland
- Grid connection (DUKES)
- HV
- Combined heat & power
- No
- Postcode
- IV63 7YJ
- Coordinates
- 57.0956, -4.9655
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 Beinneun Wind Farm compares
At a typical UK load factor for this technology (about 26% of the maximum possible output), a 109 MW station would generate roughly 248 GWh of electricity in a year, similar to the annual use of about 91,780 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
- Quoich Power Station - A, E, G Β· 18.1 MW hydroelectric station5.0 km
- Quoich Dam - A Β· 0.32 MW small hydro scheme5.0 km
- Cluanie Dam - A Β· 0.32 MW small hydro scheme5.9 km
- Garry Gualach Β· 0.78 MW small hydro scheme6.0 km
- Ceannacroc Power Station - A, E Β· 16.5 MW hydroelectric station6.7 km
- Ceannacroc Compensation Generator Β· 3.5 MW small hydro scheme6.7 km
- Millennium Β· 65 MW onshore wind farm8.3 km
- Invergarry Power Station - A,E Β· 20 MW hydroelectric station11.9 km
Also operated by RES Group
RES Group operates 98 sites in the register. Largest first:
- 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
- Black Hill Wind Farm Β· onshore wind farm28.6 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
- Beinneun
- Developer / operator
- Octopus Investments/Blue Energy
- Planning authority
- Scottish Government (S36)
- Application submitted
- 4 November 2011
- Permission granted
- 4 November 2012
- Construction started
- 15 July 2015
- Began operating
- 16 February 2017
- Capacity in planning record
- 85 MW
- Address
- 8km west of Invergarry, Highland
- REPD reference
- 3787
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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