Spurness Wind Farm II
Spurness Wind Farm II is a 10 MW onshore wind farm in Scotland, operated by SSE 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
- 10 MW
- Status
- Operational
- Technology
- Wind Β· Onshore
- Operator
- SSE Group
- Region
- Scotland
- Country
- Scotland
- Grid connection (DUKES)
- LV
- Combined heat & power
- No
- Coordinates
- 59.1893, -2.6925
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 Spurness Wind Farm II compares
At a typical UK load factor for this technology (about 26% of the maximum possible output), a 10 MW station would generate roughly 23 GWh of electricity in a year, similar to the annual use of about 8,440 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 SSE GroupNearby generating sites
- Burgar Hill Β· 5 MW onshore wind farm27.2 km
- Kirkwall Β· 16 MW oil-fired power station27.8 km
- Stroupster Β· 29.9 MW onshore wind farm72.4 km
- Forss Wind Farm (GB) Β· 2 MW onshore wind farm86.8 km
- Forss Extension Wind Farm (GB) Β· 5.2 MW onshore wind farm86.8 km
- Bilbster Β· 3.9 MW onshore wind farm88.4 km
- Achairn Β· 6 MW onshore wind farm88.5 km
- Baillie Β· 53 MW onshore wind farm89.3 km
Also operated by SSE Group
SSE Group operates 127 sites in the register. Largest first:
- Peterhead Β· gas-fired power station1,180 MW
- Seagreen Β· offshore wind farm1,075 MW
- Keadby 2 Β· gas-fired power station840 MW
- Medway Β· gas-fired power station755 MW
- Keadby Β· CCGT gas power station735 MW
- Beatrice Offshore windfarm Β· offshore wind farm588 MW
- Greater Gabbard Β· offshore wind farm504 MW
- Viking Wind Farm Β· onshore wind farm443 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
- Spurness Wind Farm Repowering
- Developer / operator
- Scottish and Southern Energy (SSE)
- Planning authority
- Orkney Islands
- Planning reference
- 11/102/TPP
- Application submitted
- 4 March 2011
- Permission granted
- 21 July 2011
- Construction started
- 1 February 2012
- Began operating
- 1 December 2012
- Capacity in planning record
- 10 MW
- Address
- Spurness, Sanday, Orkney Islands
- REPD reference
- 3837
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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