South Kyle
South Kyle is a 240 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
- 240 MW
- Status
- Operational
- Technology
- Wind Β· Onshore
- Operator
- Greencoat Capital
- Region
- Scotland
- Country
- Scotland
- Grid connection (DUKES)
- HV
- Combined heat & power
- No
- Coordinates
- 55.3111, -4.2861
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 South Kyle compares
At a typical UK load factor for this technology (about 26% of the maximum possible output), a 240 MW station would generate roughly 547 GWh of electricity in a year, similar to the annual use of about 202,450 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
- Brockloch Rig 1 Β· 21.6 MW onshore wind farm6.7 km
- Drumjohn Β· 1 MW small hydro scheme7.0 km
- Windy Rig Β· 43.2 MW onshore wind farm7.9 km
- Hare Hill I Β· 13.2 MW onshore wind farm11.6 km
- Dersalloch Β· 69 MW onshore wind farm12.5 km
- Brockloch Rig Β· 61.5 MW onshore wind farm12.7 km
- Hare Hill II Β· 29.8 MW onshore wind farm14.6 km
- Sanquhar Β· 31.1 MW onshore wind farm15.6 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
- Site name in planning record
- South Kyle Wind Farm
- Developer / operator
- Vattenfall
- Planning authority
- Scottish Government (S36)
- Planning reference
- EC00003109
- Application submitted
- 29 August 2013
- Permission granted
- 30 June 2017
- Construction started
- 1 July 2020
- Began operating
- 1 June 2023
- Capacity in planning record
- 240 MW
- Address
- south of the B741, mainly within Kyle Forest and to the east of Dalmellington, Strathclyde
- REPD reference
- 4586
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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