West Benhar
West Benhar is a 30.1 MW onshore wind farm in Scotland, operated by EDF Energy. 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
- 30.1 MW
- Status
- Operational
- Technology
- Wind Β· Onshore
- Operator
- EDF Energy
- Region
- Scotland
- Country
- Scotland
- Grid connection (DUKES)
- LV
- Combined heat & power
- No
- Postcode
- ML7 5TF
- Coordinates
- 55.8363, -3.7650
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 West Benhar compares
At a typical UK load factor for this technology (about 26% of the maximum possible output), a 30.1 MW station would generate roughly 69 GWh of electricity in a year, similar to the annual use of about 25,390 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 EDF EnergyNearby generating sites
- Harthill Torrance Β· 5.7 MW onshore wind farm3.4 km
- Black Law I Β· 124 MW onshore wind farm7.9 km
- Black Law II Β· 63.4 MW onshore wind farm8.2 km
- Tormywheel Β· 30.8 MW onshore wind farm8.4 km
- Longhill Β· 50 MW onshore wind farm9.1 km
- Pates Hill Β· 14 MW onshore wind farm9.8 km
- Burnhead Moss Β· 26 MW onshore wind farm10.2 km
- Greendykeside Β· 4 MW onshore wind farm12.1 km
Also operated by EDF Energy
EDF Energy operates 48 sites in the register. Largest first:
- Hinkley Point C Β· nuclear power station3,260 MW
- West Burton A Power Station Β· coal-fired power station2,012 MW
- Cottam Power Station Β· coal-fired power station2,008 MW
- Heysham 2 Β· nuclear power station1,240 MW
- Torness Β· nuclear power station1,200 MW
- Sizewell B Β· nuclear power station1,198 MW
- Hartlepool Β· nuclear power station1,185 MW
- Heysham 1 Β· nuclear power station1,060 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
- West Benhar wind farm
- Developer / operator
- EDF Energy Renewables
- Planning authority
- North Lanarkshire
- Planning reference
- 13/01377/FUL
- Application submitted
- 25 July 2013
- Permission granted
- 11 September 2015
- Construction started
- 1 March 2021
- Began operating
- 1 January 2023
- Capacity in planning record
- 27.2 MW
- Address
- West Benhar Wind Farm North Of Rimmon Cottage Benhar Road Shotts, Strathclyde, ML7 5TF
- REPD reference
- 4307
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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