Power plant · North Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
Greengairs Wind Farm
Greengairs Wind Farm is a cancelled power plant in North Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, with 17.5 MW of capacity, operated by Muirhall Energy.
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 | North Lanarkshire (coordinates), Scotland | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | Greengairs Landfill Site Meikle Drumgray Road Greengairs North Lanarkshire | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Status | Cancelled (planning permission expired) | 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 | 14 Aug 2008 (permit 07/00172/FUL, Town and Country Planning Act, issued by North Lanarkshire) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Application date | 7 Feb 2007 (reference 07/00172/FUL, planning authority North Lanarkshire) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 14 Aug 2008 (granted, reference 07/00172/FUL, planning authority North Lanarkshire) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Muirhall Energy (Muirhall Energy (formerly Infinis)) | 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 | 9 units (2 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 | 55.9080, -3.9237 | 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 North Lanarkshire, reference 07/00172/FUL)
- Permit applied for (planning authority North Lanarkshire, reference 07/00172/FUL)
How it compares
Greengairs Wind Farm 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: 17 grid connections (7 operating, 47 MW), 15 substations and 12 data centers, 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 | — | — | 8.4 km |
| Asanti Hamilton | Data center | — | — | 18 km |
| Generating Station grid connection | Grid connection | 21.4 MW | Operating | 21 km |
| DataVita DV2 | Data center | — | — | 22 km |
| Shelloch B Wind Farm grid connection | Grid connection | 25 MW | Planned | 27 km |
| Patrickston Farm - PV + Battery grid connection | Grid connection | 15.9 MW | Planned | 28 km |
| Kippen Primary | Substation | — | — | 29 km |
| Dunblane Primary | Substation | — | — | 32 km |
| Killearn Primary | Substation | — | — | 33 km |
Operator and place
More from Muirhall Energy
- Teviot Wind Farm350 MW · planned
- Glen Ullinish II - Wind Farm310 MW · planned
- Glen Ullinish II - Wind Farm120 MW · planned
- Teviot Wind Farm100 MW · planned
- Hopsrig Wind Farm79.2 MW · planned
- Caplich Wind Farm68 MW
- Loganhead Wind Farm53.8 MW · planned
- Glen Ullinish Wind Farm49.9 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.
- 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.
- © 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.
- 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.