Lochluichart
Lochluichart is a 69 MW onshore wind farm in Scotland, operated by Eneco Wind UK. 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
- 69 MW
- Status
- Operational
- Technology
- Wind Β· Onshore
- Operator
- Eneco Wind UK
- Region
- Scotland
- Country
- Scotland
- Grid connection (DUKES)
- HV
- Combined heat & power
- No
- Coordinates
- 57.6546, -4.8167
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 Lochluichart compares
At a typical UK load factor for this technology (about 26% of the maximum possible output), a 69 MW station would generate roughly 157 GWh of electricity in a year, similar to the annual use of about 58,210 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 Eneco Wind UKNearby generating sites
- Corriemoillie Β· 48.5 MW onshore wind farm3.0 km
- Mossford Power Station - A,G Β· 18.7 MW hydroelectric station3.2 km
- Luichart Β· 34 MW hydroelectric station4.0 km
- Grudie Bridge Power Station - A, G Β· 18.7 MW hydroelectric station4.0 km
- Luichart Dam - A Β· 0.09 MW small hydro scheme4.0 km
- Achanalt Power Station - A Β· 3.1 MW small hydro scheme7.7 km
- Vaich Power Station Β· 0.32 MW small hydro scheme9.2 km
- Meig Dam Β· 0.08 MW small hydro scheme11.5 km
Also operated by Eneco Wind UK
Eneco Wind UK operates 6 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
- Developer / operator
- Eneco
- Planning authority
- Scottish Government (S36)
- Planning reference
- EC00005210
- Application submitted
- 21 November 2005
- Permission granted
- 22 December 2008
- Construction started
- 1 February 2012
- Began operating
- 14 May 2014
- Capacity in planning record
- 51 MW
- Address
- Loch Luichart, Garve, Highland
- REPD reference
- 4123
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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