Wind power in the United Kingdom facts for kids

These are some of the largest onshore wind farms in the UK:

Wind Farm	County	Country	Turbine model	Power (MW)	No. of Turbines	Total capacity (MW)	Online
Black Law A	South Lanarkshire	Scotland	Siemens SWT-2.3	2.3	44	97	2005-09
Braes of Doune	Stirling	Scotland	Vestas V80	2	36	72	2007-02
Farr Wind Farm	Highland	Scotland	Bonus B2300	2.3	40	92	2006-05
Hadyard Hill Wind Farm	South Ayrshire	Scotland	Bonus B2300	2.5	52	120	2006-03
Scout Moor Wind Farm	Lancashire	England	Nordex N80	2.5	26	65	2008-09
Whitelee Wind Farm	East Renfrewshire	Scotland	Siemens SWT-2.3	2.3	89	204	2008-11

Images for kids

Two of the wind turbines at the Black Law Wind Farm in Scotland
Blyth's "windmill" at his cottage in Marykirk in 1891
Burbo Bank Offshore Wind Farm.
Four offshore wind farms are in the Thames Estuary area: Kentish Flats, Gunfleet Sands, Thanet and London Array. The latter was the largest in the world from April 2013 to September 2018.
Delivery of UK's longest onshore turbine blades. 58.7m blades for 145m GE 2.75–120 wind turbines at Muirhall Wind Farm.
Scroby Sands wind farm from Great Yarmouth
The Ardrossan Wind Farm in North Ayrshire, Scotland
Whitelee Wind Farm with the Isle of Arran in the background.
Clyde Wind Farm
Ardrossan Wind Farm from Portencross, just after sunrise

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