Power plant · Highland, Scotland, United Kingdom
Balblair Wind Farm
Balblair Wind Farm is a planned wind power plant in Highland, Scotland, United Kingdom, with 36 MW of capacity, operated by Wind Power North Two Limited.
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 | Highland (coordinates), Scotland | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | 695M NW Of Coirshellach Airdens Bonar Bridge, IV24 3AS | 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 | 14 Mar 2025 (reference ECU00005055, planning authority Scottish Government (S36)) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Wind Power North Two Limited (applicant) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 36 MW | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Units | 8 units (4.5 MW per unit) | 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 | 57.9063, -4.3239 | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
Research on this power plant and its operator.Who owns it up to the parent company, its grid connection and planning status, and an introduction to the operator.
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- Permit applied for (planning authority Scottish Government (S36), reference ECU00005055)
How it compares
Balblair Wind Farm is the 422nd-largest of 742 power plants planned, permitted or under construction in Scotland and the 1,235th-largest of 2,548 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 36 MW is <0.1% of the 279,068 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 | 422nd of 742 | 93,216 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 1,235th of 2,548 | 279,068 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data | 2,499th of 5,799 | 657,076 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 50 grid connections (25 operating, 318 MW) and 49 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gledfield Primary | Substation | — | — | 4.2 km |
| Shin Power Station grid connection | Grid connection | 8.84 MW | Operating | 6.6 km |
| Shin Power Station grid connection | Grid connection | 8.84 MW | Operating | 6.6 km |
| Conon Falls Primary | Substation | — | — | 6.7 km |
| Shin Primary | Substation | — | — | 6.7 km |
| CNOC na-Inghinn Wind grid connection | Grid connection | 4.75 MW | Operating | 12 km |
Operator and place
More from Wind Power North Two Limited
- Balblair Wind Farm30 MW · planned
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Data on this page
- Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. 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.
- Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. 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.
- Wikidata. Wikidata, CC0 1.0.