Power plant · Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, United Kingdom
Harestanes South Windfarm Extension
Harestanes South Windfarm Extension is a planned power plant in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, United Kingdom, with 45 MW of capacity, operated by ScottishPower Renewables.
Facts
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| Fact | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Location | Dumfries and Galloway (coordinates), Scotland | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | Harestanes Windfarm, Forest Of Ae, Northwest Of Ae Village, Moffat, Dumfries and Galloway, DG7 | 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 | 7 Dec 2020 (reference ECU00002185, 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 | 45 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 | 55.0710, -3.6066 | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
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Harestanes South Windfarm Extension is the 422nd-largest of 872 power plants planned, permitted or under construction in Scotland and the 1,289th-largest of 3,222 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 45 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 | 422nd of 872 | 99,272 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 1,289th of 3,222 | 300,661 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data | 2,422nd of 6,455 | 664,240 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 50 grid connections (31 operating, 421 MW) and 19 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Silloth | Substation | — | — | 27 km |
| Dryholme Farm grid connection | Grid connection | 2.38 MW | Operating | 29 km |
| Hellrigg Wind Farm grid connection | Grid connection | 10 MW | Operating | 30 km |
| Robin Rigg East Windfarm grid connection | Grid connection | 94.1 MW | Operating | 31 km |
| Aspatria | Substation | — | — | 37 km |
| Wigton | Substation | — | — | 39 km |
Operator and place
More from ScottishPower Renewables
- Marram3,000 MW · planned
- Sheirdrim Renewable Energy Development - Wind114 MW
- Clauchrie Windfarm100 MW
- Harestanes Windfarm100 MW · under construction
- Carrick Windfarm86 MW · planned
- Harestanes West Windfarm84 MW · planned
- Earraghail Renewable Energy Development78 MW · planned
- Douglas West Wind Farm (extension)78 MW · under construction
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
- 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.
- SP Electricity North West, via Northern Powergrid Open Data. SP Electricity North West open data portal, CC BY 4.0.
- 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.