Harestanes
Harestanes is a 136 MW onshore wind farm in Scotland, operated by Scottish Power. 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
- 136 MW
- Status
- Operational
- Technology
- Wind Β· Onshore
- Operator
- Scottish Power
- Region
- Scotland
- Country
- Scotland
- Grid connection (DUKES)
- HV
- Combined heat & power
- No
- Postcode
- DG11 1TU
- Coordinates
- 55.2390, -3.5742
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 Harestanes compares
At a typical UK load factor for this technology (about 26% of the maximum possible output), a 136 MW station would generate roughly 310 GWh of electricity in a year, similar to the annual use of about 114,720 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 Scottish PowerNearby generating sites
- Minnygap (GB) Β· 25 MW onshore wind farm7.7 km
- Dalswinton Β· 30 MW onshore wind farm7.8 km
- Steven's Croft Β· 46 MW biomass power station15.6 km
- Minsca Β· 36.8 MW onshore wind farm19.1 km
- Ewe Hill I Β· 13.8 MW onshore wind farm21.2 km
- Ewe Hill II Β· 36.8 MW onshore wind farm21.2 km
- TwentyShilling Hill Β· 37.8 MW onshore wind farm22.5 km
- Clyde Windfarm (South) Β· 129 MW onshore wind farm22.6 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
- Black Law I Β· onshore wind farm124 MW
- Arecleoch Β· onshore wind farm120 MW
Planning history
From the government's Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD), matched to this site by location, capacity and name.
- Planning status
- Operational
- Developer / operator
- Scottish Power Renewables
- Planning authority
- Scottish Government (S36)
- Application submitted
- 17 March 2004
- Permission granted
- 10 September 2007
- Construction started
- 18 October 2012
- Began operating
- 1 July 2014
- Capacity in planning record
- 136 MW
- Address
- Mofatt Village Dumfries and Galloway, Dumfries and Galloway
- REPD reference
- 4119
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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