Forss Extension Wind Farm (GB)
Forss Extension Wind Farm (GB) is a 5.2 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
- 5.2 MW
- Status
- Operational
- Technology
- Wind Β· Onshore
- Operator
- RES Group
- Region
- Scotland
- Country
- Scotland
- Grid connection (DUKES)
- LV
- Combined heat & power
- No
- Postcode
- KW147U
- Coordinates
- 58.6024, -3.6881
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 Forss Extension Wind Farm (GB) compares
At a typical UK load factor for this technology (about 26% of the maximum possible output), a 5.2 MW station would generate roughly 12 GWh of electricity in a year, similar to the annual use of about 4,390 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
- Forss Wind Farm (GB) Β· 2 MW onshore wind farm0.0 km
- Dounreay Nuclear Site Β· 245 MW nuclear power station3.7 km
- Baillie Β· 53 MW onshore wind farm3.9 km
- Halsary Β· 30 MW onshore wind farm19.8 km
- Causeymire Β· 48.3 MW onshore wind farm21.9 km
- Strathy North Β· 66 MW onshore wind farm23.6 km
- Bad a Cheo Β· 26.7 MW onshore wind farm25.2 km
- Bilbster Β· 3.9 MW onshore wind farm30.6 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
- Forss Wind Farm (Extension)
- Developer / operator
- Renewable Energy Systems (RES)
- Planning authority
- Highland
- Planning reference
- 01/00380/FULCA
- Application submitted
- 5 January 2005
- Permission granted
- 16 October 2006
- Construction started
- 1 January 2007
- Began operating
- 1 July 2007
- Capacity in planning record
- 5.2 MW
- Address
- Ex Navy Base Forss, Dounreay Thurso Caithness, Highland, KW14 7YB
- REPD reference
- 4679
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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