Corkey
Corkey is a 5 MW onshore wind farm in Northern Ireland, operated by Scottish Power. 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
- Scottish Power
- Region
- Northern Ireland
- Country
- Northern Ireland
- Grid connection (DUKES)
- LV
- Combined heat & power
- No
- Postcode
- BT44 9JB
- Coordinates
- 55.0436, -6.2873
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 Corkey 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 Scottish PowerNearby generating sites
- Altaveedan Β· 18 MW onshore wind farm3.8 km
- Elginny Β· 23 MW onshore wind farm13.7 km
- Finvoy Β· 5.96 MW solar farm15.8 km
- Bann Road Β· 45.8 MW solar farm17.2 km
- Garves Β· 15 MW onshore wind farm18.3 km
- Ballymena Β· 4.6 MW onshore wind farm19.8 km
- Wolf Bog Β· 10 MW onshore wind farm29.7 km
- Brockaghboy Β· 47.5 MW onshore wind farm30.8 km
Also operated by Scottish Power
Scottish Power operates 42 sites in the register. Largest first:
- Longannet Power Station Β· coal-fired power station2,400 MW
- Cockenzie Power Station Β· coal-fired power station1,152 MW
- East Anglia One Β· offshore wind farm714 MW
- Whitelee I Β· onshore wind farm322 MW
- Kilgallioch Β· onshore wind farm239 MW
- Whitelee II Β· onshore wind farm217 MW
- Harestanes Β· onshore wind farm136 MW
- Black Law I Β· onshore wind farm124 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
- Corkey Wind Farm
- Developer / operator
- B9 Energy Services Ltd/ ScottishPower Renewables
- Planning authority
- Causeway Coast and Glens
- Application submitted
- 22 November 1993
- Permission granted
- 29 June 1994
- Began operating
- 1 December 1994
- Capacity in planning record
- 5 MW
- Address
- Slievenahanaghen Mountain, (Accessed via Corkey Road), Cloughmills, Co. Antrim
- REPD reference
- 3103
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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