Power plant · Argyll and Bute, Scotland, United Kingdom
Blarghour Wind Farm
Blarghour Wind Farm is a permitted wind power plant in Argyll and Bute, Scotland, United Kingdom, with 84 MW of capacity, operated by Coriolis Energy and ESB Limited.
Facts
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| Fact | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Location | Argyll and Bute (coordinates), Scotland | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | 7km north west of Inveraray and 6km east of Dalavich | 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 | 29 Oct 2021 (permit EC00005267, 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 | 14 May 2018 (reference EC00005267, planning authority Scottish Government (S36)) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 29 Oct 2021 (granted, reference EC00005267, planning authority Scottish Government (S36)) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Coriolis Energy (Coriolis Energy / ESB, applicant) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | ESB Limited (Coriolis Energy / ESB, applicant) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 84 MW | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Units | 14 units (6.6 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 | 56.2733, -5.1692 | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
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- Permit granted (planning authority Scottish Government (S36), reference EC00005267)
- Permit applied for (planning authority Scottish Government (S36), reference EC00005267)
How it compares
Blarghour Wind Farm is the 180th-largest of 742 power plants planned, permitted or under construction in Scotland and the 530th-largest of 2,548 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 84 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 | 180th of 742 | 93,216 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 530th of 2,548 | 279,068 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data | 1,478th of 5,799 | 657,076 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 53 substations and 39 grid connections (28 operating, 294 MW), measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 6, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blarghour Farm grid connection | Grid connection | 1.69 MW | Operating | 4.2 km |
| Inveraray Primary | Substation | — | — | 6.5 km |
| Cromalt Primary | Substation | — | — | 7.3 km |
| Eredine Primary | Substation | — | — | 7.9 km |
| Braevallich grid connection | Grid connection | 2.85 MW | Operating | 10 km |
| 66MW WIND grid connection | Grid connection | 66 MW | Planned | 10 km |
Operators and place
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- Torness1,200 MW
- Peterhead1,180 MW
- Seagreen1,075 MW
- Hunterston B985 MW
- Moray East950 MW
- Moray West Offshore Wind Farm Project882 MW
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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.