Greencoat UK Wind is a British investment company based in London investing in UK wind farms.[1][2] Established in 2012, it is listed on the London Stock Exchange and is a constituent of the FTSE 250 Index. The company's Chairman is Tim Ingram.[3] Greencoat Capital LLP acts as investment manager to Greencoat UK Wind plc.[3]

Operations

As of April 2024, the company oversees 49 wind farms in the UK, with over half of them under its sole ownership.[4] It holds a stake in the Hornsea One Wind Farm, which is located 75 miles into the North Sea.[4][5] Greencoat’s combined portfolio generates around 1.5 per cent of UK domestic electricity demand.[4]

Assets of Greencoat UK Wind
Property Capacity (MW) Type Location Stake Invested Divested
Bicker Fen 26.7 Onshore England (Lincolnshire) 80% 2017[6]
Bin Mountain 9 Onshore Northern Ireland 100% 2013[7]
Bishopthorpe 16.4 Onshore England (Lincolnshire) 67.4% 2017 (100%)[8] 2025 (32.6%)[9]
Braes of Doune Wind Farm 72 Onshore Scotland (Stirlingshire) 100% 2013 (50%)[7]
2021 (50%)[10]
Brockaghboy 47.5 Onshore Northern Ireland 100% 2018[11]
Burbo Bank Extension 258 Offshore Irish Sea (Merseyside) 15.7% 2021[12]
Carcant 6 Onshore Scotland (Borders) 100% 2013[7]
Church Hill 18.4 Onshore Northern Ireland 100% 2018[13]
Clyde Wind Farm 522 Onshore Scotland (South Lanarkshire) 28.2 2016
2017[14]
Corriegarth 69.5 Onshore Scotland (Inverness) 100% 2017[15]
Cotton Farm 16.4 Onshore England (Cambridgeshire) 100% 2013[16]
Crighshane 32.2 Onshore Northern Ireland 100% 2018[13]
Dalquhandy 42 Onshore Scotland (South Lanarkshire) 60% 2023 (100%)[17] 2024 (40%)[18]
Deeping St Nicholas 16.4 Onshore England (Lincolnshire) 80% 2017[6]
Douglas West 45 Onshore Scotland (South Lanarkshire) 60% 2021 (100%)[19] 2024 (40%)[18]
Drone Hill 28.6 Onshore Scotland (Borders) 51.6 2014[20]
Dunmaglass 94 Onshore Scotland (Inverness) 35.5% 2019[21][22]
Earls Hall Farm 10.25 Onshore England (Essex) 100% 2013[16]
Glass Moor 16.4 Onshore England (Cambridgeshire) 80% 2017[6]
Glen Kyllachy 48.5 Onshore Scotland (Inverness) 100% 2022[23]
Hornsea 1 1,200 Offshore North Sea (Yorkshore) 11.5 2022 (12.5%)[24] 2025 (1%)[9]
Humber Gateway Wind Farm 219 Offshore North Sea (Yorkshire) 49 2020[25]
Kildrummy 18.4 Onshore Scotland (Aberdeenshire) 100% 2014[26]
Kype Muir Extension 67.2 Onshore Scotland (South Lanarkshire) 65% 2023 (49.9%)
2024 (15.1%)[27]
Langhope Rig 16 Onshore Scotland (Borders) 100% 2017[28]
Lindhurst 9 Onshore England (Nottinghamshire) 49% 2013[29]
Little Cheyne Court Wind Farm 59.8 Onshore England (Kent) 41% 2013[30]
London Array 630 Offshore North Sea (Kent) 13.7% 2023[31]
Maerdy 24 Onshore Wales (Glamorgan) 100% 2013[32]
Middlemoor 54 Onshore Scotland (Borders) 49% 2013[29]
North Hoyle Offshore Wind Farm 60 Offshore Irish Sea (Clwyd) 100% 2017[33]
North Rhins 22 Onshore Scotland (Dumfries & Galloway) 51.6 2014[20]
Red House 12.3 Onshore England (Lincolnshire) 80% 2017[6]
Red Tile 24.6 Onshore England (Cambridgeshire) 80% 2017[6]
Rhyl Flats 90 Offshore Irish Sea (Clwyd) 24.95% 2013[34]
Screggagh 20 Onshore Northern Ireland 100% 2016[35]
Sixpenny Wood 20.5 Onshore England (Yorkshire) 51.6 2014[20]
Slieve Divena 1 & 2 48.8 Onshore Northern Ireland 100% 2020[36]
South Kyle 240 Onshore Scotland (Dumfries & Galloway) 100% 2023[37]
Stronelairg 227.7 Onshore Scotland 35.5% 2019[38][22]
Stroupster 29.9 Onshore Scotland (Caithness) 100% 2015[39]
Tappaghan 28.5 Onshore Northern Ireland 100% 2013[7]
Tom nan Clach 39.1 Onshore Scotland (Nairn) 75% 2019[40]
Twentyshilling 37.8 Onshore Scotland (Dumfries & Galloway) 100% 2021[41]
Walney Wind Farm 367.2 Offshore Irish Sea (Cumbria) 25.1% 2020[42]
Windy Rigg 43.2 Onshore Scotland (Dumfries & Galloway) 100% 2021[41]
Yelvertoft 16.5 Onshore England (Northamptonshire) 51.6 2014[20]

