Arecleoch Wind Farm

Arecleoch Wind Farm
Arecleoch Wind Farm
	Arecleoch Wind Farm
	Location of Arecleoch Wind Farm in Scotland
Country	Scotland, United Kingdom
Location	South Ayrshire
Coordinates	55°03′12″N 04°52′56″W / 55.05333°N 4.88222°W
Status	Operational
Construction began	2009
Commission date	June 2011
Owner(s)	ScottishPower Renewables
Operator(s)	Scottish Power
Wind farm
Type	Onshore
Power generation
Units operational	60 X 2 MW
Make and model	Gamesa: G80
Nameplate capacity	120 MW
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Arecleoch Wind Farm is a 60 turbine wind farm in South Ayrshire, Scotland with a total capacity of 120 megawatts (MW), enough to power over 67,000 homes.^[1] Construction started in 2009 and it was commissioned in June 2011.^[1]^[2]

Incidents

In January and February 2016 there were two separate incidents of a turbine catching fire overnight while the site was unmanned due to faults in the mechanism housing. The turbines were destroyed and were disassembled and removed from site. Scottish Power reported to the Sunday Mail on 10 April 2016 they were investigating these incidents along with the manufacturer Gamesa. ^[3]

In December 2016 a third turbine caught fire during high winds while it was switched off for maintenance.^[4] The turbine was left to burn itself out and was destroyed.

In October 2017 a fourth turbine caught fire and was also left to burn itself out and was destroyed.