Middleton
Middleton is a 12 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
- 12 MW
- Status
- Operational
- Technology
- Wind Β· Onshore
- Operator
- Scottish Power
- Region
- Scotland
- Country
- Scotland
- Grid connection (DUKES)
- LV
- Combined heat & power
- No
- Postcode
- G77 6PZ
- Coordinates
- 55.7751, -4.3426
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 Middleton compares
At a typical UK load factor for this technology (about 26% of the maximum possible output), a 12 MW station would generate roughly 27 GWh of electricity in a year, similar to the annual use of about 10,120 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
- Neilston (GB) Β· 10 MW onshore wind farm8.1 km
- Cathkin Braes Wind Farm Β· 3 MW onshore wind farm8.3 km
- AOE Β· 11.5 MW onshore wind farm9.1 km
- Whitelee I Β· 322 MW onshore wind farm11.2 km
- East Kilbride Β· 0.6 MW onshore wind farm12.0 km
- Whitelee II Β· 217 MW onshore wind farm15.2 km
- West Browncastle Β· 30 MW onshore wind farm15.4 km
- Blantyre Muir Wind Energy Ltd Β· 12.3 MW onshore wind farm16.2 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
- Harestanes Β· onshore wind farm136 MW
- Black Law I Β· onshore wind farm124 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
- Middleton Wind Farm
- Developer / operator
- Scottish Power Renewables
- Planning authority
- East Renfrewshire
- Planning reference
- 2008/0096/TP
- Application submitted
- 11 February 2008
- Permission granted
- 16 August 2011
- Construction started
- 29 May 2012
- Began operating
- 4 September 2013
- Capacity in planning record
- 12 MW
- Address
- East Refrewshire, G77 6, Strathclyde
- REPD reference
- 3702
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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