Edinbane
Edinbane is a 41.4 MW onshore wind farm in Scotland, operated by Vattenfall. 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
- 41.4 MW
- Status
- Operational
- Technology
- Wind Β· Onshore
- Operator
- Vattenfall
- Region
- Scotland
- Country
- Scotland
- Grid connection (DUKES)
- HV
- Combined heat & power
- No
- Coordinates
- 57.4691, -6.4322
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 Edinbane compares
At a typical UK load factor for this technology (about 26% of the maximum possible output), a 41.4 MW station would generate roughly 94 GWh of electricity in a year, similar to the annual use of about 34,920 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 VattenfallNearby generating sites
- Ben Aketil Β· 27.6 MW onshore wind farm4.6 km
- Storr Lochs Power Station - A Β· 2.4 MW small hydro scheme15.3 km
- Clachan Β· 40 MW hydroelectric station21.2 km
- Inverbain Β· 0.95 MW small hydro scheme43.9 km
- Loch Carnan Β· 11 MW oil-fired power station51.6 km
- Kerry Falls Power Station Β· 1.25 MW small hydro scheme52.7 km
- Nostie Bridge Power Station - A Β· 1.3 MW small hydro scheme56.0 km
- Chliostair Power Station - A,C Β· 1.32 MW small hydro scheme59.4 km
Also operated by Vattenfall
Vattenfall operates 10 sites in the register. Largest first:
- Thanet Β· offshore wind farm300 MW
- Pen Y Cymoedd Β· onshore wind farm228 MW
- Ormonde Β· offshore wind farm150 MW
- Aberdeen Β· offshore wind farm96.8 MW
- Kentish Flats Β· offshore wind farm90 MW
- Ray Β· onshore wind farm54.4 MW
- Kentish Flats Extension Β· offshore wind farm49.5 MW
- Clashindarroch Β· onshore wind farm36.9 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
- Edinbane Wind Farm
- Developer / operator
- Vattenfall
- Planning authority
- Highland
- Planning reference
- 02/00089/FULSL
- Application submitted
- 28 February 2002
- Permission granted
- 16 May 2007
- Construction started
- 1 August 2008
- Began operating
- 21 June 2010
- Capacity in planning record
- 41.4 MW
- Address
- Cruachan Brinn Mhicaskill, Edinbane, Portree, Highlands, Highland, IV51 9PW
- REPD reference
- 4674
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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