Bilbster
Bilbster is a 3.9 MW onshore wind farm in Scotland, operated by RWE Npower. 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
- 3.9 MW
- Status
- Operational
- Technology
- Wind Β· Onshore
- Operator
- RWE Npower
- Region
- Scotland
- Country
- Scotland
- Grid connection (DUKES)
- LV
- Combined heat & power
- No
- Coordinates
- 58.4488, -3.2498
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 Bilbster compares
At a typical UK load factor for this technology (about 26% of the maximum possible output), a 3.9 MW station would generate roughly 8.9 GWh of electricity in a year, similar to the annual use of about 3,290 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 RWE NpowerNearby generating sites
- Achairn Β· 6 MW onshore wind farm3.0 km
- Camster Β· 50 MW onshore wind farm4.6 km
- Bad a Cheo Β· 26.7 MW onshore wind farm10.9 km
- Burn of Whilk Β· 22.5 MW onshore wind farm11.9 km
- Halsary Β· 30 MW onshore wind farm13.6 km
- Causeymire Β· 48.3 MW onshore wind farm15.2 km
- Stroupster Β· 29.9 MW onshore wind farm16.0 km
- Baillie Β· 53 MW onshore wind farm28.1 km
Also operated by RWE Npower
RWE Npower operates 90 sites in the register. Largest first:
- Pembroke Β· gas-fired power station2,199 MW
- Didcot A Power Station Β· coal-fired power station2,000 MW
- Staythorpe Β· CCGT gas power station1,828 MW
- Didcot B Β· gas-fired power station1,450 MW
- Tilbury B Power Station Β· coal-fired power station1,050 MW
- Triton Knoll Β· offshore wind farm857 MW
- Little Barford Β· CCGT gas power station735 MW
- London Array Β· offshore wind farm630 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
- Bilbster Wind Farm
- Developer / operator
- Private Developer
- Planning authority
- Highland
- Planning reference
- CA200417
- Application submitted
- 23 January 2004
- Began operating
- 1 February 2008
- Capacity in planning record
- 3.9 MW
- Address
- Flex Hill, Flex Hill Wind Cluster, Bilbster, Caithness, Highland
- REPD reference
- 3207
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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