Troston Loch Wind Farm
Project Background
Troston Loch Wind Farm is a consented project of 14 turbines (up to 150m tip height) with a planned generating capacity of 68MW. The project is on land at the Troston Estate, located around seven kilometres west of Moniaive in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. The scheme could generate enough electricity to power around 53,000* homes per year.
Revised Proposal
Since taking ownership of the project in January 2024, Vantage RE Ltd has reviewed the consented development to explore ways of making it more efficient and productive.
Following this review, we are revising the project design to increase the turbine tip height. This proposed change would allow us to reduce the total number of turbines while maintaining the same level of generation. The application being prepared is for 12 turbines with a vertical tip height of up to 220m. The capacity would remain at 68MW.
The proposed community benefit would also remain in line with the recommended Scottish Government rate, which is currently £5,000 per MW installed capacity. This could provide up to £340,000 each year to support local organisations, events and community projects, for the lifetime of wind farm.
As the new proposal for the Troston Loch Wind Farm will have a generating capacity of over 50MW, the application will be made to the Scottish Government’s Energy Consents Unit (ECU) under Section 36 of the Electricity Act 1989.
Public Consultation Events
We are carrying out our pre-application consultation with local stakeholders at two public consultation events. The first event was held on Tuesday 6th January at Dalry Town Hall.
Our second drop-in event will be held on:
Wednesday 14th October
3.30pm - 7.30pm
Dalry Town Hall, Ayr Road, St John's Town of Dalry, DG7 3SW
If you have any questions about the project or would like to get in touch with our development team, please email TrostonLoch@Vantagere.co.uk.
*please note this figure is based on an installed capacity of 68MW at a capacity factor of 30% capacity and assuming 3,323 as the average UK household electricity consumption in kW hours based on statistics from Govt (DESNZ 2025)
