Longhill
Longhill is a 50 MW onshore wind farm in Scotland, operated by Capital Dynamics 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
- 50 MW
- Status
- Operational
- Technology
- Wind Β· Onshore
- Operator
- Capital Dynamics UK
- Region
- Scotland
- Country
- Scotland
- Grid connection (DUKES)
- LV
- Combined heat & power
- No
- Postcode
- EH55 8HQ
- Coordinates
- 55.8111, -3.6261
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 Longhill compares
At a typical UK load factor for this technology (about 26% of the maximum possible output), a 50 MW station would generate roughly 114 GWh of electricity in a year, similar to the annual use of about 42,180 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 Capital Dynamics UKNearby generating sites
- Pates Hill Β· 14 MW onshore wind farm1.1 km
- Pearie Law Β· 19.2 MW onshore wind farm4.1 km
- Tormywheel Β· 30.8 MW onshore wind farm4.8 km
- Muirhall Β· 12.3 MW onshore wind farm5.5 km
- Muirhall South (GB) Β· 8.25 MW onshore wind farm7.8 km
- Black Law I Β· 124 MW onshore wind farm8.6 km
- West Benhar Β· 30.1 MW onshore wind farm9.1 km
- Harthill Torrance Β· 5.7 MW onshore wind farm9.2 km
Also operated by Capital Dynamics UK
Capital Dynamics UK operates 25 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
- Under Construction
- Site name in planning record
- Longhill Burn Wind Farm
- Developer / operator
- EnergieKontor UK
- Planning authority
- West Lothian
- Planning reference
- 0359/FUL/19Β
- Application submitted
- 15 April 2019
- Permission granted
- 17 April 2020
- Construction started
- 1 April 2021
- Capacity in planning record
- 45.6 MW
- Address
- Longhill Burn (west of Pates H, West Calder, Lothian, West Lothian, EH55 8NS
- REPD reference
- 6327
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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