Greencoat UK Wind

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Greencoat UK Wind plc
Industry Investment trust
Headquarters
London, England, UK
Website www.greencoat-ukwind.com

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]

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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
PropertyCapacity (MW)TypeLocationStakeInvestedDivested
Bicker Fen26.7OnshoreEngland (Lincolnshire)80%2017 [6]
Bin Mountain9OnshoreNorthern Ireland100%2013 [7]
Bishopthorpe16.4OnshoreEngland (Lincolnshire)67.4%2017 (100%) [8] 2025 (32.6%) [9]
Braes of Doune Wind Farm 72OnshoreScotland (Stirlingshire)100%2013 (50%) [7]
2021 (50%) [10]
Brockaghboy47.5OnshoreNorthern Ireland100%2018 [11]
Burbo Bank Extension 258OffshoreIrish Sea (Merseyside)15.7%2021 [12]
Carcant6OnshoreScotland (Borders)100%2013 [7]
Church Hill18.4OnshoreNorthern Ireland100%2018 [13]
Clyde Wind Farm 522OnshoreScotland (South Lanarkshire)28.22016
2017 [14]
Corriegarth69.5OnshoreScotland (Inverness)100%2017 [15]
Cotton Farm16.4OnshoreEngland (Cambridgeshire)100%2013 [16]
Crighshane32.2OnshoreNorthern Ireland100%2018 [13]
Dalquhandy42OnshoreScotland (South Lanarkshire)60%2023 (100%) [17] 2024 (40%) [18]
Deeping St Nicholas16.4OnshoreEngland (Lincolnshire)80%2017 [6]
Douglas West45OnshoreScotland (South Lanarkshire)60%2021 (100%) [19] 2024 (40%) [18]
Drone Hill28.6OnshoreScotland (Borders)51.62014 [20]
Dunmaglass94OnshoreScotland (Inverness)35.5%2019 [21] [22]
Earls Hall Farm10.25OnshoreEngland (Essex)100%2013 [16]
Glass Moor16.4OnshoreEngland (Cambridgeshire)80%2017 [6]
Glen Kyllachy48.5OnshoreScotland (Inverness)100%2022 [23]
Hornsea 1 1,200OffshoreNorth Sea (Yorkshore)11.52022 (12.5%) [24] 2025 (1%) [9]
Humber Gateway Wind Farm 219OffshoreNorth Sea (Yorkshire)492020 [25]
Kildrummy18.4OnshoreScotland (Aberdeenshire)100%2014 [26]
Kype Muir Extension67.2OnshoreScotland (South Lanarkshire)65%2023 (49.9%)
2024 (15.1%) [27]
Langhope Rig16OnshoreScotland (Borders)100%2017 [28]
Lindhurst9OnshoreEngland (Nottinghamshire)49%2013 [29]
Little Cheyne Court Wind Farm 59.8OnshoreEngland (Kent)41%2013 [30]
London Array 630OffshoreNorth Sea (Kent)13.7%2023 [31]
Maerdy24OnshoreWales (Glamorgan)100%2013 [32]
Middlemoor54OnshoreScotland (Borders)49%2013 [29]
North Hoyle Offshore Wind Farm 60OffshoreIrish Sea (Clwyd)100%2017 [33]
North Rhins22OnshoreScotland (Dumfries & Galloway)51.62014 [20]
Red House12.3OnshoreEngland (Lincolnshire)80%2017 [6]
Red Tile24.6OnshoreEngland (Cambridgeshire)80%2017 [6]
Rhyl Flats 90OffshoreIrish Sea (Clwyd)24.95%2013 [34]
Screggagh20OnshoreNorthern Ireland100%2016 [35]
Sixpenny Wood20.5OnshoreEngland (Yorkshire)51.62014 [20]
Slieve Divena 1 & 248.8OnshoreNorthern Ireland100%2020 [36]
South Kyle240OnshoreScotland (Dumfries & Galloway)100%2023 [37]
Stronelairg227.7OnshoreScotland35.5%2019 [38] [22]
Stroupster29.9OnshoreScotland (Caithness)100%2015 [39]
Tappaghan28.5OnshoreNorthern Ireland100%2013 [7]
Tom nan Clach39.1OnshoreScotland (Nairn)75%2019 [40]
Twentyshilling37.8OnshoreScotland (Dumfries & Galloway)100%2021 [41]
Walney Wind Farm 367.2OffshoreIrish Sea (Cumbria)25.1%2020 [42]
Windy Rigg43.2OnshoreScotland (Dumfries & Galloway)100%2021 [41]
Yelvertoft16.5OnshoreEngland (Northamptonshire)51.62014 [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.
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