Elliot's Hill
Elliot's Hill is a 5 MW onshore wind farm in Northern Ireland, operated by Scottish Power. The UK government lists it as operational in its register of power stations (DUKES table 5.11, May 2025).
- Onshore
- Northern Ireland
Key facts
- Installed capacity
- 5 MW
- Status
- Operational
- Technology
- Wind Β· Onshore
- Operator
- Scottish Power
- Region
- Northern Ireland
- Country
- Northern Ireland
- Grid connection (DUKES)
- LV
- Combined heat & power
- No
- Postcode
- BT39 9SW
- Coordinates
- 54.7389, -6.1190
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 Elliot's Hill compares
At a typical UK load factor for this technology (about 26% of the maximum possible output), a 5 MW station would generate roughly 11 GWh of electricity in a year, similar to the annual use of about 4,220 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.
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- Wolf Bog Β· 10 MW onshore wind farm7.7 km
- Millar Farm Β· 7.21 MW solar farm7.7 km
- Crookedstone Β· 4.83 MW solar farm9.1 km
- Brett Martin Β· 6.49 MW solar farm9.7 km
- NI Cluster Belfast Road Β· 9.99 MW solar farm11.5 km
- NI Cluster Knockairn Road Β· 5.4 MW solar farm14.8 km
- NI Cluster Moira Road Β· 5.94 MW solar farm15.3 km
- Ballymena Β· 4.6 MW onshore wind farm15.7 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
- Site name in planning record
- Elliot's Hill Wind Farm
- Developer / operator
- B9 Energy Services Ltd/ ScottishPower Renewables
- Planning authority
- Antrim and Newtownabbey
- Application submitted
- 18 November 1993
- Permission granted
- 26 October 1994
- Began operating
- 1 April 1995
- Capacity in planning record
- 5 MW
- Address
- Elliot's Hill Tildarg near Ballyclare County Antrim, Co. Antrim
- REPD reference
- 3106
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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