Deucheran Hill (RO)
Deucheran Hill (RO) is a 15.8 MW onshore wind farm in Scotland, operated by RWE Npower. 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
- 15.8 MW
- Status
- Operational
- Technology
- Wind Β· Onshore
- Operator
- RWE Npower
- Region
- Scotland
- Country
- Scotland
- Grid connection (DUKES)
- LV
- Combined heat & power
- No
- Postcode
- PA29 6XF
- Coordinates
- 55.6293, -5.5440
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 Deucheran Hill (RO) compares
At a typical UK load factor for this technology (about 26% of the maximum possible output), a 15.8 MW station would generate roughly 36 GWh of electricity in a year, similar to the annual use of about 13,330 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 RWE NpowerNearby generating sites
- Beinn an Tuirc III Β· 50 MW onshore wind farm4.4 km
- Beinn an Tuirc I Β· 29.7 MW onshore wind farm6.8 km
- Beinn an Tuirc II Β· 43.7 MW onshore wind farm6.8 km
- Cour Wind Farm Β· 20.5 MW onshore wind farm6.8 km
- Blary Hill Β· 35 MW onshore wind farm9.0 km
- Lussa Power Station - A Β· 2.4 MW small hydro scheme17.2 km
- Freasdail (GB) Β· 22.5 MW onshore wind farm18.1 km
- Tangy Wind Farm - A Β· 18.5 MW onshore wind farm19.2 km
Also operated by RWE Npower
RWE Npower operates 90 sites in the register. Largest first:
- Pembroke Β· gas-fired power station2,199 MW
- Didcot A Power Station Β· coal-fired power station2,000 MW
- Staythorpe Β· CCGT gas power station1,828 MW
- Didcot B Β· gas-fired power station1,450 MW
- Tilbury B Power Station Β· coal-fired power station1,050 MW
- Triton Knoll Β· offshore wind farm857 MW
- Little Barford Β· CCGT gas power station735 MW
- London Array Β· offshore wind farm630 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
- Deucheran Hill
- Developer / operator
- Powergen Renewables
- Planning authority
- Argyll and Bute
- Planning reference
- 99/00925/DET
- Application submitted
- 1 June 1999
- Permission granted
- 22 May 2001
- Began operating
- 30 November 2001
- Capacity in planning record
- 15.8 MW
- Address
- Deucheran Hill Nr. Muasdale, Strathclyde
- REPD reference
- 3554
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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