Power plant · Orkney Islands, Scotland, United Kingdom
Costa Head Wind Farm
Costa Head Wind Farm is a permitted wind power plant in Orkney Islands, Scotland, United Kingdom, with 16.3 MW of capacity, operated by Hoolan 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 | Orkney Islands (coordinates), Scotland | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | Costa Head, on the north coast of Orkney Mainland, KW17 2NP | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Status | Permitted (appeal 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 | 18 Apr 2019 (permit 16/580/TPPMAJ, Town and Country Planning Act, issued by Orkney Islands) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Application date | 9 Dec 2016 (reference 16/580/TPPMAJ, planning authority Orkney Islands) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 21 Sept 2018 (refused, reference 16/580/TPPMAJ, planning authority Orkney Islands) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 18 Apr 2019 (granted, reference 16/580/TPPMAJ, planning authority Orkney Islands) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 18 Apr 2019 (appeal granted, reference 16/580/TPPMAJ, planning authority Orkney Islands) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Hoolan Energy (applicant) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 16.3 MW | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Units | 5 units (4.08 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 | 59.1512, -3.2237 | 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.
Request researchLatest events
Dated events about this power plant from official notices and registers, newest first. All recent changes.
- Permit granted (appeal granted, planning authority Orkney Islands, reference 16/580/TPPMAJ)
- Permit granted (planning authority Orkney Islands, reference 16/580/TPPMAJ)
- Permit refused (planning authority Orkney Islands, reference 16/580/TPPMAJ)
- Permit applied for (planning authority Orkney Islands, reference 16/580/TPPMAJ)
How it compares
Costa Head Wind Farm is the 567th-largest of 742 power plants planned, permitted or under construction in Scotland and the 1,722nd-largest of 2,549 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 16.3 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 | 567th of 742 | 93,216 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 1,722nd of 2,549 | 279,978 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data | 4,011th of 5,782 | 643,557 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 30 grid connections (16 operating, 63.1 MW) and 15 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nisthill Windfarm grid connection | Grid connection | 26.4 MW | Planned | 2.0 km |
| Burgar Hill Repowering Wind Farm grid connection | Grid connection | 30 MW | Planned | 4.4 km |
| Burgar Hill Primary | Substation | — | — | 5.8 km |
| Burgar Hill grid connection | Grid connection | 2.19 MW | Operating | 7.1 km |
| Rousay Primary | Substation | — | — | 14 km |
| Stromness Primary | Substation | — | — | 20 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.