Neilston Wind Farm is a 9.2 MW wind power plant in the United Kingdom, operated by Renewables Infrastructure Group. Ranked #430 of 819 wind plants in the United Kingdom, Neilston's 9.2 MW accounts for 0.03% 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 Neilston 130.4 times smaller. Nearby plants within 50 km include Hunterston B (965 MW, Nuclear) and Whitelee Wind Farm (539 MW, Wind). The facility is located in East Renfrewshire, approximately 20 km southwest of Glasgow.
8 years old
United Kingdom, Europe
- 1,080. largest of 3,024 plants in United Kingdom
- #25,029 worldwide by installed capacity
- #4,315 of 5,731 Wind plants worldwide
- 0.01% of the installed capacity of United Kingdom
8 years in operation
Wind fleet average: 14.4 years
Renewables Infrastructure Group operates 1 plants totalling 9 MW
237 plants within 100 km, 8,669 MW combined
Location
Zero Direct Emissions
NEILSTON WIND FARM is a wind power plant producing approximately 24 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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