Power plant · Aberdeenshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
Boy's Hill Wind Cluster
Boy's Hill Wind Cluster is a cancelled wind power plant in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, with 6.9 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 | Cancelled (planning permission 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 | 10 Jan 2013 (reference APP/2012/4218, planning authority Aberdeenshire) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 21 Oct 2013 (refused, reference APP/2012/4218, planning authority Aberdeenshire) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 6.9 MW | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Units | 3 units (2.3 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 | 56.9227, -2.4638 | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
Research on this power plant and its owner.Who owns it up to the parent company, its grid connection and planning status, and an introduction to the owner.
Request researchLatest events
Dated events about this power plant from official notices and registers, newest first. All recent changes.
- Permit refused (planning authority Aberdeenshire, reference APP/2012/4218)
- Permit applied for (planning authority Aberdeenshire, reference APP/2012/4218)
How it compares
Boy's Hill Wind Cluster is the 793rd-largest of 1,340 power plants in Scotland and the 2,933rd-largest of 5,834 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 6.9 MW is <0.1% of the 200,500 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 | 793rd of 1,340 | 46,467 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 2,933rd of 5,834 | 200,500 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants in our data | 11,419th of 15,799 | 1,918,113 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 103 grid connections (31 operating, 328 MW), 77 substations and 1 data center, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 7, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MID Hill Wind Farm grid connection | Grid connection | 71.3 MW | Operating | 1.7 km |
| Macphies of Glenbervie Wind grid connection | Grid connection | 4.37 MW | Operating | 4.8 km |
| Macphie of Glenbervie Wind & Solar Park grid connection | Grid connection | 1.05 MW | Planned | 4.8 km |
| Fetteresso GSP | Substation | — | — | 8.5 km |
| Fiddes GSP | Substation | — | — | 9.8 km |
| Laurencekirk Primary | Substation | — | — | 10 km |
| Brightsolid | Data center | — | — | 31 km |
Place
Other power plants in Scotland
- Longannet2,260 MW
- Torness1,200 MW
- Peterhead1,180 MW
- Seagreen1,075 MW
- Hunterston B985 MW
- Moray East950 MW
- Moray West Offshore Wind Farm Project882 MW
- Auchentiber Road - Battery Energy Storage System700 MW
Data on this page
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- 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.
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