Power plant · Highland, Scotland, United Kingdom
Burnside Bhlaraidh - Chrathaich Wind Farm
Burnside Bhlaraidh - Chrathaich Wind Farm is a permitted wind power plant in Highland, Scotland, United Kingdom, with 70 MW of capacity, operated by Muirden Energy.
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 | Highland (coordinates), Scotland | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | 3615m Nw/O Burnside Bhlaraidh, Glenmoriston, Inverness, IV63 | 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 | 9 May 2025 (permit ECU00004704, 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 | 4 Jul 2023 (reference ECU00004704, planning authority Scottish Government (S36)) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 9 May 2025 (granted, reference ECU00004704, planning authority Scottish Government (S36)) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Muirden Energy (applicant) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 70 MW | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Units | 14 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 | 57.3343, -4.4744 | 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 ECU00004704)
- Permit applied for (planning authority Scottish Government (S36), reference ECU00004704)
How it compares
Burnside Bhlaraidh - Chrathaich Wind Farm is the 213th-largest of 742 power plants planned, permitted or under construction in Scotland and the 575th-largest of 2,549 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 70 MW is <0.1% of the 279,978 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 | 213th of 742 | 93,216 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 575th of 2,549 | 279,978 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data | 1,529th of 5,782 | 643,557 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 56 substations and 52 grid connections (29 operating, 449 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Drumnadrochit Primary | Substation | — | — | 0.8 km |
| Foyers Primary | Substation | — | — | 8.8 km |
| Errogie Primary | Substation | — | — | 8.9 km |
| Foyers Falls Power Station grid connection | Grid connection | 4.75 MW | Operating | 9.0 km |
| Corrimony Farm grid connection | Grid connection | 1.43 MW | Operating | 12 km |
| Corriegarth Hydro GEN aux grid connection | Grid connection | 3.23 MW | Operating | 13 km |
Operator and place
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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.