Power plant · Orkney Islands, Scotland, United Kingdom
Hesta Head Wind Farm
Hesta Head Wind Farm is a permitted wind power plant in Orkney Islands, Scotland, United Kingdom, with 20.4 MW of capacity, operated by Hesta Head Wind Farm and Hoolan 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 | Orkney Islands (coordinates), Scotland | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | Hesta Head (Land Near), South Ronaldsay Windwick, Kirkwall, Orkney Isles, KW15 1HQ | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Status | Permitted (appeal 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 | 18 Apr 2019 (permit 17/083/TPPMAJ, Town and Country Planning Act, issued by Orkney Islands) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Application date | 6 Mar 2017 (reference 17/083/TPPMAJ, planning authority Orkney Islands) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 18 Apr 2019 (appeal granted, reference 17/083/TPPMAJ, planning authority Orkney Islands) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 18 Apr 2019 (granted, reference 17/083/TPPMAJ, planning authority Orkney Islands) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 21 Sept 2018 (refused, reference 17/083/TPPMAJ, planning authority Orkney Islands) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Hesta Head Wind Farm (Hoolan Energy/ Hesta Head Wind Farm, applicant) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Hoolan Energy (Hoolan Energy/ Hesta Head Wind Farm, applicant) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 20.4 MW | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Units | 5 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 | 58.7796, -2.9286 | 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 Orkney Islands, reference 17/083/TPPMAJ)
- Permit granted (appeal granted, planning authority Orkney Islands, reference 17/083/TPPMAJ)
- Permit refused (planning authority Orkney Islands, reference 17/083/TPPMAJ)
- Permit applied for (planning authority Orkney Islands, reference 17/083/TPPMAJ)
How it compares
Hesta Head Wind Farm is the 517th-largest of 742 power plants planned, permitted or under construction in Scotland and the 1,571st-largest of 2,548 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 20.4 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 | 517th of 742 | 93,216 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 1,571st of 2,548 | 279,068 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data | 3,516th of 5,799 | 657,076 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 64 grid connections (29 operating, 273 MW) and 23 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flotta Terminal grid connection | Grid connection | 9.5 MW | Operating | 11 km |
| Windfarm Import/Export grid connection | Grid connection | 2.07 MW | Operating | 11 km |
| Flotta Primary | Substation | — | — | 13 km |
| St Mary's Primary | Substation | — | — | 13 km |
| Barns of Ayre Windfarm grid connection | Grid connection | 2.57 MW | Operating | 15 km |
| Lyness Primary | Substation | — | — | 17 km |
Operators and place
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.
- 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.