energy.wikisort.org - Power_plantArecleoch 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]
Wind farm in South Ayrshire, Scotland, UK
Arecleoch Wind Farm |
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Arecleoch Wind Farm |
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Country | Scotland, United Kingdom |
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Location | South Ayrshire |
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Coordinates | 55°03′12″N 04°52′56″W |
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Status | Operational |
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Construction began | 2009 |
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Commission date | June 2011 |
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Owner(s) | ScottishPower Renewables |
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Operator(s) | Scottish Power |
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Type | Onshore |
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Units operational | 60 X 2 MW |
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Make and model | Gamesa: G80 |
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Nameplate capacity | 120 MW |
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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 was 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
- Scotland portal
- Weather portal
- Renewable energy portal
- Wind power in Scotland
- List of onshore wind farms
References
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Energy in the United Kingdom |
Sectors |
- Nuclear power
- Renewable energy
- Wind power
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Companies & organisations | Current |
- Community Energy Scotland
- EDF Energy
- European Marine Energy Centre
- FREDS
- National Grid
- Office for Nuclear Regulation
- SGN
- Scottish Government (Energy Department)
- Scottish Gas
- Scottish Power
- SSE
- Wood Group
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Defunct |
- Aquamarine Power
- British Energy
- Pelamis Wave Power
- Scottish Hydro Electric
- Scottish Nuclear
- South of Scotland Electricity Board
- Wavegen
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Active power stations | Hydro | |
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Nuclear | |
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Oil & gas |
- Peterhead
- Lerwick
- Stornoway
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Wave | |
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Wind | |
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Other |
- Dundee Incinerator
- Greengairs
- Lerwick Incinerator
- Steven's Croft
- Westfield
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Deactivated stations | Coal |
- Barony (1980s)
- Braehead (1980s)
- Cockenzie (2013)
- Kincardine (1997)
- Longannet (2016)
- Methil (2000)
- Pinkston
- Portobello (1977)
- Yoker (1976)
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Nuclear |
- Chapelcross (2004)
- Dounreay (1994)
- Hunterston A (1990)
- Hunterston B (2022)
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Oil & gas |
- Inverkip (1988)
- Fife (2011)
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Other |
- Energy policy of Scotland
- Sustainable development in Scotland
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Wind power in the United Kingdom |
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- Energy in the United Kingdom
- Renewable energy in the United Kingdom
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Companies |
- Ecotricity
- Equinor
- Innogy
- Ørsted
- REG WindPower
- RWE
- Siemens Gamesa
- SSE Renewables
- Talisman Energy
- Vestas
- Scottish Power
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Onshore wind farms | |
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Offshore wind farms | Active | |
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Proposed |
- Dogger Bank
- East Anglia
- Hornsea
- Moray East
- Neart Na Gaoithe
- Seagreen
- Sofia Offshore Wind Farm
- Triton Knoll
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Cancelled | |
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Installation vessels |
- MPI Adventure
- MPI Resolution
- MPI Discovery
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