References

  1. ↑ "Greencoat UK Wind". Companies House. Retrieved 1 July 2020.
  2. ↑ "Portfolio". Greencoat UK Wind. Retrieved 2 September 2016.
  3. 1 2 "Greencoat UK wind chairman Tim Ingram to retire". Sharecast. 29 October 2019. Retrieved 13 March 2020.
  4. 1 2 3 Almeida, Lauren (28 August 2024). "Trends are blowing in right direction for Greencoat UK Wind". The Times. Retrieved 28 August 2024.
  5. ↑ Ellichipuram, Umesh (29 August 2022). "Greencoat UK Wind acquires stake in Hornsea One offshore wind farm". Power Technology. Retrieved 28 August 2024.
  6. 1 2 3 4 5 Coyne, Brendan (1 November 2017). "Greencoat buys 96MW of onshore wind from EDF - theenergyst.com".
  7. 1 2 3 4 "SSE agrees to sell four wind farms for £140m". BBC News. 6 February 2013.
  8. ↑ Carthew, James (2 July 2017). "Greencoat buys Bishopthorpe wind farm". QuotedData.
  9. 1 2 Media, Insider (1 August 2025). "Greencoat UK Wind disposes of Hornsea Andershaw and Bishopthorpe wind farm stakes in £181m deal - Insider Media". Insider Media Ltd.
  10. ↑ Maddela, Vidya Sagar (25 February 2021). "Greencoat buys remaining 50% stake in Braes of Doune wind farm". NS Energy.
  11. ↑ Ltd, Renews (8 March 2018). "Brockaghboy joy for Greencoat". reNEWS - Renewable Energy News.
  12. ↑ "Greencoat UK Wind acquires Burbo offshore wind farm for GBP250 million". MorningstarUK. 2 November 2021.
  13. 1 2 "Greencoat UK scores Northern Ireland double". renews.biz. 17 December 2018.
  14. ↑ "Further sale of a stake in Clyde Wind Farm to Greencoat and GLIL | SSE Renewables". www.sserenewables.com.
  15. ↑ Craig, Richard (23 August 2017). "Greencoat buys Corriegarth site". Windpower Monthly.
  16. 1 2 "Greencoat UK wind acquires two wind farms for 70 million | Infrastructure Finance & Investment". www.infrapppworld.com. 10 February 2013.
  17. ↑ "BayWa r.e. sells 42 MW Dalquhandy Wind Farm to Greencoat". www.baywa-re.com.
  18. 1 2 "Poor wind yields hit Greencoat UK Wind | Market News | The AIC". www.theaic.co.uk. 27 February 2025.
  19. ↑ "Greencoat UK Wind unleashes 45MW Douglas West". reNEWS - Renewable Energy News. 1 October 2021.
  20. 1 2 3 4 Shumkov, Ivan Tsvetanov (20 August 2014). "Greencoat to take control of 87.5 MW of UK wind parks | Renewable Energy News | Renewables Now". renewablesnow.com.
  21. ↑ "Dunmaglass Wind Farm". SSE Renewables.
  22. 1 2 "Acquisition of 35.5% of the Stronelairg and Dunmaglass wind farms and proposed placing". Greencoat UK Wind.
  23. ↑ "Greencoat UK completes Scottish wind acquisitions". renews.biz. 10 January 2022.
  24. ↑ Ellichipuram, Umesh (29 August 2022). "Greencoat UK Wind acquires stake in Hornsea One offshore wind farm". Power Technology.
  25. ↑ "RWE to divest a 49% stake in the UK Humber Gateway offshore wind farm to Greencoat". www.rwe.com.
  26. ↑ Thomson, Andy (8 July 2014). "Greencoat in near-£100m deal double". Infrastructure Investor.
  27. ↑ "OnPath Energy completes sale of Kype Muir Wind Farm Extension shares". OnPath Energy. 25 October 2024.
  28. ↑ "Greencoat UK Wind buys Langhope rig wind farm from GE unit". Reuters. Retrieved 2 August 2025.
  29. 1 2 Gourntis, Kalliope (13 November 2013). "Greencoat UK adds two wind farms". Infrastructure Investor.
  30. ↑ Shumkov, Ivan Tsvetanov (22 March 2013). "RWE Innogy to offload 150 MW of UK wind farms for GBP 165m | Renewable Energy News | Renewables Now". renewablesnow.com.
  31. ↑ Petrova, Veselina Ilieva (24 July 2023). "Greencoat to buy Ørsted's stake in London Array offshore wind park | Offshore Wind News | Renewables Now". renewablesnow.com.
  32. ↑ "Greencoat UK Wind acquires two wind farms for £96m | Financial News". www.lse.co.uk.
  33. ↑ "Greencoat to Acquire North Hoyle Offshore Wind Farm". Offshore Wind. 14 August 2017.
  34. ↑ "First direct equity investment in offshore wind announced". www.greeninvestmentgroup.com.
  35. ↑ Writer, NS Energy Staff (27 June 2016). "Greencoat UK Wind to acquire Screggagh wind farm in Ireland". NS Energy.
  36. ↑ "SSE Renewables sells Slieve Divena II wind farm to Greencoat | SSE | SSE Renewables". www.sserenewables.com.
  37. ↑ "Major Doon Valley wind farm is sold - just months after final turbine is installed". Cumnock Chronicle. 2 September 2023.
  38. ↑ "Stronelairg | SSE Renewables". www.sserenewables.com.
  39. ↑ "Company changes will not impact on Caithness wind farm". JohnOGroat Journal. 23 December 2021.
  40. ↑ "Greencoat acquires Tom nan Clach wind farm - Private Equity Wire". 5 October 2018.
  41. 1 2 Carthew, James (20 December 2019). "Greencoat UK Wind buys two Scottish wind farms". QuotedData.
  42. ↑ "SSE Renewables sells stake in Walney offshore wind farm to Greencoat | SSE Renewables". www.sserenewables.com.
source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greencoat_UK_Wind