Power plant · Scottish Borders, Scotland, United Kingdom
Chesters - Millmoor Rig Wind Farm & Battery Energy Storage
Chesters - Millmoor Rig Wind Farm & Battery Energy Storage is a planned power plant in Scottish Borders, Scotland, United Kingdom, with 78 MW of capacity, operated by ESB Asset Development UK.
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 | Scottish Borders (coordinates), Scotland | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | SW/O Chesters, Harwick, TD9 8TW | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Status | Planned (planning application submitted) | 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 | 28 Nov 2022 (reference ECU00003426, planning authority Scottish Government (S36)) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | ESB Asset Development UK | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 78 MW | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Units | 13 units (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 | 55.3715, -2.5792 | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
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Chesters - Millmoor Rig Wind Farm & Battery Energy Storage is the 210th-largest of 872 power plants planned, permitted or under construction in Scotland and the 603rd-largest of 3,222 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 78 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 | 210th of 872 | 99,272 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 603rd of 3,222 | 300,661 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data | 1,542nd of 6,455 | 664,240 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 18 grid connections (11 operating, 192 MW), 9 substations and 1 transmission line, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 7, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kielder Hydro grid connection | Grid connection | 5.6 MW | Operating | 21 km |
| Hydro 6 MW grid connection at Kielder Hydro | Grid connection | 6 MW | Operating | 23 km |
| Kielder | Substation | — | — | 23 km |
| Cross Border Connection (England) | Transmission line | — | Planned | 28 km |
| Kinkry Hill | Substation | — | — | 36 km |
| Land at High Park Foot grid connection | Grid connection | 21.1 MW | Planned | 37 km |
| Spadeadam 132/11KV | Substation | — | — | 38 km |
Operator and place
More from ESB Asset Development UK
- West Torrisdale Wind Farm54 MW · planned
- Craigneil Hill35 MW · permitted
- West Torrisdale Wind Farm20 MW · planned
- Chesters - Millmoor Rig Wind Farm & Battery Energy Storage20 MW · planned
- Celtic Sea Offshore Wind Farm (ESB) grid connection1,000 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.
- SP Electricity North West, via Northern Powergrid Open Data. SP Electricity North West open data portal, CC BY 4.0.
- Bundesnetzagentur, Marktstammdatenregister. Marktstammdatenregister, DL-DE-BY-2.0.
- Supported by Northern Powergrid Open Data. Northern Powergrid open data portal, Northern Powergrid Open Data Licence v1.0.
- 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.