Strathy North

Strathy North is a 68 MW wind power plant in Scotland, United Kingdom. It is operated by Scottish and Southern Energy (SSE). Based on its capacity (estimated), it can supply roughly 57,610 homes (estimated). It ranks #136 of 2,751 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 GBR0004625.

Capacity vs largest wind plants in United Kingdom

Installed capacity (MW), WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0).

Owner

Operated by Scottish and Southern Energy (SSE). All plants by this company →

Local climate & thermal context

This wind plant converts the kinetic energy of wind into electricity through turbine rotors. It sits in a temperate oceanic climate (Köppen Cfb) — Northern Hemisphere, latitude 58.5°N — which shapes how much energy it can produce and how its output varies through the year.

Monthly mean temperature

Heating degree-days here run 58% above the median power plant in this dataset — a proxy for how much extra energy heated equipment must replace through its surfaces in winter.

Climate heat-demand index: 83/100 — this site sits in the top third of the power plants we cover by heating degree-days.

In colder climates, uninsulated hot equipment (boilers, turbines, valves, steam lines) loses proportionally more heat to ambient air — exactly the loss Inzonex modular insulation is designed to cut.

Climate normals: WorldClim 2.1 (1970–2000 monthly normals, 10 arc-min, CC BY 4.0); zone: Köppen-Geiger world climate classification (Kottek et al. 2006, 0.5° grid). Degree-days & heat-demand index computed by PowerAtlas — a modelled heat-demand proxy, not a measured site figure.

How it compares & nearby plants

The #60 largest wind power plant of 780 in United Kingdom by capacity.

United Kingdom has 780 wind power plants in this dataset, together about 23,203 MW of capacity.

Nearby power plants

• Betty Hill · Wind · 5 MW · Scotland
• Baillie · Wind · 52 MW · Scotland
• Hill of Lybster · Wind · 5 MW · Scotland
• Hill of Lybster (Extension) · Wind · 5 MW · Scotland
• Forss · Wind · 2 MW · Scotland
• Forss Extension · Wind · 5 MW · Scotland

Location

Coordinates 58.49, -4.0336 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.