Power plant · Argyll and Bute, Scotland, United Kingdom
Earraghail Renewable Energy Development
Earraghail Renewable Energy Development is a planned power plant in Argyll and Bute, Scotland, United Kingdom, with 78 MW of capacity, operated by ScottishPower 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 | Argyll and Bute (coordinates), Scotland | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | Land approximately 1.2km south of Tarbert and 1.1km north of Skipness, | 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 | 21 Feb 2022 (reference ECU00003421, planning authority Scottish Government (S36)) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | ScottishPower Renewables | 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 | 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 | 55.8177, -5.3755 | 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.
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Earraghail Renewable Energy Development 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: 37 substations and 36 grid connections (19 operating, 163 MW), measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 6, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tarbert, Loch Fyne Primary | Substation | — | — | 5.7 km |
| Claonaig Primary | Substation | — | — | 7.2 km |
| Stonefield Primary | Substation | — | — | 10 km |
| SRONDOIRE Wind and Hydro grid connection | Grid connection | 5.61 MW | Operating | 17 km |
| Wind Generating Station grid connection | Grid connection | 9.45 MW | Operating | 17 km |
| Deucheran Hill Windfarm grid connection | Grid connection | 14.2 MW | Operating | 19 km |
Operator and place
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- Harestanes Windfarm100 MW · under construction
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- Harestanes West Windfarm84 MW · planned
- Douglas West Wind Farm (extension)78 MW · under construction
- Kilgallioch Windfarm (Extension)50.4 MW · under construction
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- 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
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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.