Power plant · West Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom
Harburnhead Windfarm - Wind Turbine
Harburnhead Windfarm - Wind Turbine is a permitted wind power plant in West Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom, with 4 MW of capacity, operated by Caber Energy Limited.
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 | Harburnhead Windfarm, EH55 8RT | 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 | 23 Jan 2023 (permit 0907/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 | 10 Oct 2022 (reference 0907/FUL/22, planning authority West Lothian) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 23 Jan 2023 (granted, reference 0907/FUL/22, planning authority West Lothian) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Caber Energy Limited (applicant) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 4 MW | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Units | 1 units (4 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 | 55.8359, -3.5445 | 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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Dated events about this power plant from official notices and registers, newest first. All recent changes.
- Permit granted (planning authority West Lothian, reference 0907/FUL/22)
- Permit applied for (planning authority West Lothian, reference 0907/FUL/22)
How it compares
Harburnhead Windfarm - Wind Turbine is the 673rd-largest of 742 power plants planned, permitted or under construction in Scotland and the 2,133rd-largest of 2,548 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 4 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 | 673rd of 742 | 93,216 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 2,133rd of 2,548 | 279,068 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data | 5,299th of 5,799 | 657,076 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 14 data centers, 6 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sungard Availability Services | Data center | — | — | 6.0 km |
| Edinburgh SC-3 | Data center | — | — | 13 km |
| Edinburgh SC-2 | Data center | — | — | 18 km |
| Glendevon Primary | Substation | — | — | 41 km |
| Generating Station grid connection | Grid connection | 21.4 MW | Operating | 44 km |
| Milnathort Primary | Substation | — | — | 44 km |
| Dunblane Primary | Substation | — | — | 47 km |
| Patrickston Farm - PV + Battery grid connection | Grid connection | 15.9 MW | Planned | 48 km |
| Windburn Wind Farm 75MW Wind, 35MW BESS grid connection | Grid connection | 110 MW | Planned | 48 km |
Operator and place
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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.
- 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.
- Wikidata. Wikidata, CC0 1.0.