Arecleoch Wind Farm

Wind farm in South Ayrshire, Scotland, UK

55°03′12″N 04°52′56″W / 55.05333°N 4.88222°W / 55.05333; -4.88222StatusOperationalConstruction began2009Commission dateJune 2011Owner(s)ScottishPower RenewablesOperator(s)ScottishPowerWind farm TypeOnshorePower generation Units operational60 X 2 MWMake and modelGamesa: G80Nameplate capacity120 MW

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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]

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.

References

^ ^a ^b UK Operational Wind Farms – Renewable UK Archived 2011-10-01 at the Wayback Machine Accessed 27 September 2011
^ Arecleoch Wind Farm – Renewables Map Accessed 27 September 2011

Energy in Scotland

Energy in the United Kingdom

Sectors

Companies and
organisations

Current	Community Energy Scotland EDF Energy European Marine Energy Centre FREDS National Grid Office for Nuclear Regulation Scottish Gas Scottish Government (Energy Directorate) ScottishPower SGN SSE John Wood Group
Defunct	Aquamarine Power British Energy North of Scotland Hydro-Electric Board Pelamis Wave Power Scottish Hydro Electric Scottish Nuclear South of Scotland Electricity Board Wavegen

Active power
stations

Hydro	Affric-Beauly Arran Awe Breadalbane Chliostair Conon Cruachan Foyers Galloway Garry (Great Glen) Gisla Glendoe Inver Kerry Falls Kilmelfort Kinlochewe-Talladale Lanark Loch Dubh Loch Gair Lochaber Lussa Morar Moriston (Great Glen) Mucomir Nostie Bridge Shin Shira Sloy Storr Lochs Striven Tummel
Nuclear	Torness
Oil and gas	Lerwick Peterhead Stornoway
Wave	Islay LIMPET
Wind	Ardrossan Arecleoch Beatrice Beinn an Tuirc Black Law Braes of Doune Clyde Cruach Mhòr Crystal Rig European Offshore Wind Deployment Centre Farr Hadyard Hill Hare Hill Hywind Kilgallioch Pates Hill Seagreen Whitelee
Other	Dundee Incinerator Greengairs Lerwick District Heating and Energy Recovery Plant Steven's Croft Westfield

Deactivated
stations

Coal	Pinkston (1960s) Yoker (1976) Portobello (1977) Barony (1980s) Braehead (1980s) Kincardine (1997) Methil (2000) Cockenzie (2013) Longannet (2016)
Nuclear	Hunterston A (1990) Dounreay (1994) Chapelcross (2004) Hunterston B (2022)
Oil and gas	Inverkip (1988) Fife (2011)

Other

Category
Commons

Wind power in the United Kingdom

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Onshore wind farms

Active

Proposed

Offshore wind farms

Active	Barrow Beatrice Blyth Burbo Bank Dudgeon European Offshore Wind Deployment Centre Greater Gabbard Gunfleet Sands Gwynt y Môr Humber Gateway Hywind Scotland Kentish Flats Lincs London Array Lynn and Inner Dowsing Methil North Hoyle Ormonde Race Bank Rampion Rhyl Flats Robin Rigg Scroby Sands Seagreen Sheringham Shoal Teesside Thanet Walney West of Duddon Sands Westermost Rough
Proposed	Dogger Bank East Anglia Hornsea Moray East Neart Na Gaoithe Sofia Offshore Wind Farm Triton Knoll
Cancelled	Atlantic Array Celtic Array Docking Shoal First Flight Navitus Bay Shell Flat