Power plant · Moray, Scotland, United Kingdom
Craig Watch - Wind Farm & Battery Storage
Craig Watch - Wind Farm & Battery Storage is a planned power plant in Moray, Scotland, United Kingdom, with 72.6 MW of capacity, operated by Craig Watch Wind Farm 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 | Moray (coordinates), Scotland | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | Craig Watch Wind Farm Moray, AB55 4AA | 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 | 14 Jun 2022 (reference ECU00002177, planning authority Scottish Government (S36)) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Craig Watch Wind Farm Limited | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 72.6 MW | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Units | 11 units (6.6 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 | 57.4475, -3.1266 | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
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- Permit applied for (planning authority Scottish Government (S36), reference ECU00002177)
How it compares
Craig Watch - Wind Farm & Battery Storage is the 221st-largest of 872 power plants planned, permitted or under construction in Scotland and the 620th-largest of 3,222 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 72.6 MW is <0.1% of the 300,461 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 | 221st of 872 | 99,272 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 620th of 3,222 | 300,461 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data | 1,567th of 6,455 | 664,040 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 89 grid connections (40 operating, 537 MW) and 49 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dufftown Primary | Substation | — | — | 0.7 km |
| Advanced Fuel Gasification OR Pyrolysis 9.899 MW grid connection at Keith Grid | Grid connection | 9.9 MW | Operating | 6.3 km |
| Hill of Towie 2 Wind Farm grid connection | Grid connection | 36 MW | Planned | 6.5 km |
| Aberlour Primary | Substation | — | — | 7.7 km |
| Rothes Primary | Substation | — | — | 10 km |
| Generating Station grid connection | Grid connection | 7.6 MW | Operating | 11 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.