Tormywheel
Tormywheel is a 30.8 MW onshore wind farm in Scotland, operated by RES 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
- 30.8 MW
- Status
- Operational
- Technology
- Wind Β· Onshore
- Operator
- RES Group
- Region
- Scotland
- Country
- Scotland
- Grid connection (DUKES)
- LV
- Combined heat & power
- No
- Coordinates
- 55.7789, -3.6771
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 Tormywheel compares
At a typical UK load factor for this technology (about 26% of the maximum possible output), a 30.8 MW station would generate roughly 70 GWh of electricity in a year, similar to the annual use of about 25,940 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 RES GroupNearby generating sites
- Black Law I Β· 124 MW onshore wind farm4.1 km
- Longhill Β· 50 MW onshore wind farm4.8 km
- Black Law II Β· 63.4 MW onshore wind farm5.7 km
- Pates Hill Β· 14 MW onshore wind farm5.9 km
- Muirhall Β· 12.3 MW onshore wind farm5.9 km
- Muirhall South (GB) Β· 8.25 MW onshore wind farm7.5 km
- West Benhar Β· 30.1 MW onshore wind farm8.4 km
- Pearie Law Β· 19.2 MW onshore wind farm8.5 km
Also operated by RES Group
RES Group operates 98 sites in the register. Largest first:
- Beinneun Wind Farm Β· onshore wind farm109 MW
- Cumberhead Wind Farm Β· onshore wind farm50 MW
- Hill of Towie Wind Farm (GB) Β· onshore wind farm48.3 MW
- Crossdykes Wind Farm Β· onshore wind farm48 MW
- Blary Hill Β· onshore wind farm35 MW
- Garreg Llwyd (GB) Β· onshore wind farm30.4 MW
- Solwaybank Β· onshore wind farm30.4 MW
- Black Hill Wind Farm Β· onshore wind farm28.6 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
- BlackRock (formerly Muirhall Energy)
- Planning authority
- West Lothian
- Planning reference
- 0551/FUL/11
- Application submitted
- 4 February 2005
- Permission granted
- 7 June 2007
- Construction started
- 7 December 2015
- Began operating
- 17 March 2017
- Capacity in planning record
- 30.8 MW
- Address
- Fauldhouse, Lothian
- REPD reference
- 4263
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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