Enoch Hill

Enoch Hill is located in East Ayrshire near to the village of New Cumnock. Image for illustrative purposes only

Project Information

The 15 turbine site is located in East Ayrshire near to the village of New Cumnock. This project is close to our other developments in the area, including Lorg. When built, it will be capable of producing up to 70MW of electricity.

Since launching its proposals, RWE has worked closely with the community and undertaken extensive consultation to understand local concerns. RWE will continue to liaise with them via the Community Liaison Group for the next stage of this project.

Please contact Dean Guy to express an interest in joining the group.

Facts & figures

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*Calculated using average household electricity consumption (3,509kWh) (source: ofgem).

Latest Information

June 2025

Construction continues to progress well, all wind turbines are now installed, pre-commissioned and waiting for energisation (grid connection).

Unfortunately, RWE have been notified of a further grid delay to which we now expect to be energised end October 2025.

The main site construction compounds have been removed and the area used is in the process of being reinstated. A smaller temporary compound has been installed at the site entrance similar to that when the project started construction June 2023.

From mid-July there will be little construction traffic entering and leaving the wind farm, it will mostly be wind turbine technicians carrying out routine maintenance until energisation.

As always, if you have any questions related to construction works, please contact Dean Guy, Construction Project Manager.


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Community Liaison Group (CLG)

We have set up a Community Liaison Group which will allow open dialogue between members of the RWE/ Farrans construction team and representatives of the community. As the project progresses through construction, RWE is keen to receive feedback directly from the community and as such a CLG provides a useful pathway for that information. The community representatives can be found on the meeting minutes.

If you are interested in joining the group, please contact the RWE team for more information.

The 7th CLG meeting took place on 13th May and the next meeting will take place 8th July 2025.


Community Benefit

RWE is committed to supporting the communities that neighbour our wind farms and in 2023 alone we invested £5m into the communities that surround our renewable energy projects. We have a strong track record of engaging local communities in the process of deciding how each fund should be structured and administered. We have a long history of engaging with communities in the New Cumnock area, where the wind farm is located, throughout the process of developing and operating several other wind farms over many years.

Enoch Hill Wind Farm, once operational, will bring with it an annual community fund worth £350,000 per year, index linked, for the operational lifetime of the wind farm.

RWE has been closely following the work of the 9CC group, including their development of an area wide strategic action plan, and are also aware of the work local communities, including New Cumnock, have undertaken to develop their own local community action plans. We will be carefully considering how funds from Enoch Hill Wind Farm could add value to the work of these groups and their plans. We would also like to invite local people to give us their views on how they think the fund could be used to best support local communities.

The Enoch Hill Wind Farm Community Fund Consultation has recently closed.  The results will be communicated in Spring/Summer 2025. This will include plans for the fund administration.

The community fund will be made available once the project enters commercial operations, currently envisioned for summer 2025.

If you have any further questions, or if you need help completing the survey, you can contact our community investment team:

Kathryn Harries

Community Investment Manager


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Initial Application

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Dean Guy

Construction Project Manager

Coventry

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