Hunterston Test Centre is a 13 MW wind power plant in the United Kingdom, operated by Scottish Enterprise/SSE since 2015. Ranked #354 of 819 wind plants in the United Kingdom, this facility represents 0.04% of the country'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 Hunterston Test Centre 92.3 times smaller. Nearby plants within 50 km include Hunterston B nuclear power station (965 MW, Nuclear), Hunterston B (965 MW, Nuclear), and Dersalloch (69 MW, Wind). The plant is located in North Ayrshire, approximately 50 km southwest of Glasgow.
United Kingdom, Europe
- 858. largest of 3,024 plants in United Kingdom
- #22,127 worldwide by installed capacity
- #3,705 of 5,731 Wind plants worldwide
- 0.01% of the installed capacity of United Kingdom
Scottish Enterprise/SSE operates 1 plants totalling 13 MW
200 plants within 100 km, 8,190 MW combined
Location
Zero Direct Emissions
Hunterston Test Centre is a wind power plant producing approximately 34 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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