Cumberhead Wind Farm
Cumberhead Wind Farm is a 50 MW onshore wind farm in Scotland, operated by RES Group. 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
- 50 MW
- Status
- Operational
- Technology
- Wind Β· Onshore
- Operator
- RES Group
- Region
- Scotland
- Country
- Scotland
- Grid connection (DUKES)
- HV
- Combined heat & power
- No
- Postcode
- ML11 0FW
- Coordinates
- 55.5728, -3.9481
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 Cumberhead Wind Farm compares
At a typical UK load factor for this technology (about 26% of the maximum possible output), a 50 MW station would generate roughly 114 GWh of electricity in a year, similar to the annual use of about 42,180 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 RES GroupNearby generating sites
- Hagshaw Hill II Β· 26 MW onshore wind farm2.6 km
- Nutberry Β· 15 MW onshore wind farm3.4 km
- Dalquhandy Β· 42 MW onshore wind farm4.0 km
- Galawhistle Β· 66 MW onshore wind farm4.1 km
- Douglas West Β· 44.9 MW onshore wind farm4.8 km
- Auchrobert Β· 38.8 MW onshore wind farm6.1 km
- Andershaw Β· 36 MW onshore wind farm9.5 km
- Dungavel Β· 26 MW onshore wind farm10.2 km
Also operated by RES Group
RES Group operates 98 sites in the register. Largest first:
- Beinneun Wind Farm Β· onshore wind farm109 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
- Black Hill Wind Farm Β· onshore wind farm28.6 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
- Octopus Renewables Infrastructure Trust
- Planning authority
- South Lanarkshire
- Planning reference
- CL/15/0231
- Application submitted
- 19 June 2015
- Permission granted
- 13 May 2021
- Construction started
- 1 October 2021
- Began operating
- 11 September 2023
- Capacity in planning record
- 48 MW
- Address
- Cumberhead, Lanark, Strathclyde, South Lanarkshire, ML11 0HN
- REPD reference
- 5455
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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