Cairnborrow Wind Energy Ltd
Cairnborrow Wind Energy Ltd is a 10.3 MW onshore wind farm in Scotland, operated by Engie 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
- 10.3 MW
- Status
- Operational
- Technology
- Wind Β· Onshore
- Operator
- Engie Power
- Region
- Scotland
- Country
- Scotland
- Grid connection (DUKES)
- HV
- Combined heat & power
- No
- Postcode
- AB54 4XP
- Coordinates
- 57.4639, -2.8992
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 Cairnborrow Wind Energy Ltd compares
At a typical UK load factor for this technology (about 26% of the maximum possible output), a 10.3 MW station would generate roughly 23 GWh of electricity in a year, similar to the annual use of about 8,650 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 Engie PowerNearby generating sites
- Clashindarroch Β· 36.9 MW onshore wind farm2.8 km
- Dummuies Β· 12.3 MW onshore wind farm12.5 km
- Glens of Foudland Β· 26 MW onshore wind farm16.0 km
- Dorenell Β· 177 MW onshore wind farm18.8 km
- Gordonstown Hill Β· 12.5 MW onshore wind farm24.9 km
- Boyndie Β· 16.3 MW onshore wind farm26.8 km
- Rothes II Β· 41.4 MW onshore wind farm28.9 km
- Kildrummy Β· 18.4 MW onshore wind farm29.0 km
Also operated by Engie Power
Engie Power operates 11 sites in the register. Largest first:
- Dinorwig Power Station Β· pumped-storage station1,800 MW
- Ffestiniog Power Station Β· pumped-storage station360 MW
- Scotia Wind (Craigengelt) Ltd Β· onshore wind farm20 MW
- Sober Hill Wind Farm Ltd Β· onshore wind farm12.3 MW
- Blantyre Muir Wind Energy Ltd Β· onshore wind farm12.3 MW
- Barlockhart Moor Wind Energy Ltd Β· onshore wind farm8.2 MW
- Carsington Wind Energy Ltd Β· onshore wind farm8.2 MW
- Flimby Wind Energy Ltd Β· onshore wind farm6.15 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
- Cairnborrow
- Developer / operator
- Engie (GDF Suez)
- Planning authority
- Aberdeenshire
- Planning reference
- APP/2013/3282
- Application submitted
- 9 October 2013
- Permission granted
- 25 August 2014
- Construction started
- 12 August 2015
- Began operating
- 9 February 2017
- Capacity in planning record
- 10 MW
- Address
- Land at Cairnborrow Huntly, Grampian
- REPD reference
- 4350
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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