Pates Hill
Pates Hill is a 14 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
- 14 MW
- Status
- Operational
- Technology
- Wind Β· Onshore
- Operator
- The Banks Group
- Region
- Scotland
- Country
- Scotland
- Grid connection (DUKES)
- LV
- Combined heat & power
- No
- Coordinates
- 55.8164, -3.6113
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 Pates Hill compares
At a typical UK load factor for this technology (about 26% of the maximum possible output), a 14 MW station would generate roughly 32 GWh of electricity in a year, similar to the annual use of about 11,810 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
- Longhill Β· 50 MW onshore wind farm1.1 km
- Pearie Law Β· 19.2 MW onshore wind farm3.1 km
- Muirhall Β· 12.3 MW onshore wind farm5.7 km
- Tormywheel Β· 30.8 MW onshore wind farm5.9 km
- Muirhall South (GB) Β· 8.25 MW onshore wind farm7.9 km
- Harthill Torrance Β· 5.7 MW onshore wind farm9.6 km
- Black Law I Β· 124 MW onshore wind farm9.7 km
- West Benhar Β· 30.1 MW onshore wind farm9.8 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
- Middle Muir Wind Farm Β· onshore wind farm51 MW
- Penny Hill Wind Farm Β· onshore wind farm20.4 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
- Your Energy
- Planning authority
- West Lothian
- Planning reference
- 0653/FUL/07
- Application submitted
- 21 July 2005
- Permission granted
- 1 June 2006
- Construction started
- 1 June 2009
- Began operating
- 20 January 2010
- Capacity in planning record
- 14 MW
- Address
- West Calder Lothian, EH55, Lothian
- REPD reference
- 3232
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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