Power plant · Moray, Scotland, United Kingdom
Berry Burn Wind Farm (extension)
Berry Burn Wind Farm (extension) is a permitted power plant in Moray, Scotland, United Kingdom, with 37.8 MW of capacity, operated by Statkraft Wind UK 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 | Moray (coordinates), Scotland | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | Adjacent to Paul's Hill Site, Altyre Estate, Ballindal | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Status | Permitted (planning permission granted) | 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 |
| Permit date | 8 Dec 2021 (permit ECU00000718, Electricity Act 1989 section 36, issued by Scottish Government (S36)) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Application date | 7 Aug 2020 (reference ECU00000718, planning authority Scottish Government (S36)) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 8 Dec 2021 (granted, reference ECU00000718, planning authority Scottish Government (S36)) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Statkraft Wind UK Limited | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 37.8 MW | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Units | 9 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 | 57.4484, -3.4725 | 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 granted (planning authority Scottish Government (S36), reference ECU00000718)
- Permit applied for (planning authority Scottish Government (S36), reference ECU00000718)
How it compares
Berry Burn Wind Farm (extension) is the 470th-largest of 872 power plants planned, permitted or under construction in Scotland and the 1,459th-largest of 3,222 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 37.8 MW is <0.1% of the 300,461 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 | 470th of 872 | 99,272 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 1,459th of 3,222 | 300,461 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data | 2,695th of 6,455 | 664,040 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 56 grid connections (20 operating, 435 MW) and 55 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pauls Hill Wind Farm grid connection | Grid connection | 66.5 MW | Operating | 7.4 km |
| Ballindalloch Primary | Substation | — | — | 9.7 km |
| Berryburn GSP | Substation | — | — | 9.8 km |
| Cairn Uish Phase 2 grid connection | Grid connection | 39.3 MW | Operating | 10 km |
| Glenfarclas GSP | Substation | — | — | 10 km |
| Berry Burn Extension grid connection | Grid connection | 43.2 MW | Planned | 10 km |
Operator and place
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- Beatrice588 MW
- Neart na Gaoithe450 MW
- Viking Wind Farm443 MW
- Cruachan440 MW
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.