Arecleoch Wind Farm

Arecleoch Wind Farm
Arecleoch Wind Farm
Country	Scotland, United Kingdom
Location	South Ayrshire
Coordinates	55°03′12″N 04°52′56″W
Status	Operational
Construction began	2009
Commission date	June 2011
Owner	ScottishPower Renewables
Operator	ScottishPower
Wind farm
Type	Onshore
Power generation
Units operational	60 X 2 MW
Make and model	Gamesa: G80
Nameplate capacity	120 MW

Arecleoch Wind Farm is a 60 turbine wind farm in South Ayrshire, Scotland with a total capacity of 120 megawatts (MW), enough to power over 67,000 homes.^[1] Construction started in 2009 and it was commissioned in June 2011.^[1][2]

A 72.8MW extension was approved in 2021, despite objections from South Ayrshire Council.^[3]

Incidents

In January and February 2016 there were two separate incidents of a turbine catching fire overnight while the site was unmanned due to faults in the HV transformer, there was two further turbine fires over the next 12months. On one occasion there were two technicians climbing the tower as the fire took hold, they escaped without injury. The turbines were destroyed and were disassembled and removed from site. Scottish Power reported to the Sunday Mail on 10 April 2016 they were investigating these incidents along with the manufacturer Gamesa.

See also

• Wind power in Scotland
• List of onshore wind farms

References

1. UK Operational Wind Farms – Renewable UK Archived 2011-10-01 at the Wayback Machine Accessed 27 September 2011
2. Arecleoch Wind Farm – Renewables Map Accessed 27 September 2011
3. "SPR given thumbs up for Arecleoch extension". reNEWS.biz. 17 November 2021. Retrieved 24 September 2024.