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| Map Summary | ||||
| Capacity (MW) | Turbines | Area (acres) | Status | |
| Airies Farm | 46 | 20 | 1,173 | pre planning |
| Arecleoch | 120 | 60 | 9,637 | operational |
| Artfield Fell | 19.5 | 15 | 500* | operational |
| Artfield Fell Extension | 28.6 | 7 | 250* | approved |
| Assel Valley | 42.5 | 17 | 988 | waiting approval |
| Breaker Hill | 19.5 | 15 | 680 | waiting approval |
| Dersalloch | 69 | 23 | 2,500* | waiting approval |
| Glenapp & Loch Ree | 100 | 36 | 9,000 | pre-planning |
| Glenchamber | 25.3 | 11 | 1,294 | under appeal |
| Glenvernoch | unknown | 10 | 1,200* | pre planning |
| Hadyard Hill | 120 | 52 | 2,965 | operational |
| Hill of Ochiltree | 23 | 10 | 444 | waiting approval |
| Kilgallioch | 297 | 99 | 9,404 | waiting approval |
| Mark Hill | 84 | 28 | 2,920 | operational |
| North Rhins | 23 | 11 | 325* | operational |
| Straid | 36.8 | 14 | 229 | waiting approval |
| Tralorg Hill | 20 | 8 | 254 | waiting approval |
| Hadyard Hill Extension | unknown | unknown | unknown | pre-planning |
| Sclenteuch | unknown | unknown | unknown | pre-planning |
| Stranoch | unknown | unknown | unknown | pre-planning |
| Totals | 1074.2 | 436 | 43,763 | |
| * approximation - official figures unavailable | ||||
| Current Statistics | |
| Approximate area of land represented by installed/consented wind farms | 16,597 acres |
| Industrial turbines installed/consented | 173 |
| Industrial turbines installed/consented capacity | 395.1MW |
| Industrial turbines installed/consented likely annual output1 | 901,881MWh |
| Number of 'average' households consented/installed turbines are likely to supply per year2 | 187,892 |
| Industrial turbines installed/consented broad area of search utilisation (absolute) | 64 |
| Industrial turbines installed/consented broad area of search utilisation (percentage) | 37% |
| Industrial turbines working their way through the planning system (where known) | 263 |
| 1 - assumes a load factor of 26.04% 2 - assumes a load factor of 26.04% for the quoted installed capacity and an average annual consumption of 4800kwh per household | |
| Worst Case Scenario Statistics | |
| Approximate area of land represented by wind farms (where boundaries are known) | 43,763 acres |
| Equivalent percentage area of South Ayrshire1 represented as wind farms | 14.49% |
| Equivalent percentage area of Glasgow2 represented as wind farms | 100.91% |
| Industrial turbines installed/consented | 436 |
| Industrial turbines installed/consented capacity | 1,074.2MW |
| Industrial turbines installed/consented likely annual output3 | 2,452,040MWh |
| Number of 'average' households consented/installed turbines are likely to supply per year4 | 510,842 |
| Industrial turbines installed/consented broad area of search utilisation (absolute) | 78 |
| Industrial turbines installed/consented broad area of search utilisation (percentage) | 17.89% |
| Percentage of Scotland's planned onshore wind farm capacity5 | 16.52% |
| 1 - assumes an area of 1,222km2 for South Ayrshire 2 - assumes an area of 175.5km2 for Glasgow 3 - assumes a load factor of 26.04% 4 - assumes a load factor of 26.04% for the quoted installed capacity and an average annual consumption of 4800kwh per household 5 - assumes an installed onshore wind farm capacity of 6500MW | |
| Map Key | |
 | Wind Farms Only wind farms that have been constructed, are under construction, have submitted a pre application planning notice or an actual planning application that has not been withdrawn are shown. |
 | SSSIs These are land areas which in Scottish Natural Heritage's opinion are of special interest by reason of any flora, fauna, geological or physiographical features. The protection afforded these areas depends very much upon the reason for an area's individual designation. Further information on this land designation can be found here. |
