West Browncastle
West Browncastle is a 30 MW onshore wind farm in Scotland, operated by Falck Renewables SpA. 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 MW
- Status
- Operational
- Technology
- Wind Β· Onshore
- Operator
- Falck Renewables SpA
- Region
- Scotland
- Country
- Scotland
- Grid connection (DUKES)
- LV
- Combined heat & power
- No
- Coordinates
- 55.6590, -4.2091
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 Browncastle compares
At a typical UK load factor for this technology (about 26% of the maximum possible output), a 30 MW station would generate roughly 68 GWh of electricity in a year, similar to the annual use of about 25,310 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 Falck Renewables SpANearby generating sites
- Calder Water Β· 39 MW onshore wind farm2.4 km
- Whitelee I Β· 322 MW onshore wind farm5.0 km
- AOE Β· 11.5 MW onshore wind farm6.3 km
- Whitelee II Β· 217 MW onshore wind farm7.1 km
- Kype Muir Wind Farm Β· 88.4 MW onshore wind farm7.4 km
- Dungavel Β· 26 MW onshore wind farm9.0 km
- East Kilbride Β· 0.6 MW onshore wind farm9.8 km
- Blantyre Muir Wind Energy Ltd Β· 12.3 MW onshore wind farm11.8 km
Also operated by Falck Renewables SpA
Falck Renewables SpA operates 12 sites in the register. Largest first:
- Kilbraur Β· onshore wind farm67.5 MW
- Millennium Β· onshore wind farm65 MW
- Cambrian Β· onshore wind farm58.5 MW
- Auchrobert Β· onshore wind farm38.8 MW
- Earlsburn Β· onshore wind farm37.5 MW
- Ben Aketil Β· onshore wind farm27.6 MW
- Assel Valley Β· onshore wind farm25 MW
- Kingsburn Β· onshore wind farm22.5 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
- Falck Renewables
- Planning authority
- South Lanarkshire
- Planning reference
- EK/10/0358
- Application submitted
- 13 October 2010
- Permission granted
- 9 July 2012
- Construction started
- 1 February 2013
- Began operating
- 30 June 2014
- Capacity in planning record
- 30 MW
- Address
- Strathaven, Strathclyde, ML10 6QW, Strathclyde
- REPD reference
- 4427
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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