Blackcraig
Blackcraig is a 52.9 MW onshore wind farm in Scotland, operated by Temporis Capital. 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
- 52.9 MW
- Status
- Operational
- Technology
- Wind Β· Onshore
- Operator
- Temporis Capital
- Region
- Scotland
- Country
- Scotland
- Grid connection (DUKES)
- HV
- Combined heat & power
- No
- Postcode
- DG7 3DZ
- Coordinates
- 55.1199, -4.0321
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 Blackcraig compares
At a typical UK load factor for this technology (about 26% of the maximum possible output), a 52.9 MW station would generate roughly 120 GWh of electricity in a year, similar to the annual use of about 44,620 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 Temporis CapitalNearby generating sites
- Earlstoun Β· 14 MW hydroelectric station9.2 km
- Tummel Β· 34 MW hydroelectric station9.4 km
- Glenlee Β· 24 MW hydroelectric station9.5 km
- Carsfad Β· 12 MW hydroelectric station11.1 km
- Kendoon Β· 24 MW hydroelectric station11.2 km
- Wether Hill Β· 18.2 MW onshore wind farm11.5 km
- Brockloch Rig Β· 61.5 MW onshore wind farm15.0 km
- Windy Rig Β· 43.2 MW onshore wind farm19.6 km
Also operated by Temporis Capital
Temporis Capital operates 20 sites in the register. Largest first:
Planning history
From the government's Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD), matched to this site by location, capacity and name.
- Planning status
- Operational
- Developer / operator
- Blue Energy
- Planning authority
- Scottish Government (S36)
- Planning reference
- 05/n/2005
- Application submitted
- 30 September 2005
- Permission granted
- 22 March 2011
- Construction started
- 10 January 2016
- Began operating
- 2 March 2018
- Capacity in planning record
- 52.9 MW
- Address
- Blackcraig Hill, 6km NE of Balmaclellan, Dumfries and Galloway
- REPD reference
- 4032
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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