Viking Wind Farm
Viking Wind Farm is a 443 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
- 443 MW
- Status
- Operational
- Technology
- Wind Β· Onshore
- Operator
- SSE Group
- Region
- Scotland
- Country
- Scotland
- Grid connection (DUKES)
- HV
- Combined heat & power
- No
- Coordinates
- 60.3393, -1.2084
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 Viking Wind Farm compares
At a typical UK load factor for this technology (about 26% of the maximum possible output), a 443 MW station would generate roughly 1,009 GWh of electricity in a year, similar to the annual use of about 373,700 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
- Lerwick Β· 67 MW oil-fired power station19.3 km
- Spurness Wind Farm II Β· 10 MW onshore wind farm152.5 km
- Burgar Hill Β· 5 MW onshore wind farm174.0 km
- Kirkwall Β· 16 MW oil-fired power station180.2 km
- Stroupster Β· 29.9 MW onshore wind farm223.9 km
- Forss Wind Farm (GB) Β· 2 MW onshore wind farm238.5 km
- Forss Extension Wind Farm (GB) Β· 5.2 MW onshore wind farm238.5 km
- Achairn Β· 6 MW onshore wind farm239.6 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
- Foyers Pumped Storage Β· pumped-storage station300 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
- Viking Energy Wind Farm
- Planning authority
- Scottish Government (S36)
- Planning reference
- ECU00000723
- Application submitted
- 14 November 2018
- Permission granted
- 24 May 2019
- Construction started
- 1 August 2020
- Began operating
- 1 September 2024
- Capacity in planning record
- 443 MW
- Address
- Lang Kame, Shetland Island, Shetland
- REPD reference
- 6828
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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