Stronelairg Wind Farm
Stronelairg Wind Farm is a 228 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
- 228 MW
- Status
- Operational
- Technology
- Wind Β· Onshore
- Operator
- SSE Group
- Region
- Scotland
- Country
- Scotland
- Grid connection (DUKES)
- HV
- Combined heat & power
- No
- Coordinates
- 57.1269, -4.5264
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 Stronelairg Wind Farm compares
At a typical UK load factor for this technology (about 26% of the maximum possible output), a 228 MW station would generate roughly 519 GWh of electricity in a year, similar to the annual use of about 192,080 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
- Garrogie Β· 2.4 MW small hydro scheme7.1 km
- Glendoe Hydro Power Station Β· 100 MW hydroelectric station8.6 km
- Invergarry Dam - A, E Β· 0.24 MW small hydro scheme8.6 km
- River E Β· 3 MW small hydro scheme12.1 km
- Corriegarth Β· 69.5 MW onshore wind farm12.3 km
- Livishie Power Station - A Β· 15 MW hydroelectric station12.7 km
- Bhlaraidh Wind Farm Β· 110 MW onshore wind farm13.1 km
- Foyers Falls Power Station Β· 5.2 MW hydroelectric station13.4 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)
- Planning reference
- EC00005242
- Application submitted
- 29 June 2012
- Permission granted
- 6 June 2014
- Construction started
- 20 April 2017
- Began operating
- 11 December 2018
- Capacity in planning record
- 228 MW
- Address
- located approximately 11 kilometres to the south-east of Fort Augustus, Highland
- REPD reference
- 4597
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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