Strathy North
Strathy North is a 66 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
- 66 MW
- Status
- Operational
- Technology
- Wind Β· Onshore
- Operator
- SSE Group
- Region
- Scotland
- Country
- Scotland
- Grid connection (DUKES)
- HV
- Combined heat & power
- No
- Coordinates
- 58.4900, -4.0336
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 Strathy North compares
At a typical UK load factor for this technology (about 26% of the maximum possible output), a 66 MW station would generate roughly 150 GWh of electricity in a year, similar to the annual use of about 55,670 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
- Dounreay Nuclear Site Β· 245 MW nuclear power station19.9 km
- Baillie Β· 53 MW onshore wind farm22.4 km
- Forss Wind Farm (GB) Β· 2 MW onshore wind farm23.6 km
- Forss Extension Wind Farm (GB) Β· 5.2 MW onshore wind farm23.6 km
- Causeymire Β· 48.3 MW onshore wind farm31.3 km
- Halsary Β· 30 MW onshore wind farm32.2 km
- Bad a Cheo Β· 26.7 MW onshore wind farm36.0 km
- Camster Β· 50 MW onshore wind farm45.3 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
- Developer / operator
- Scottish and Southern Energy (SSE)
- Planning authority
- Scottish Government (S36)
- Application submitted
- 12 January 2007
- Permission granted
- 22 November 2011
- Construction started
- 31 January 2014
- Began operating
- 1 December 2015
- Capacity in planning record
- 67.7 MW
- Address
- Near Strathy Village, Sutherland, Highland
- REPD reference
- 4625
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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