Windy Standard became fully operational in November 1996 and at the time was Scotland's second largest wind farm. It consists of 36 wind turbines each of 600 kilowatts (kW) maximum output, manufactured by Nordtank A/S of Denmark. The wind farm has a combined maximum power of 21.6 megawatts (MW).

It is located in the hills above Carsphairn Forest, some 9km north of Carsphairn in Dumfries and Galloway. It was developed by npower renewables and Fred.Olsen Ltd and is operated by npower renewables on behalf of its joint owners Fred.Olsen Ltd and npower renewables.

The wind farm covers an area of 350 hectares but the turbines themselves only take up 1% of that land. The land on which the wind farm is situated is 500 to 680 metres above sea level.

The area around the wind farm is very sparsely populated and bears no national or local designation for nature conservation, but is within an agricultural designation - the Western Southern Uplands Environmentally Sensitive area. The developers approached Dumfries and Galloway Regional Council at an early stage and consulted widely to ensure that the ecology and archaeology of the site was preserved. Consultees included: Scottish Natural Heritage; Solway River Purification Board; Royal Society for the Protection of Birds; Carsphairn Community Council and New Cumnock Community Council.

Windy Standard Wind Farm
Dumfries and Galloway.

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