Arecleoch Wind Farm

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]

Arecleoch Wind Farm
Arecleoch Wind Farm
CountryScotland, United Kingdom
LocationSouth Ayrshire
Coordinates55°03′12″N 04°52′56″W
StatusOperational
Construction began2009
Commission dateJune 2011
Owner(s)ScottishPower Renewables
Operator(s)Scottish Power
Wind farm
TypeOnshore
Power generation
Units operational60 X 2 MW
Make and modelGamesa: G80
Nameplate capacity120 MW

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 mechanism housing. 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.

In October 2017 a turbine caught fire and was also left to burn itself out and was destroyed.

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See also

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
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