Achlachan Wind Farm is a 10 MW wind power facility in the United Kingdom, operated by Whirlwind Renewables. Ranked #404 of 819 wind plants in the United Kingdom, Achlachan's 10 MW accounts for 0.03% of the UK's total wind capacity of 30,806 MW. The largest wind plant in the United Kingdom is Hornsea 1 - Heron & Njord at 1,200 MW, making Achlachan 120 times smaller. Nearby plants include Beatrice Wind Farm (588 MW, Wind), Baillie (52.5 MW, Wind), and Camster (50 MW, Wind). The facility is located in Scotland, approximately 30 km north of Inverness.
United Kingdom, Europe
- 1,010. largest of 3,024 plants in United Kingdom
- #23,756 worldwide by installed capacity
- #4,116 of 5,731 Wind plants worldwide
- 0.01% of the installed capacity of United Kingdom
Whirlwind Renewables operates 1 plants totalling 10 MW
64 plants within 100 km, 3,156 MW combined
Location
Zero Direct Emissions
Achlachan Wind Farm is a wind power plant producing approximately 26 GWh of clean electricity per year with zero direct CO₂ emissions during operation.
Lifecycle emissions: ~11 g CO₂/kWh (manufacturing, transport, decommissioning)
Technical Details
- Primary Fuel Type
- Wind
- Energy Source
- Renewable
- Country
United Kingdom- Continent
- Europe
- Data Source
- Global Power Plant Database
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