FMC Dunfermline
FMC Dunfermline is a 1.5 MW onshore wind farm in Scotland, operated by WPO UK Services. 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
- 1.5 MW
- Status
- Operational
- Technology
- Wind Β· Onshore
- Operator
- WPO UK Services
- Region
- Scotland
- Country
- Scotland
- Grid connection (DUKES)
- HV
- Combined heat & power
- No
- Coordinates
- 56.0564, -3.4466
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 FMC Dunfermline compares
At a typical UK load factor for this technology (about 26% of the maximum possible output), a 1.5 MW station would generate roughly 3.4 GWh of electricity in a year, similar to the annual use of about 1,270 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 WPO UK ServicesNearby generating sites
- Mossmorran Β· 4.6 MW onshore wind farm8.9 km
- EPR Scotland Ltd Β· 12.5 MW biomass power station12.9 km
- Westfield Β· 10 MW onshore wind farm13.6 km
- Little Raith (GB) Β· 24.8 MW onshore wind farm13.9 km
- Longannet Power Station Β· 2,400 MW coal-fired power station14.4 km
- Middle Balbeggie Β· 6.4 MW onshore wind farm20.6 km
- Middle Balbeggie Β· 5 MW solar farm21.2 km
- West Strathore Β· 4.98 MW solar farm21.9 km
Also operated by WPO UK Services
WPO UK Services operates 38 sites in the register. Largest first:
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
- FMC Technologies
- Developer / operator
- FMC Technologies
- Planning authority
- Fife
- Planning reference
- 09/00301/WFULL
- Application submitted
- 12 February 2009
- Permission granted
- 22 December 2009
- Construction started
- 1 April 2011
- Began operating
- 7 December 2011
- Capacity in planning record
- 1.5 MW
- Address
- Pitreavie Crescent, Pitreavie Business Park, Dunfermline, KY11 8UT, Fife
- REPD reference
- 2687
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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