Hadyard Hill Wind Farm

Hadyard Hill Wind Farm was developed by DP Energy on behalf of the owner/operator SSE Generation Ltd (part of the SSE Group). It was awarded a Section 36 Planning Consent in December 2003, which at the time, with a consented capacity of 130MW, made it the largest onshore consented wind farm in the UK.

Hadyard Hill is located in South Ayrshire and lies approximately 5km inland from the coastal town of Girvan in the south west of Scotland.

The wind farm is connected to the substation at Maybole by a 132kV wooden pole overhead line. The official ground breaking for the Hadyard Hill Wind Farm took place on 15th July 2004 with the first turf being cut by Ivor Caplin, Minister of Defence. Full construction activity commenced in August 2005 and the wind farm entered operation in September 2006. The official opening of the wind farm was conducted on the 9th March 2007 by David Cairns MP Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Scotland.

Project Summary
Consented Number of Turbines 52
Consented MW 130MW
 Commissioning Date 2006
 Current Owner SSE Generation Ltd

 

Blackcraig Hill Wind Farm

Blackcraig Hill Wind Farm was developed by DP Energy on behalf of the owner/operator SSE Generation Ltd (part of the SSE Group). It was awarded a Section 36 Planning Consent in March 2011. The site was subsequently transferred to Blue Energy in May 2015.

The Blackcraig Hill wind farm site lies approximately 8km to the east of the village of St John’s Town of Dalry in the district of Stewartry, Dumfries and Galloway. The turbines are sited along the irregular ridgeline formed by the series of small hills from near Troquhain Hill in the west to Fell Hill in the east. One of the central hills, Blackcraig Hill lends its name to the wind farm. It has a mean site elevation of around 350-400m and an estimated wind speed of around 8metres/second.

Project Summary
Consented Number of Turbines 23
Consented MW 69MW
 Commissioning Date 2017
 Current Owner Blue Energy

 

Balmurrie Fell Wind Farm

Balmurrie Fell is an extension to the Artfield Fell Wind project and was developed by DP Energy on behalf of the owner/operator SSE Generation Ltd (part of the SSE Group).

Balmurrie Fell has a mean site elevation of around 250m and an average wind speed of around 8.5metres/second. The site lies immediately to the west of Artfield Fell.

Planning consent was secured in November 2009 with construction commencing in January 2012 and completed in September 2012.

Project Summary
Consented Number of Turbines 7
Consented MW 9.1MW
 Commissioning Date 2012
 Current Owner SSE Generation Ltd

 

Artfield Fell Wind Farm

Artfield Fell is situated in the district of Wigtownshire, Dumfries and Galloway in the south west of Scotland. It lies approximately 6km east of the village of New Luce and 8km north of the village of Glenluce. The wind farm is connected to the substation at Glenluce by a 33kV wooden pole overhead line.

Artfield Fell is situated in the district of Wigtownshire, Dumfries and Galloway in the south west of Scotland. It lies approximately 6km east of the village of New Luce and 8km north of the village of Glenluce. The wind farm is connected to the substation at Glenluce by a 33kV wooden pole overhead line.

Planning permission for the Artfield Fell Wind Farm and the Section 37 Consent for the overhead line were awarded in 2004 and construction commenced in September 2004. The project was completed in May 2005. Artfield Fell wind farm was officially opened by Malcolm Wicks MP, Minister for Energy on Wednesday 27 July 2005.

Project Summary
Consented Number of Turbines 15
Consented MW 19.5MW
 Commissioning Date 2005
 Current Owner SSE Generation Ltd