Sorbie
Sorbie is a 12.6 MW onshore wind farm in Scotland, operated by Capital Dynamics UK. 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
- 12.6 MW
- Status
- Operational
- Technology
- Wind Β· Onshore
- Operator
- Capital Dynamics UK
- Region
- Scotland
- Country
- Scotland
- Grid connection (DUKES)
- LV
- Combined heat & power
- No
- Coordinates
- 55.6683, -4.7872
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 Sorbie compares
At a typical UK load factor for this technology (about 26% of the maximum possible output), a 12.6 MW station would generate roughly 29 GWh of electricity in a year, similar to the annual use of about 10,630 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 Capital Dynamics UKNearby generating sites
- Ardrossan Β· 30 MW onshore wind farm3.0 km
- Lochcraigs Farm Β· 4.99 MW solar farm3.0 km
- Wardlaw Wood Β· 18 MW onshore wind farm6.0 km
- Millour Hill Β· 18 MW onshore wind farm7.0 km
- Millour Hill Ext. Β· 6.4 MW onshore wind farm7.3 km
- Hunterston B Β· 980 MW nuclear power station8.8 km
- Hunterston A Β· 300 MW nuclear power station8.8 km
- Torness Β· 1,200 MW nuclear power station9.1 km
Also operated by Capital Dynamics UK
Capital Dynamics UK operates 25 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
- Under Construction
- Site name in planning record
- Sorbie Farm
- Developer / operator
- Energiekontor
- Planning authority
- North Ayrshire
- Planning reference
- 13/00627/PP
- Application submitted
- 30 October 2013
- Permission granted
- 27 June 2014
- Construction started
- 1 February 2022
- Capacity in planning record
- 9 MW
- Address
- Sorbie Farm Ardrossan, Strathclyde, KA22 7NP
- REPD reference
- 4315
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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