Power plant · Highland, Scotland, United Kingdom
Dounreay Windfarm
Dounreay Windfarm is a cancelled power plant in Highland, Scotland, United Kingdom, with 17.5 MW of capacity, operated by Scottish Power Renewables.
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 | Adjacent to Dounreay Nuclear Power Development Establishment, Borrowston Mains, Forss, Thurso, Caithness | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Status | Cancelled (appeal refused) | 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 | 25 Apr 2002 (reference 02/00166/FULCA, planning authority Highland) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 4 Mar 2005 (appeal refused, reference 02/00166/FULCA, planning authority Highland) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 19 Sept 2003 (refused, reference 02/00166/FULCA, planning authority Highland) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Scottish Power Renewables | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 17.5 MW | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Units | 10 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 | 58.5757, -3.7401 | 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 refused (appeal refused, planning authority Highland, reference 02/00166/FULCA)
- Permit refused (planning authority Highland, reference 02/00166/FULCA)
- Permit applied for (planning authority Highland, reference 02/00166/FULCA)
How it compares
Dounreay Windfarm is the 496th-largest of 1,196 power plants in Scotland and the 1,293rd-largest of 5,050 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 17.5 MW is <0.1% of the 115,622 MW we hold for the United Kingdom. Ranks and totals cover the power plants in our data that report their capacity, not every one in existence. Power plants planned, permitted or under construction are ranked apart.
| Within | Rank | Total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Scotland | 496th of 1,196 | 34,589 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 1,293rd of 5,050 | 115,622 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants in our data | 4,515th of 12,032 | 1,190,447 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 49 grid connections (22 operating, 290 MW) and 19 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dounreay GSP | Substation | — | — | 0.8 km |
| Dounreay BESS grid connection | Grid connection | 36 MW | Planned | 1.7 km |
| Forss 2 Windfarm HV grid connection | Grid connection | 5.26 MW | Operating | 4.0 km |
| Forss Primary | Substation | — | — | 4.5 km |
| Crosskirk Energy Storage grid connection | Grid connection | 50 MW | Planned | 4.7 km |
| Melvich Primary | Substation | — | — | 11 km |
Operator and place
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- East Anglia 1 (EA 1)714 MW
- Kilgallioch wind farm239 MW
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- 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
- 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.
- JRC Open Power Plants Database (JRC-PPDB-OPEN), European Commission, Joint Research Centre. JRC Open Power Plants Database (JRC-PPDB-OPEN), CC BY 4.0.
- Bundesnetzagentur, Marktstammdatenregister. Marktstammdatenregister, DL-DE-BY-2.0.
- Dutch power station owners' and operators' pages. Dutch power station owners' and operators' pages, Facts only, each linked to its page.
- 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.