 | Special Areas of Conservation (SACs) These are internationally recognised, strictly protected sites designated under the EC Habitats Directive. Further details of this land designation can be found here. |
 | Broad Areas of Search These are two of the three areas of search (as defined by the Ayrshire Joint Structure Plan) that South Ayrshire Council would prefer to be developed for large scale wind farms. The third area of search lies to the North and East of Ayr. ECON 7 (page 19) of the Ayrshire Joint Structure Plan gives more details on these areas and their intended use. |
 | Wind Farm Turbines These are the individual turbine locations (built or proposed) for each wind farm. This data is extracted from the individual planning applications, Pre-application notices, or other publicly available data sources. Turbine location data extracted from planning applications have a small margin of error due to 'micro-positioning' during construction, whilst turbine data taken from other sources is subject to quite frequent change. |
 | Large Individual Turbines These are individual turbine installations that are at least 30 metres tall. |
 | Small Individual Turbines These are individual turbines that are in the order of 20 metres tall (blade tip elevation) and do not constitute a wind farm per se. They are included for completeness only. Data is included back to 1/1/2008 for both South Ayrshire Council and Dumfries & Galloway. |
 | Dead wind farms These are Wind farms that have had their planning application refused or withdrawn by the developers. This data is provided for historical reference only. |
27/2/2012
19/2/2012
12/2/2012
6/2/2012
4/2/2012
29/1/2012
22/1/2012
15/1/2012
8/1/2012
18/12/2011
11/12/2011
4/12/2011
27/11/2011
21/11/2011
20/11/2011
- Statistical data updated to reflect more accurate site area estimate for Straid Farm wind farm
- Hadyard HIill Extension met' mast #2 replotted. This application was marked as 'Application Withdrawn' some weeks ago - but has now reappeared as 'Application Approved' in South Ayrshire Council's database. Not quite sure what happened there! This is the southern of the two masts, to the east of the current development boundary
- New, 230 foot (70 metre) met' mast plotted, southwest of Dersalloch and labelled as Linfairn net' mast. New planning application reference 12/00209/APP.
- New, 149.9 foot (45.7 metre) turbine plotted on the edge of Mark Hill wind farm at Blair Farm - new application planning reference 12/00212/APP
- Status of Glenchamber wind farm updated to Under Appeal.
19/2/2012
- 2, 149.7 ft (45.65m) turbines in the Kilantringan area, south south east of Ballantrae deleted - application refused (SAC planning reference 11/00701/APP)
- New, 230 foot (70 m) met' mast plotted in Corwar Mains farm area (between the two broad areas of search) - new application (SAC planning reference 12/00120/APP)
- Status of single, 89 feet (27.1m) turbine at AUCHNOTTEROCH Farm (Loch Ryan area) changed to application approved (D&G planning reference 11/P/1/0286).
12/2/2012
- Site boundry for Straid Farm wind farm updated and turbines re-numbered as per recently submitted planning application (SAC planning reference 12/00090/APPM).
6/2/2012
- Positions and planning data updated for all 4, 47.05 metre (154 feet) Knockormal turbines, (planning reference 12/00058/APP & 12/00057/APP).
- Single, 27 metre (88 feet) turbine added at Barskelly Farm - East of Croshill. This is an old approved application missed during my earlier trawls through the South Ayrshire planning system.
- Single 33 metre (108 feet) turbine added at Glengennet (north east of Barr). SAC planing reference 11/01332/APP.
- Single, 199.8 ft (60.9 metre) turbine at Minuntion removed from map - application withdrawn (planning reference 11/01238/APP).
