Dungavel
Dungavel is a 26 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
- 26 MW
- Status
- Operational
- Technology
- Wind Β· Onshore
- Operator
- RES Group
- Region
- Scotland
- Country
- Scotland
- Grid connection (DUKES)
- LV
- Combined heat & power
- No
- Postcode
- ML10 6SW
- Coordinates
- 55.6086, -4.0977
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 Dungavel compares
At a typical UK load factor for this technology (about 26% of the maximum possible output), a 26 MW station would generate roughly 59 GWh of electricity in a year, similar to the annual use of about 21,930 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
- Kype Muir Wind Farm Β· 88.4 MW onshore wind farm3.3 km
- Auchrobert Β· 38.8 MW onshore wind farm7.3 km
- Calder Water Β· 39 MW onshore wind farm7.9 km
- West Browncastle Β· 30 MW onshore wind farm9.0 km
- Cumberhead Wind Farm Β· 50 MW onshore wind farm10.2 km
- Galawhistle Β· 66 MW onshore wind farm10.9 km
- Nutberry Β· 15 MW onshore wind farm11.1 km
- Lochhead Β· 6 MW onshore wind farm12.1 km
Also operated by RES Group
RES Group operates 98 sites in the register. Largest first:
- Beinneun Wind Farm Β· onshore wind farm109 MW
- Cumberhead Wind Farm Β· onshore wind farm50 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
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
- Dungavel Hill
- Developer / operator
- John Laing Environmental Assets Group
- Planning authority
- South Lanarkshire
- Planning reference
- EK/06/0072
- Application submitted
- 17 February 2006
- Permission granted
- 1 December 2009
- Construction started
- 1 May 2014
- Began operating
- 28 August 2015
- Capacity in planning record
- 29.9 MW
- Address
- Dungavel, Strathaven, Strathclyde, Strathclyde, ML10 6
- REPD reference
- 4362
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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