Cruach Mhor
Cruach Mhor is a 29.8 MW onshore wind farm in Scotland, operated by Scottish 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
- 29.8 MW
- Status
- Operational
- Technology
- Wind Β· Onshore
- Operator
- Scottish Power
- Region
- Scotland
- Country
- Scotland
- Grid connection (DUKES)
- LV
- Combined heat & power
- No
- Postcode
- PA22 3AE
- Coordinates
- 56.0399, -5.1560
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 Cruach Mhor compares
At a typical UK load factor for this technology (about 26% of the maximum possible output), a 29.8 MW station would generate roughly 68 GWh of electricity in a year, similar to the annual use of about 25,100 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 Scottish PowerNearby generating sites
- Striven Power Station - A Β· 8 MW hydroelectric station4.1 km
- A'Chruach Β· 42.6 MW onshore wind farm10.7 km
- Loch Gair Power Station - A,C Β· 6 MW hydroelectric station11.3 km
- Douglas Water Β· 2.97 MW small hydro scheme19.5 km
- An Suidhe Β· 19.3 MW onshore wind farm20.3 km
- Braevallich Β· 2.27 MW small hydro scheme20.5 km
- Deanie Β· 38 MW hydroelectric station27.5 km
- Cruachan Β· 440 MW pumped-storage station29.6 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
- Developer / operator
- Scottish Power Renewables
- Planning authority
- Argyll and Bute
- Planning reference
- 01/01553/DET
- Application submitted
- 18 September 2001
- Permission granted
- 6 June 2002
- Began operating
- 31 January 2004
- Capacity in planning record
- 33.3 MW
- Address
- Cruach Mhor, Cowal, Glen Dareul, Agyll, Bute, Strathclyde
- REPD reference
- 3585
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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