Power plant · Clackmannanshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
Burnfoot East Wind Farm (further extension)
Burnfoot East Wind Farm (further extension) is a power plant in Clackmannanshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, with 10.8 MW of capacity, operated by Wind Prospect Developments.
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 | Clackmannanshire (coordinates), Scotland | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | Site West Of Burnfoot Hill, High Street, Tillicoultry, Central, FK13 6A | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Status | Operating (operational) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Start year | 2020 | 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 | 27 Mar 2019 (permit 17/00026/FULL, Town and Country Planning Act, issued by Clackmannanshire) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Application date | 30 Jan 2017 (reference 17/00026/FULL, planning authority Clackmannanshire) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 27 Mar 2019 (granted, reference 17/00026/FULL, planning authority Clackmannanshire) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Wind Prospect Developments | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 10.8 MW | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Units | 3 units (3.6 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 | 56.2106, -3.7572 | 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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Burnfoot East Wind Farm (further extension) is the 600th-largest of 1,196 power plants in Scotland and the 1,780th-largest of 5,050 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 10.8 MW is <0.1% of the 115,642 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 | 600th of 1,196 | 34,589 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 1,780th of 5,050 | 115,642 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants in our data | 6,772nd of 12,008 | 1,173,302 MW | <0.1% |
Timeline
Dated facts about this power plant from its sources, oldest first.
- Permit issued (Town and Country Planning Act), no. 17/00026/FULL
- Started operating
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 58 grid connections (22 operating, 294 MW), 39 substations and 8 data centers, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 9, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Windburn Wind Farm 75MW Wind, 35MW BESS grid connection | Grid connection | 110 MW | Planned | 5.3 km |
| Highland Spring Group grid connection | Grid connection | 5.5 MW | Planned | 5.7 km |
| Gleneagles Primary | Substation | — | — | 8.2 km |
| Glendevon Primary | Substation | — | — | 9.0 km |
| Kierallan Farm Solar & Storage 50MW grid connection | Grid connection | 50 MW | Planned | 9.4 km |
| Braco West GSP | Substation | — | — | 13 km |
| Edinburgh SC-3 | Data center | — | — | 38 km |
| Sungard Availability Services | Data center | — | — | 41 km |
| Pulsant Edinburgh SC-1 | Data center | — | — | 42 km |
Operator and place
More from Wind Prospect Developments
- Tressady Wind Farm32.5 MW
- Burnhead26 MW
- Red Tile24 MW
- Mount Lothian Wind Farm20.7 MW
- Deeping St Nicholas Wind Farm16.4 MW
- Frandy Hill14 MW
- Thornholme Wind Farm12 MW
- Fox Covert Wind Farm10 MW
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
- DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD). 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.
- Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects. 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.