National Wind Turbine Test Site— 4.7 MW Wind
National Wind Turbine Test Site is a 4.7 MW wind power plant in the United Kingdom, operated by NEL East Kilbride Glasgow G75 0QU. Ranked #586 of 819 wind plants in the United Kingdom. Its 4.7 MW represents 0.02% of the United Kingdom'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 this facility 255 times smaller. Nearby plants include Whitelee Wind Farm (539 MW, Wind), Whitelee (322 MW, Wind), and Whitelee 2 (217.02 MW, Wind). The facility is located in Scotland, approximately 20 km south of Glasgow.
United Kingdom, Europe
- 1,881. largest of 3,024 plants in United Kingdom
- #29,949 worldwide by installed capacity
- #4,847 of 5,731 Wind plants worldwide
NEL East Kilbride Glasgow G75 0QU operates 1 plants totalling 5 MW
250 plants within 100 km, 8,866 MW combined
Location
Zero Direct Emissions
National Wind Turbine Test Site is a wind power plant producing approximately 12 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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