Middle Muir Wind Farm
Middle Muir Wind Farm is a 51 MW onshore wind farm in Scotland, operated by The Banks 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
- 51 MW
- Status
- Operational
- Technology
- Wind Β· Onshore
- Operator
- The Banks Group
- Region
- Scotland
- Country
- Scotland
- Grid connection (DUKES)
- HV
- Combined heat & power
- No
- Postcode
- ML12 6SZ
- Coordinates
- 55.5087, -3.7597
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 Middle Muir Wind Farm compares
At a typical UK load factor for this technology (about 26% of the maximum possible output), a 51 MW station would generate roughly 116 GWh of electricity in a year, similar to the annual use of about 43,020 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 The Banks GroupNearby generating sites
- Andershaw Β· 36 MW onshore wind farm5.5 km
- Douglas West Β· 44.9 MW onshore wind farm9.5 km
- Hagshaw Hill II Β· 26 MW onshore wind farm11.4 km
- Dalquhandy Β· 42 MW onshore wind farm12.0 km
- Clyde Windfarm (North) Β· 198 MW onshore wind farm13.7 km
- Clyde Windfarm (Central) Β· 196 MW onshore wind farm13.8 km
- Cumberhead Wind Farm Β· 50 MW onshore wind farm13.8 km
- Galawhistle Β· 66 MW onshore wind farm14.0 km
Also operated by The Banks Group
The Banks Group operates 12 sites in the register. Largest first:
- Kype Muir Wind Farm Β· onshore wind farm88.4 MW
- Penny Hill Wind Farm Β· onshore wind farm20.4 MW
- Pates Hill Β· onshore wind farm14 MW
- Milton Keynes Β· onshore wind farm14 MW
- Armistead Wind Farm Β· onshore wind farm12.3 MW
- Moor House Wind Farm Β· onshore wind farm12 MW
- Hook Moor Wind Farm Β· onshore wind farm10 MW
- Marr Wind Farm Β· onshore wind farm8.2 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
- Banks Renewables
- Planning authority
- Scottish Government (S36)
- Planning reference
- CL/12/0056
- Application submitted
- 7 February 2012
- Permission granted
- 26 September 2014
- Construction started
- 16 January 2017
- Began operating
- 16 May 2019
- Capacity in planning record
- 51 MW
- Address
- Middle Muir, Hamilton, Strathclyde (north of Crawfordjohn), Strathclyde, ML3
- REPD reference
- 4440
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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