Crystal Rig Wind Farm

Crystal Rig Wind Farm
Crystal Rig wind farm in the Lammermuir Hills.
Location of Crystal Rig Wind Farm in Scotland
Country	Scotland, United Kingdom
Location	near Dunbar, Scottish Borders
Coordinates	55°54′00″N 02°33′00″W / 55.90000°N 2.55000°W / 55.90000; -2.55000Coordinates: 55°54′00″N 02°33′00″W / 55.90000°N 2.55000°W / 55.90000; -2.55000
Status	Operational
Commission date	2004
Owner(s)	Fred. Olsen
Power generation
Units operational	85
Nameplate capacity	200.5 MW

Crystal Rig Wind Farm is an operational onshore wind farm located on the Lammermuir Hills in the Scottish Borders region of Scotland. When phase 1 was completed in May 2004 it was the largest wind farm in Scotland. As a result of 3 extensions it is currently the 2nd largest wind farm in the UK, in terms of nameplate capacity and one of the top five largest in number of turbines.

The wind farm was developed and is owned by Fred. Olsen Renewables Ltd. part of the Fred. Olsen Group and is managed by Natural Power, another member of the Fred Olsen group. Turbine maintenance and service is carried out by technicians from Nordex SE and Siemens. Since the completion of Crystal Rig 2 in 2010, Siemens have based their main service centre for all wind farms in the South East with Siemens turbines in use at the turbine control centre at Crystal Rig whose offices are shared with Natural Power. This enables Siemens technicians with easy access to all 60 turbines on site and to the nearby wind farms of Aikengall 2, Carcant, Toddleburn and Black Hill wind farms. Nordex base their service centre in Loanhead which is based half way between Crystal Rig 1/1A and Bowbeat Wind Farm where 24 Nordex N60 Turbines fall on the Moorfoot Hills.

The farm was built in four stages:-

Crystal Rig: Completed in May 2004 it consists of 20 Nordex N80 turbines producing a maximum of 50 MW.

Crystal Rig 1a: An extension completed in May 2007 adding a further 5 N80 turbines to increase the maximum to 62.5 MW.

Crystal Rig 2 & 2a: Both completed in September 2010^[1] they consist of 60 Siemens SWT-2.3 turbines in total capable of producing 138 MW.

The whole site therefore has 85 turbines and a nameplate capacity of 200.5 MW.

Crystal Rig 1 and 1a are connected to the Scottish Power Transmission network at the Dunbar substation 10 km to the north.^[2] A dedicated substation has been built on site for the connection of Crystal Rig 2 and 2a.

A third phase has also been assessed for potential development.^[3] This would extend the farm to the north of Crystal Rig 2a. It could consist of between 9 and 18 turbines and make use of the spare capacity in the grid connection.^[4]

References

External links

Media related to Crystal Rig Wind Farm at Wikimedia Commons

Energy in Scotland

Energy in the United Kingdom

Sectors

Companies and
organisations

Current	Aquamarine Power Community Energy Scotland EDF Energy European Marine Energy Centre FREDS National Grid Office for Nuclear Regulation Score Group SGN Scottish Government (Energy Department) Scottish Gas Scottish Power SSE Wood Group

Defunct	British Energy Pelamis Wave Power Scottish Hydro Electric Scottish Nuclear South of Scotland Electricity Board Wavegen

Active
power stations

Hydro-electric	Northern scheme Cruachan Breadalbane Tummel Foyers scheme Sloy-Awe scheme Galloway scheme Glendoe scheme Lanark scheme Kinlochewe-Talladale scheme

Nuclear	Hunterston B Torness

Oil and gas	Peterhead Lerwick

Wave	Islay LIMPET

Wind	Ardrossan Arecleoch Beatrice Beinn an Tuirc Black Law Braes of Doune Clyde Cruach Mhòr Crystal Rig Farr Hadyard Hill Hare Hill Pates Hill Whitelee

Other	Dundee Incinerator Greengairs Lerwick Incinerator Steven's Croft Westfield

Decommissioned
power stations

Coal	Barony (1980s) Braehead (1980s) Cockenzie (2013) Kincardine (1997) Longannet (2016) Methil (2000) Pinkston Portobello (1977) Yoker (1976)

Nuclear	Chapelcross (2004) Dounreay (1994) Hunterston A (1990)

Oil and gas	Inverkip (1988) Fife (2011)

Other

Category
Commons

Wind power in the United Kingdom

Companies

Onshore wind farms

Active	Alltwalis Ardrossan Arecleoch Askam and Ireleth Beinn an Tuirc Black Law Blood Hill Blyth Harbour Braes of Doune Burton Wold Carland Cross Carno Cefn Croes Clyde Coal Clough Cold Northcott Conisholme Crystal Rig Dagenham Delabole Farr Garves Goonhilly Downs Great Eppleton Hadyard Hill Holmside Hall Langley Park Lindhurst Little Cheyne Court Milton Keynes Moel Maelogan Out Newton Pates Hill Royd Moor Scout Moor Slieve Rushen Trimdon Grange West Durham Westmill Whitelee Winscales Moor

Proposed	Brechfa Forest Den Brook Viking

Offshore wind farms

Active	Barrow Beatrice Blyth Burbo Bank Greater Gabbard Gunfleet Sands Gwynt y Môr Humber Gateway Kentish Flats Lincs London Array Lynn and Inner Dowsing Methil North Hoyle Ormonde Rhyl Flats Robin Rigg Scroby Sands Sheringham Shoal Teesside Thanet Walney West of Duddon Sands Westermost Rough

Proposed	Aberdeen Bay Dogger Bank Dudgeon East Anglia Hornsea Neart Na Gaoithe Race Bank Rampion Triton Knoll

Cancelled	Atlantic Array Celtic Array Docking Shoal First Flight Navitus Bay Shell Flat

Installation vessels

Other

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Commons

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