Brackagh Quarry
Brackagh Quarry is a 5 MW onshore wind farm in Northern Ireland, operated by RES Group. The UK government lists it as operational in its register of power stations (DUKES table 5.11, May 2025).
- Onshore
- Northern Ireland
Key facts
- Installed capacity
- 5 MW
- Status
- Operational
- Technology
- Wind Β· Onshore
- Operator
- RES Group
- Region
- Northern Ireland
- Country
- Northern Ireland
- Grid connection (DUKES)
- LV
- Combined heat & power
- No
- Postcode
- BT45 7JN
- Coordinates
- 54.8112, -6.7082
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 Brackagh Quarry compares
At a typical UK load factor for this technology (about 26% of the maximum possible output), a 5 MW station would generate roughly 11 GWh of electricity in a year, similar to the annual use of about 4,220 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 Northern Ireland All run by RES GroupNearby generating sites
- Crockandun Β· 15 MW onshore wind farm5.8 km
- Brockaghboy Β· 47.5 MW onshore wind farm15.4 km
- Dale Farm Β· 5 MW solar farm17.3 km
- Bann Road Β· 45.8 MW solar farm20.6 km
- Finvoy Β· 5.96 MW solar farm21.8 km
- Garves Β· 15 MW onshore wind farm23.1 km
- Altahullion Wind Farm (NI) Β· 26 MW onshore wind farm26.5 km
- Altahullion Extension Wind Farm (NI) Β· 11.7 MW onshore wind farm26.5 km
Also operated by RES Group
RES Group operates 98 sites in the register. Largest first:
- Beinneun Wind Farm Β· onshore wind farm109 MW
- 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
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
- Draperstown (Brackagh) Wind Farm
- Developer / operator
- Renewable Energy Generation (REG)
- Planning authority
- Mid Ulster
- Planning reference
- H/2009/0075/F
- Application submitted
- 9 February 2009
- Permission granted
- 28 June 2010
- Construction started
- 26 May 2016
- Began operating
- 15 March 2017
- Capacity in planning record
- 6 MW
- Address
- Creagh Concrete Products Ltd, Brackagh Quarry, 29 Disert Road, Draperstown, Magherafelt, Co. Derry / Londonderry
- REPD reference
- 4361
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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