4/2/2012
- 4, 46 metre (150 foot) turbines plotted in the Knockormal area (outskirts of Lendalfoot). New planning application, SAC planning reference: 12/00058/APP & 12/00057/APP
29/1/2012
- Boundary for Kilgallioch updated to reflect revised layout
- Turbine positions and numbers updated for Kilgallioch to reflect revised layout
- All statistics updated to reflect Kilgallioch changes
- Status of Dowhill Farm turbine changed to Application Approved (SAC planning reference 11/00617/APP)
22/1/2012
- 2, 100 metre turbines plotted at Glenstockdale (in the Loch Ryan area) - new application (D&G planning reference 12/P/1/0017).
- 2, 19.02 metre turbines pltted at Merslaugh Farm (in the Loch Ryan area) - new application (D&G planning reference 12/P/1/0011).
- Status of 2, 27.05m turbines at Greenfield farm changed to Application Approved (D&G planning reference 11/P/1/0373).
- Status of 70 metre met' mast at New Luce updated to Application approved (D&G planning reference 11/P/1/0365).
- Status of Arecleoch wind farm updated to Operational.
15/1/2012
- Tralorg Hill wind farm status changed to Application submitted, turbine positions added and site boundary revised (SAC planning reference 11/01569/APPM).
- 20 turbine potential development added at Airies Farm, Dumfries and Galloway (D&G planning reference 11/E/1/0127).
- Status of Hadyard Hill extension met' mast corrected to Application approved.
- 2 new met' masts plotted between Kilgallioch and Glenapp & Loch Ree for a possible new wind farm development at Stranoch (D&G planning reference 11/P/1/0362 & 11/P/1/0363).
- Status of 2, 21.9 metre turbines at Lossat (Loch Ryan area) changed to Application approved (D&G planning reference 11/P/1/0380).
- All statistical data updated to reflect the changes for Tralorg Hill and Airies farm wind farms.
8/1/2012
- 2, 149 feet (45.65m) turbines at Meadowpark Farm removed from map - application refused. SAC planning application reference 11/01138/APP
- Status of Hadyard Hill extension met' mast changed to Application approved. SAC planning reference 11/01222/APP.
- New, 176 foot turbine added to map at Girvan Mains farm - new application. SAC planning application reference 11/01564/APP .
- 2, 59.74 foot turbines added to map at Morriston Farm - new application. SAC plannnig application reference 11/01547/APP.
18/12/2011
- 18.2m turbine at Drumbeg Farm (Turnberry area) removed from map - Application refused.
- Status of 27.1m turbine at Knockiebae (New Luce area) changed to Application approved.
- Status of 40.5m met' mast at North Threave changed to Application approved.
- Status of 50m met' mast at Airies Farm (east of Artfield Fell) changed to Application approved.
11/12/2011
- Southern Hadyard Hill extension mast (planning reference 11/01223/APP) removed from map - planning application withdrawn.
- 62 ft (19 m) turbine at Auchenflower Farm - status changed to application approved.
- 2, 59 ft (18.2m) turbines at Kiln Cottage (Turnberry area) removed from map - application withdrawn.
- 2, 108 feet (33.05m) turbines added to map, just south of Portpatrick (new application), D&G planning reference 11/P/1/0408.
4/12/2011
- Park Farm turbines (2 @ 18.2m in the Turnberry area) status changed to Application approved
- Birniehill Farm turbines (2 @ 18.2m in the Turnberry area) status changed to Application approved
- Glenside Farm turbine (39.5m D&G planning reference 11/P/1/0297) removed from map - planning application refused
27/11/2011
- Turbines for Dersalloch wind farm added.
- 47 metre turbine plotted at Broomknowes farm (outskirts of Maybole).
- 40 metre met' mast plotted at North Threave farm (south east of Turnberry).
- Status of 17.75 metre North Ballaird turbine changed to Application approved
21/11/2011
- Minuntion farm turbine added (east of Pinmore, 199 feet elevation).
20/11/2011
- Sclenteuch wind farm met' mast status updated to Application approved.
- 2 new small turbines added (for a new application) in the Loch Ryan area (Lossat turbines 1 & 2). D&G planning reference 11/P/1/0380.
