Pearie Law
Pearie Law is a 19.2 MW onshore wind farm in Scotland, operated by EDF Energy. 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
- 19.2 MW
- Status
- Operational
- Technology
- Wind Β· Onshore
- Operator
- EDF Energy
- Region
- Scotland
- Country
- Scotland
- Grid connection (DUKES)
- LV
- Combined heat & power
- No
- Postcode
- EH55 8RT
- Coordinates
- 55.8205, -3.5624
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 Pearie Law compares
At a typical UK load factor for this technology (about 26% of the maximum possible output), a 19.2 MW station would generate roughly 44 GWh of electricity in a year, similar to the annual use of about 16,200 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 EDF EnergyNearby generating sites
- Pates Hill Β· 14 MW onshore wind farm3.1 km
- Longhill Β· 50 MW onshore wind farm4.1 km
- Muirhall Β· 12.3 MW onshore wind farm6.1 km
- Muirhall South (GB) Β· 8.25 MW onshore wind farm8.0 km
- Tormywheel Β· 30.8 MW onshore wind farm8.5 km
- Harthill Torrance Β· 5.7 MW onshore wind farm12.1 km
- Black Law I Β· 124 MW onshore wind farm12.5 km
- West Benhar Β· 30.1 MW onshore wind farm12.8 km
Also operated by EDF Energy
EDF Energy operates 48 sites in the register. Largest first:
- Hinkley Point C Β· nuclear power station3,260 MW
- West Burton A Power Station Β· coal-fired power station2,012 MW
- Cottam Power Station Β· coal-fired power station2,008 MW
- Heysham 2 Β· nuclear power station1,240 MW
- Torness Β· nuclear power station1,200 MW
- Sizewell B Β· nuclear power station1,198 MW
- Hartlepool Β· nuclear power station1,185 MW
- Heysham 1 Β· nuclear power station1,060 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
- Pearie Law Wind Farm
- Developer / operator
- EDF Energy Renewables
- Planning authority
- West Lothian
- Planning reference
- 0267/FUL/12
- Application submitted
- 17 April 2012
- Permission granted
- 8 July 2014
- Construction started
- 15 September 2015
- Began operating
- 1 December 2016
- Capacity in planning record
- 19.2 MW
- Address
- Pearie Law, West Calder, West Lothian, EH55, Lothian
- REPD reference
- 4211
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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