Crighshane
Crighshane is a 32.2 MW onshore wind farm in Northern Ireland, operated by Greencoat Capital. 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
- 32.2 MW
- Status
- Operational
- Technology
- Wind Β· Onshore
- Operator
- Greencoat Capital
- Region
- Northern Ireland
- Country
- Northern Ireland
- Grid connection (DUKES)
- LV
- Combined heat & power
- No
- Postcode
- BT81 7HS
- Coordinates
- 54.6399, -7.7526
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 Crighshane compares
At a typical UK load factor for this technology (about 26% of the maximum possible output), a 32.2 MW station would generate roughly 73 GWh of electricity in a year, similar to the annual use of about 27,160 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 Greencoat CapitalNearby generating sites
- Tievenameenta Wind Farm Β· 34.5 MW onshore wind farm1.3 km
- Church Hill Β· 18.4 MW onshore wind farm3.0 km
- Seegronan Β· 13.8 MW onshore wind farm4.2 km
- Lough Hill Wind Farm (NI) Β· 7.8 MW onshore wind farm9.5 km
- Tappaghan Wind Farm Β· 28.5 MW onshore wind farm16.4 km
- Bessy Bell Windfarm (NI) Limited Β· 9 MW onshore wind farm22.9 km
- Callagheen Β· 16.9 MW onshore wind farm27.9 km
- Bin Mountain Wind Farm Β· 9 MW onshore wind farm32.1 km
Also operated by Greencoat Capital
Greencoat Capital operates 195 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
- Greencoat (formerly Energia Renewables)
- Planning authority
- Derry City and Strabane
- Planning reference
- J/2005/0133/F
- Application submitted
- 1 December 2004
- Permission granted
- 25 June 2007
- Construction started
- 1 May 2011
- Began operating
- 30 June 2012
- Capacity in planning record
- 32.2 MW
- Address
- Crighshane, South of Ballymongan Road, Killeter, Castlederg, Co. Tyrone
- REPD reference
- 4041
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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