Power plant · North Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
Brownhill Farm
Brownhill Farm is a power plant under construction in North Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, with 8.4 MW of capacity, operated by Wind Estate Ltd.
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 | North Lanarkshire (coordinates), Scotland | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | Brownhill Farm, West Benhar Road, Harthill, Shotts, Strathclyde, ML7 5TG | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Status | Under construction | 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 | 17 Jul 2020 (permit 20/00504/FUL, Town and Country Planning Act, issued by North Lanarkshire) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Application date | 12 May 2020 (reference 20/00504/FUL, planning authority North Lanarkshire) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 17 Jul 2020 (granted, reference 20/00504/FUL, planning authority North Lanarkshire) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Wind Estate Ltd | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 8.4 MW | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Units | 2 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 | 55.8411, -3.7733 | 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 North Lanarkshire, reference 20/00504/FUL)
- Permit applied for (planning authority North Lanarkshire, reference 20/00504/FUL)
How it compares
Brownhill Farm is the 718th-largest of 872 power plants planned, permitted or under construction in Scotland and the 2,366th-largest of 3,222 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 8.4 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 | 718th of 872 | 99,272 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 2,366th of 3,222 | 300,461 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data | 5,467th of 6,455 | 664,040 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 13 data centers, 9 grid connections (2 operating, 31.9 MW) and 9 substations, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 9, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DataVita DV1 | Data center | — | — | 11 km |
| Sungard Availability Services | Data center | — | — | 19 km |
| Asanti Hamilton | Data center | — | — | 22 km |
| Generating Station grid connection | Grid connection | 21.4 MW | Operating | 33 km |
| Patrickston Farm - PV + Battery grid connection | Grid connection | 15.9 MW | Planned | 38 km |
| Shelloch B Wind Farm grid connection | Grid connection | 25 MW | Planned | 39 km |
| Kippen Primary | Substation | — | — | 40 km |
| Dunblane Primary | Substation | — | — | 41 km |
| Glendevon Primary | Substation | — | — | 42 km |
Operator and place
More from Wind Estate Ltd
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- The Drum Wind Farm49.6 MW
- Gladsmuir Hills - Wind Farm41 MW · permitted
- Kyllachy Wind Farm - BESS22 MW · planned
- Heights Road, Blackridge - Woodend Wind Farm19.8 MW · planned
- Blackburn Mill Farm, Grantshouse - Wind Turbines16.8 MW · permitted
- High Mark Wind Farm - Wind Turbines15 MW · planned
Other power plants in Scotland
- Seagreen1,075 MW
- Moray East950 MW
- Moray West Offshore Wind Farm Project882 MW
- Lewis Wind Farm (Barvas Moor)652 MW
- 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.
- © OpenStreetMap contributors. OpenStreetMap data centers, ODbL 1.0.
- 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.