Power plant · Aberdeenshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
Auchorie Farm, Midmar - Wind Turbines
Auchorie Farm, Midmar - Wind Turbines is a planned power plant in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, with 1.6 MW of capacity.
Facts
Every value links to its source, and to the source's own record where it has one. Licences and last-checked dates are per row.
| Fact | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Location | Aberdeenshire (coordinates), Scotland | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Status | Planned (planning application submitted) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Onshore or offshore | Onshore | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Application date | 5 Mar 2026 (ref. APP/2026/0348, Aberdeenshire) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 1.6 MW | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Units | 2 units | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Technology | Wind Onshore | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 57.1449, -2.5396 | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
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How it compares
Auchorie Farm, Midmar - Wind Turbines is the 833rd-largest of 872 power plants planned, permitted or under construction in Scotland and the 2,895th-largest of 3,222 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 1.6 MW is <0.1% of the 300,661 MW of power plants planned, permitted or under construction we hold for the United Kingdom. It is not built yet, so it is ranked among the power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data, apart from the ones running today. Ranks and totals cover the ones that report their capacity.
| Within | Rank | Total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Scotland | 833rd of 872 | 99,272 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 2,895th of 3,222 | 300,661 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data | 6,111th of 6,455 | 664,240 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 114 grid connections (47 operating, 397 MW) and 77 substations, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 6, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Midmar Primary | Substation | — | — | 1.1 km |
| Easter Tolmauds Wind 3X8DATA NOT Availabledata NOT AVAILABLEKW grid connection | Grid connection | 2.28 MW | Operating | 5.3 km |
| Tappies Farm PV (Cust REF Kintore Solar Farm) grid connection | Grid connection | 22 MW | Planned | 9.4 km |
| Invercannie Waterworks PV grid connection | Grid connection | 1.88 MW | Planned | 9.8 km |
| Banchory Primary | Substation | — | — | 10.0 km |
| Whitehouse Primary | Substation | — | — | 11 km |
Place
Other power plants in Scotland
- Seagreen1,075 MW
- Moray East950 MW
- Moray West Offshore Wind Farm Project882 MW
- Lewis Wind Farm (Barvas Moor)652 MW
- Beatrice588 MW
- Neart na Gaoithe450 MW
- Viking Wind Farm443 MW
- Cruachan440 MW
Data on this page
- DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD). DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD), Open Government Licence v3.0.
- Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration (Sep 2026). EIA-860 / 860M / 923, Public domain.
- Bundesnetzagentur, Marktstammdatenregister. Marktstammdatenregister, DL-DE-BY-2.0.
- Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects. Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects, Open Government Licence v3.0.
- RVO SDE(+)(+) projecten in beheer and SDE viewer. RVO SDE(+)(+) projecten in beheer and SDE viewer, Free reuse, no attribution required.
- SSEN Distribution. SSEN Distribution data portal, CC BY 4.0.