Power plant · Aberdeenshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
Cairnbrogie Farm, Oldmeldrum - Wind Farm
Cairnbrogie Farm, Oldmeldrum - Wind Farm is a permitted power plant in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, with 3.6 MW of capacity, operated by MountWest 838 Limited.
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 |
| Address | Mains Of Cairnbrogie Farm Oldmeldrum, AB51 0BP | 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 | 13 Dec 2023 (permit APP/2022/2505, Town and Country Planning Act, issued by Aberdeenshire) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Application date | 14 Dec 2022 (ref. APP/2022/2505, Aberdeenshire) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 13 Dec 2023 (granted, ref. APP/2022/2505, Aberdeenshire) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | MountWest 838 Limited | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 3.6 MW | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Units | 4 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 | 57.3350, -2.2526 | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
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How it compares
Cairnbrogie Farm, Oldmeldrum - Wind Farm is the 785th-largest of 872 power plants planned, permitted or under construction in Scotland and the 2,654th-largest of 3,222 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 3.6 MW is <0.1% of the 300,661 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 | 785th of 872 | 99,272 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 2,654th of 3,222 | 300,661 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data | 5,811th of 6,455 | 664,240 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 154 grid connections (66 operating, 495 MW) and 83 substations, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 6, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cairnbrogie Wind Farm grid connection | Grid connection | 4.1 MW | Planned | 0.8 km |
| Cairnbrogie Wind Farm grid connection | Grid connection | 4.5 MW | Planned | 0.8 km |
| Oldmeldrum Primary | Substation | — | — | 3.2 km |
| Udny Community grid connection | Grid connection | 1.07 MW | Operating | 4.6 km |
| Kingseat Primary | Substation | — | — | 8.8 km |
| Methlick Primary | Substation | — | — | 9.6 km |
Operator and place
More from MountWest 838 Limited
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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.
- 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.