Hunterston Test Centre — United Kingdom

Hunterston Test Centre is a 13 MW wind power plant in Scotland, United Kingdom. It ranks #794 of 2,860 United Kingdom power plants by installed capacity. As a non-combustion source, it has no direct CO₂ emissions from generation. In context, wind supplies about 29.4% of United Kingdom's electricity; the national grid averages 217 gCO₂/kWh (64.4% low-carbon) (2025).

Plant data: WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0), id GBR0004609.

Data provenance

Capacity and fuel are the upstream open-dataset record, not yet matched to a 2026 registry or GEM entry.

capacity: WRI GPPD; fuel: WRI GPPD

In context: how this plant compares

At 13 MW, Hunterston Test Centre is well above the median wind plant in United Kingdom (10 MW). Technically it is described as Onshore. Its current lifecycle status is “Pre Construction” — so it is not yet, or no longer, generating at full output. Wind turbines convert moving air into electricity; output is variable and site-dependent, and modern turbines deliver some of the lowest-cost new generation on many grids.

Capacity comparison computed from the WRI Global Power Plant Database; fuel-type context is general engineering background.

How it compares & nearby plants

The #333 largest wind power plant of 779 in United Kingdom by capacity.

United Kingdom has 779 wind power plants in this dataset, together about 23,763 MW of capacity.

Nearby power plants

• Hunterston B · Nuclear · 965 MW · Scotland
• Hunterston Power Station · Coal · 1,600 MW · North Ayrshire
• Kelburn · Wind · 28 MW · Scotland
• Wardlaw Wood · Wind · 18 MW · Scotland
• Millour Hill Community Windfarm (Extension) resubmission · Wind · 6.4 MW · Scotland
• Millour Hill Community Windfarm (Re-submission) · Wind · 18 MW · Scotland

Location

Coordinates 55.736, -4.888 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.

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