Power plant · Scottish Borders, Scotland, United Kingdom
Barrel Law Wind Farm
Barrel Law Wind Farm is a cancelled wind power plant in Scottish Borders, Scotland, United Kingdom, with 24 MW of capacity, operated by ABO Wind.
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 | Scottish Borders (coordinates), Scotland | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | west of the A7, roughly 3 km north of the village of Roberton and 9km north-west of Hawick in the Scottish Borders | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Status | Cancelled (appeal refused) | 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 | 15 Feb 2012 (reference 12/00191/FUL, planning authority Scottish Borders) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 4 Mar 2013 (refused, reference 12/00191/FUL, planning authority Scottish Borders) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 19 Aug 2014 (appeal refused, reference 12/00191/FUL, planning authority Scottish Borders) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | ABO Wind (applicant) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 24 MW | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Units | 8 units (3 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 | 55.4561, -2.8917 | 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.
Request researchLatest events
Dated events about this power plant from official notices and registers, newest first. All recent changes.
- Permit refused (appeal refused, planning authority Scottish Borders, reference 12/00191/FUL)
- Permit refused (planning authority Scottish Borders, reference 12/00191/FUL)
- Permit applied for (planning authority Scottish Borders, reference 12/00191/FUL)
How it compares
Barrel Law Wind Farm is the 442nd-largest of 1,342 power plants in Scotland and the 1,325th-largest of 5,837 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 24 MW is <0.1% of the 200,833 MW we hold for the United Kingdom. Ranks and totals cover the power plants in our data that report their capacity, not every one in existence. Power plants planned, permitted or under construction are ranked apart.
| Within | Rank | Total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Scotland | 442nd of 1,342 | 46,828 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 1,325th of 5,837 | 200,833 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants in our data | 3,993rd of 13,028 | 1,354,089 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 5 grid connections (3 operating, 24.8 MW), 3 substations and 1 transmission line, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 7, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cross Border Connection (England) | Transmission line | — | Planned | 35 km |
| Kielder Hydro grid connection | Grid connection | 5.6 MW | Operating | 39 km |
| Kielder | Substation | — | — | 41 km |
| Hydro 6 MW grid connection at Kielder Hydro | Grid connection | 6 MW | Operating | 41 km |
| Kinkry Hill | Substation | — | — | 44 km |
| Land at High Park Foot grid connection | Grid connection | 21.1 MW | Planned | 45 km |
| Easton | Substation | — | — | 46 km |
Operator and place
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Data on this page
- Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. DUKES 5.11: Power stations in the United Kingdom, Open Government Licence v3.0.
- 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.
- SP Electricity North West, via Northern Powergrid Open Data. SP Electricity North West open data portal, CC BY 4.0.
- JRC Open Power Plants Database (JRC-PPDB-OPEN), European Commission, Joint Research Centre. JRC Open Power Plants Database (JRC-PPDB-OPEN), CC BY 4.0.
- Bundesnetzagentur, Marktstammdatenregister. Marktstammdatenregister, DL-DE-BY-2.0.
- Dutch power station owners' and operators' pages. Dutch power station owners' and operators' pages, Facts only, each linked to its page.
- Supported by Northern Powergrid Open Data. Northern Powergrid open data portal, Northern Powergrid Open Data Licence v1.0.
- 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.