North Rhins
North Rhins is a 22 MW onshore wind farm in Scotland, operated by Greencoat Capital. 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
- 22 MW
- Status
- Operational
- Technology
- Wind Β· Onshore
- Operator
- Greencoat Capital
- Region
- Scotland
- Country
- Scotland
- Grid connection (DUKES)
- LV
- Combined heat & power
- No
- Coordinates
- 54.8771, -5.0881
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 North Rhins compares
At a typical UK load factor for this technology (about 26% of the maximum possible output), a 22 MW station would generate roughly 50 GWh of electricity in a year, similar to the annual use of about 18,560 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 Greencoat CapitalNearby generating sites
- Glen App Β· 22 MW onshore wind farm16.2 km
- Barlockhart Moor Wind Energy Ltd Β· 8.2 MW onshore wind farm19.2 km
- Artfield Fell Windfarm - A,C Β· 28.6 MW onshore wind farm22.8 km
- Carscreugh Β· 15.3 MW onshore wind farm23.1 km
- Glenchamber Wind Farm (GB) Β· 25.3 MW onshore wind farm23.2 km
- Airies Β· 39.9 MW onshore wind farm26.0 km
- Arecleoch Β· 120 MW onshore wind farm28.3 km
- Kilgallioch Β· 239 MW onshore wind farm29.0 km
Also operated by Greencoat Capital
Greencoat Capital operates 195 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
- Greencoat UK Wind
- Planning authority
- Dumfries and Galloway
- Application submitted
- 15 January 2007
- Permission granted
- 14 March 2008
- Construction started
- 1 October 2009
- Began operating
- 20 January 2010
- Capacity in planning record
- 22 MW
- Address
- North Rhins Stranraer Dumfries and Galloway, Dumfries and Galloway
- REPD reference
- 4508
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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