Power plant · Moray, Scotland, United Kingdom
Garbet Windfarm - Wind Farm & Storage facility
Garbet Windfarm - Wind Farm & Storage facility is a power plant under construction in Moray, Scotland, United Kingdom, with 46.2 MW of capacity, operated by Energiekontor UK and Uniper.
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 | SE/O Dufftown Keith Grampian, AB55 | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Status | Under construction | 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 | 26 Nov 2021 (permit 21/00020/EIA, Town and Country Planning Act, issued by Moray) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Permit date | 26 Sept 2022 (permit 21/00020/EIA, Town and Country Planning Act, issued by Moray) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Application date | 11 Jan 2021 (reference 21/00020/EIA, planning authority Moray) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 26 Sept 2022 (appeal granted, reference 21/00020/EIA, planning authority Moray) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 26 Nov 2021 (granted, reference 21/00020/EIA, planning authority Moray) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Energiekontor UK (Energiekontor UK Limited / Uniper) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Uniper (Energiekontor UK Limited / Uniper) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 46.2 MW | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Units | 8 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 | 57.4475, -3.1266 | 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.
- Construction started
- Permit granted (appeal granted, planning authority Moray, reference 21/00020/EIA)
- Permit granted (planning authority Moray, reference 21/00020/EIA)
- Permit applied for (planning authority Moray, reference 21/00020/EIA)
How it compares
Garbet Windfarm - Wind Farm & Storage facility is the 418th-largest of 872 power plants planned, permitted or under construction in Scotland and the 1,279th-largest of 3,222 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 46.2 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 | 418th of 872 | 99,272 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 1,279th of 3,222 | 300,461 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data | 2,409th 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 |
Operators and place
More from Energiekontor UK
- Mid Moile Wind Farm99.4 MW · permitted
- Rowan Wind Farm85.8 MW · permitted
- Narachan Wind Farm72.6 MW
- Allt Domhain Wind Farm, Glenbarr - Wind Turbines64.8 MW · planned
- Lairg 2 Wind Farm49.9 MW · under construction
- Fell Wind Farm49 MW · permitted
- Longhill Burn Wind Farm45.6 MW · under construction
- Cornharrow Wind Farm38.4 MW · permitted
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
- 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.