Penmanshiel
Penmanshiel is a 28.7 MW onshore wind farm in Scotland, operated by Cubico Sustainable Investments. 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
- 28.7 MW
- Status
- Operational
- Technology
- Wind Β· Onshore
- Operator
- Cubico Sustainable Investments
- Region
- Scotland
- Country
- Scotland
- Grid connection (DUKES)
- LV
- Combined heat & power
- No
- Postcode
- TD11 3RP
- Coordinates
- 55.8969, -2.3213
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 Penmanshiel compares
At a typical UK load factor for this technology (about 26% of the maximum possible output), a 28.7 MW station would generate roughly 65 GWh of electricity in a year, similar to the annual use of about 24,210 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 Cubico Sustainable InvestmentsNearby generating sites
- Drone Hill Β· 28.6 MW onshore wind farm3.7 km
- Quixwood Moor Β· 26.7 MW onshore wind farm3.8 km
- Aikengall IIA Β· 81.7 MW onshore wind farm8.2 km
- Aikengall Β· 48 MW onshore wind farm10.8 km
- Aikengall II Β· 60.8 MW onshore wind farm10.8 km
- Crystal Rig Β· 62.5 MW onshore wind farm12.0 km
- Crystal Rig III Β· 13.8 MW onshore wind farm12.6 km
- Black Hill Wind Farm Β· 28.6 MW onshore wind farm12.9 km
Also operated by Cubico Sustainable Investments
Cubico Sustainable Investments operates 18 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
- Site name in planning record
- Penmanshiel Wind Farm
- Developer / operator
- Renewable Energy Systems (RES)
- Planning authority
- Scottish Borders
- Planning reference
- 11/01464/FUL
- Application submitted
- 27 October 2011
- Permission granted
- 16 October 2013
- Construction started
- 6 May 2015
- Began operating
- 1 July 2016
- Capacity in planning record
- 28.7 MW
- Address
- Land East Of Penmanshiel Farmhouse Grantshouse Scottish Borders, Borders
- REPD reference
- 4600
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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