Power plant · Scotland, United Kingdom
High Brenfield Wind Farm
High Brenfield Wind Farm is a planned power plant in Scotland, United Kingdom, with 66 MW of capacity, operated by Low Carbon.
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 | Scotland | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | Sw/O Ardrishaig, Lochgilphead, PA30 8ER | 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 | 10 Jun 2025 (reference ECU00004961, planning authority Scottish Government (S36)) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Low Carbon | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 66 MW | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Units | 10 units (6.6 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 | 55.9925, -5.4436 | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
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How it compares
High Brenfield Wind Farm is the 237th-largest of 872 power plants planned, permitted or under construction in Scotland and the 651st-largest of 3,222 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 66 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 | 237th of 872 | 99,272 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 651st of 3,222 | 300,661 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data | 1,611th of 6,455 | 664,240 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 44 substations and 37 grid connections (19 operating, 164 MW), measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 6, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 52.8MW Wind - High Brenfield 2 grid connection | Grid connection | 52.8 MW | Planned | 2.1 km |
| Inverneil Primary | Substation | — | — | 2.6 km |
| 52.8MW Wind - High Brenfield 1 grid connection | Grid connection | 52.8 MW | Planned | 3.1 km |
| SRONDOIRE Wind and Hydro grid connection | Grid connection | 5.61 MW | Operating | 3.3 km |
| Lochgilphead Primary | Substation | — | — | 5.3 km |
| Port Ann GSP | Substation | — | — | 6.7 km |
Operator and place
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- Beatrice588 MW
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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.
- 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.
- SSEN Distribution. SSEN Distribution data portal, CC BY 4.0.