Power plant · West Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom
Gladsmuir Hills - Wind Farm
Gladsmuir Hills - Wind Farm is a permitted wind power plant in West Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom, with 41 MW of capacity, operated by Wind Estate.
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 | West Lothian (coordinates), Scotland | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | Gladsmuir Hills Approximately 1km South Of Fauldhouse, EH47 | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Status | Permitted (planning permission 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 | 13 Oct 2025 (permit 0706/FUL/22, Town and Country Planning Act, issued by West Lothian) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Application date | 25 Aug 2022 (reference 0706/FUL/22, planning authority West Lothian) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 13 Oct 2025 (granted, reference 0706/FUL/22, planning authority West Lothian) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Wind Estate (Wind Estate (UK) Ltd, applicant) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 41 MW | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Units | 6 units (6.83 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 | 55.7948, -3.7108 | 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 (planning authority West Lothian, reference 0706/FUL/22)
- Permit applied for (planning authority West Lothian, reference 0706/FUL/22)
How it compares
Gladsmuir Hills - Wind Farm is the 398th-largest of 742 power plants planned, permitted or under construction in Scotland and the 1,132nd-largest of 2,548 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 41 MW is <0.1% of the 279,068 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 | 398th of 742 | 93,216 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 1,132nd of 2,548 | 279,068 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data | 2,348th of 5,799 | 657,076 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 13 data centers, 4 grid connections (1 operating, 21.4 MW) and 3 substations, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 9, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DataVita DV1 | Data center | — | — | 16 km |
| Sungard Availability Services | Data center | — | — | 17 km |
| Edinburgh SC-3 | Data center | — | — | 24 km |
| Generating Station grid connection | Grid connection | 21.4 MW | Operating | 39 km |
| Patrickston Farm - PV + Battery grid connection | Grid connection | 15.9 MW | Planned | 45 km |
| Shelloch B Wind Farm grid connection | Grid connection | 25 MW | Planned | 45 km |
| Glendevon Primary | Substation | — | — | 46 km |
| Kippen Primary | Substation | — | — | 47 km |
| Dunblane Primary | Substation | — | — | 47 km |
Operator and place
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Other power plants in Scotland
- Longannet2,260 MW
- Torness1,200 MW
- Peterhead1,180 MW
- Seagreen1,075 MW
- Hunterston B985 MW
- Moray East950 MW
- Moray West Offshore Wind Farm Project882 MW
- Auchentiber Road - Battery Energy Storage System700 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.
- © OpenStreetMap contributors. OpenStreetMap data centers, ODbL 1.0.
- Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects, Open Government Licence v3.0.
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